PA-38 pilot reported an encounter with a drone at 150 feet off the aircraft wing tip.

Attributes
ACN	1587432
Time
Date	201810
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-38 Tomahawk
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 375 Flight Crew Type 252
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Before entering ZZZ class C airspace; I was instructed by ZZZ ATC to remain at or above 2500 feet. During level cruise at 3500 ft.; flying from north to south on approximate heading of 150 degrees; a four rotor drone with amber lights was sighted flying south to north off the right wing at the same altitude. The drone was sighted by the pilot and then witnessed by the passenger. The drone was flying to the north of but near the intersection of [two freeways]. I immediately reported the sighting to ZZZ ATC who commented that nothing showed on radar. Upon arrival at ZZZ1 I was asked by ZZZ1 tower to call ZZZ ATC to discuss the situation further.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-38 pilot reported an encounter with a drone at 150 feet off the aircraft wing tip.

Narrative: Before entering ZZZ Class C airspace; I was instructed by ZZZ ATC to remain at or above 2500 feet. During level cruise at 3500 ft.; flying from north to south on approximate heading of 150 degrees; a four rotor drone with amber lights was sighted flying south to north off the right wing at the same altitude. The drone was sighted by the pilot and then witnessed by the passenger. The drone was flying to the north of but near the intersection of [two freeways]. I immediately reported the sighting to ZZZ ATC who commented that nothing showed on radar. Upon arrival at ZZZ1 I was asked by ZZZ1 Tower to call ZZZ ATC to discuss the situation further.

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.