A C150 pilot reported a near miss with a PA28 at 2;200 ft as the reporter was preparing for landing....

Attributes
ACN	876091
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 150
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6 Flight Crew Total 315 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 200

Narrative:

On a return flight low ceilings had forced me to 2;200 ft MSL. On leaving the overcast area; which ended about 12 miles from my home base; another aircraft passed overhead. I had not seen the aircraft because I was focused on navigation and getting ready for landing. I estimate that the other aircraft was at 2;500 ft MSL. I passed below and to the rear of the other aircraft. I am not sure if the other aircraft saw me; as it took no evasive action that I was aware of. I was too surprised to take any evasive action. I believe that this was caused by my attention being focused on approaching the airport. I was not looking for other traffic; instead; I was focused on last minute navigation and getting ready for making my radio calls. Another aspect was that the ceilings there were between 2;500 ft and 3;000 ft. Both aircraft were limited in the altitudes they could have selected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C150 pilot reported a near miss with a PA28 at 2;200 FT as the reporter was preparing for landing. The ceiling was about 2;500 FT so the aircraft had limited maneuvering beneath the clouds.

Narrative: On a return flight low ceilings had forced me to 2;200 FT MSL. On leaving the overcast area; which ended about 12 miles from my home base; another aircraft passed overhead. I had not seen the aircraft because I was focused on navigation and getting ready for landing. I estimate that the other aircraft was at 2;500 FT MSL. I passed below and to the rear of the other aircraft. I am not sure if the other aircraft saw me; as it took no evasive action that I was aware of. I was too surprised to take any evasive action. I believe that this was caused by my attention being focused on approaching the airport. I was not looking for other traffic; instead; I was focused on last minute navigation and getting ready for making my radio calls. Another aspect was that the ceilings there were between 2;500 FT and 3;000 FT. Both aircraft were limited in the altitudes they could have selected.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A C150 pilot reported a near miss with a PA28 at 2;200 ft as the reporter was preparing for landing. The ceiling was about 2;500 ft so the aircraft had limited maneuvering beneath the clouds.