DA42 pilot reported a near midair collision in cruise flight in the vicinity of dbq.

Attributes
ACN	1283344
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DBQ.Airport
State Reference	IA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA42 Twin Star
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1700 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was flying to kfsd. I was near kdbq when chicago center on 133.95 advised traffic 3 miles 5500 traveling northeast. Then it was 2 miles 6000 finally at 1 mile was vector to a heading of 180. When in the turn I saw a cirrus no more than 200 above me and 500 feet horizontal. I could clearly make out his tail numbers but can't recall.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA42 pilot reported a NMAC in cruise flight in the vicinity of DBQ.

Narrative: I was flying to KFSD. I was near KDBQ when Chicago center on 133.95 advised traffic 3 miles 5500 traveling NE. Then it was 2 miles 6000 finally at 1 mile was vector to a heading of 180. When in the turn I saw a cirrus no more than 200 above me and 500 feet horizontal. I could clearly make out his tail numbers but can't recall.

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.