PA44 pilot reported a near midair collision while practicing slow flight.

Attributes
ACN	1391821
Time
Date	201609
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	PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 250 Flight Crew Type 25
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 75 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Near miss during training flight. Our aircraft was configured for slow flight at 6500 ft MSL on a southwesterly heading; and the other aircraft was on a northwesterly heading. We didn't visually identify the other aircraft till it was at about 10 o'clock of our position and heading. Both aircraft turned to the right to avoid each other aircraft.clearing turns were conducted as per airplane flying handbook prior to entering the maneuver.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA44 pilot reported a NMAC while practicing slow flight.

Narrative: Near miss during training flight. Our aircraft was configured for slow flight at 6500 ft MSL on a southwesterly heading; and the other aircraft was on a northwesterly heading. We didn't visually identify the other aircraft till it was at about 10 o'clock of our position and heading. Both aircraft turned to the right to avoid each other aircraft.Clearing turns were conducted as per Airplane Flying Handbook prior to entering the maneuver.

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.