Cirrus SR20 pilot reported receiving a traffic advisory from ATC; locating traffic and descending ap...

Attributes
ACN	1744483
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR20
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Other unknown
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35.0 Flight Crew Total 170.1 Flight Crew Type 134.0
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 400

Narrative:

I was cruising at 5;000 MSL on an IFR flight plan from ZZZ-ZZZ1 via mfd. While in cruise; ATC advised of traffic at my 11 o'clock; altitude indicating 5;400 but not in contact with ATC. I immediately began scanning for traffic. Controller came on again and advised that his radar was showing that we would converge. When I identified the traffic; I immediately requested deviations due to the closeness of the other aircraft. I was given approval and I disengaged the autopilot and descended down to 4;600-4;700 MSL. The aircraft in question; identified as aircraft Y on my traffic map; appeared to be cruising at roughly 5;000-5;100 [feet]; but was VFR according to the controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cirrus SR20 pilot reported receiving a traffic advisory from ATC; locating traffic and descending approximately 400 feet to the avoid conflicting traffic.

Narrative: I was cruising at 5;000 MSL on an IFR flight plan from ZZZ-ZZZ1 via MFD. While in cruise; ATC advised of traffic at my 11 o'clock; altitude indicating 5;400 but not in contact with ATC. I immediately began scanning for traffic. Controller came on again and advised that his radar was showing that we would converge. When I identified the traffic; I immediately requested deviations due to the closeness of the other aircraft. I was given approval and I disengaged the autopilot and descended down to 4;600-4;700 MSL. The aircraft in question; identified as Aircraft Y on my traffic map; appeared to be cruising at roughly 5;000-5;100 [feet]; but was VFR according to the controller.

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.