PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 37.2; Flight Crew Total 1210; Flight Crew Type 542
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was in cruise at 8;500 FT when I saw a twin engine aircraft with winglets (perhaps a Beech Baron) coming in from the 7 o' clock position by the time I noticed it was very close (within a few hundred feet) and was making what appeared to be an evasive left turn. I could see the bottom of the plane pulling away from me; and could see that the aircraft had winglets. The plane continued off to my 11 o'clock and pulled away when it had created some distance it turned to the right and passed in front of me from left to right and then disappeared from my sight.I'm not sure how the aircraft came so close; but I suppose I could have been more vigilant in my traffic scan; because I don't normally scan so far to the rear of the aircraft. I was not receiving any ATC service at the time; but was monitoring a Center frequency which may or may not have been operating in the area I was flying in.
A PA-28 pilot suffered an NMAC with another aircraft; perhaps a Beech Baron.