Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 17; Flight Crew Total 271; Flight Crew Type 115
Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
While at 3;000 feet about 21 miles southwest of Deland (OMN) (and flying southwest enroute to LAL); I saw on my EFB a possible convergence between myself and two other aircraft. The first aircraft; a twin-engine; was at my five o'clock; slightly higher than me; flying southeast. The second aircraft; a single-engine high wing was at my ten o'clock; slightly below me; and flying southwest. I found myself in the middle of this impending convergence; so I turned right and behind the twin; knowing that the aircraft would safely pass me. In this position; I could observe the other two aircraft quickly converge. I could see they still had vertical separation during the convergence until I saw the high-wing perform a climbing left turn towards the twin's path. There was no collision; but I genuinely think neither aircraft saw each other considering the higher aircraft was a twin-engine low-wing and the lower aircraft was a high-wing. I estimate the aircraft were within 500 feet of each other.
Pilot reports a NMAC in cruise flight.