Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 66; Flight Crew Total 2150; Flight Crew Type 210
Situational Awareness; Distraction; Time Pressure
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Environment - Non Weather Related
I was flying my airplane Aircraft X from ZZZ to ZZZ1 at 9500'. My husband was flying Aircraft Y about 5 miles in trail. I was approaching VCV and my husband let me know over air to air I had a converging ADS-B target. I verified the target on my ADS-B and started visually scanning the area. The target was approaching from my 10 o'clock at the same altitude. When it was about 1 mile from me I visually saw a predator drone being followed by a chase plane; a low wing Cherokee; at about a 1/2 mile in trail. The drone and my airplane were on a collision course so I pulled power and stated a descent. I noticed both the drone and Cherokee had also started a descent. I added full power and started a climb and the drone passed about 200' beneath my plane and the chase plane passed just behind me. I flipped over to Joshua Approach on 124.55 and heard the chase pilot and approach discussing that Joshua had issued a descent at the same time I had started to descend to avoid.
Small aircraft pilot reported a NMAC with a UAV. The reporter described a chase plane following the UAV.