C172 pilot reported an airborne conflict with a uav in the vicinity of mry airport.

Attributes
ACN	1522038
Time
Date	201802
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MRY.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 435 Flight Crew Type 225
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 700 Vertical 500

Narrative:

In cruise on a sightseeing flight around monterey peninsula. Radio contact with norcal following departure from mry. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. On northbound track over the town of pacific grove caught sight of a fast moving drone southbound off my right wing and within 500 ft of my altitude. Reported sighting to norcal. They asked if I wanted to make a report and I replied in the affirmative. Several minutes later I heard a pilot of piper cherokee south of my position reporting what I assume was the same drone passing him.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported an airborne conflict with a UAV in the vicinity of MRY airport.

Narrative: In cruise on a sightseeing flight around Monterey Peninsula. Radio contact with Norcal following departure from MRY. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. On northbound track over the town of Pacific Grove caught sight of a fast moving drone southbound off my right wing and within 500 ft of my altitude. Reported sighting to Norcal. They asked if I wanted to make a report and I replied in the affirmative. Several minutes later I heard a pilot of Piper Cherokee south of my position reporting what I assume was the same drone passing him.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.