Right-44 pilot reported a near midair collision with a fixed wing aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	1558874
Time
Date	201807
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	Robinson R44
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 27 Flight Crew Total 99 Flight Crew Type 99
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 50

Narrative:

Enroute heading 050 and climbing to get reception for flight following from center while VFR I was in the right seat of a robinson R44 when I saw a light fixed wing aircraft that appeared to be a blue and white bonanza or cirrus out of the lower left window next to the console begin to turn away on a westerly heading. Left seat had controls and turned slightly to the right and then returned to our previous heading as the other aircraft had already passed us and was no longer a factor. The fixed wing aircraft appeared to be approximately 50 feet below and approximately 100-150 feet to the left of our aircraft. The flight went on and completed with no issue. Had we already been on with center before; this event may have been avoided.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: R-44 pilot reported a NMAC with a fixed wing aircraft.

Narrative: Enroute heading 050 and climbing to get reception for flight following from Center while VFR I was in the right seat of a Robinson R44 when I saw a light fixed wing aircraft that appeared to be a Blue and White Bonanza or Cirrus out of the lower left window next to the console begin to turn away on a westerly heading. Left seat had controls and turned slightly to the right and then returned to our previous heading as the other aircraft had already passed us and was no longer a factor. The fixed wing aircraft appeared to be approximately 50 feet below and approximately 100-150 feet to the left of our aircraft. The flight went on and completed with no issue. Had we already been on with Center before; this event may have been avoided.

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.