A cessna pilot reported a near miss with a drone.

Attributes
ACN	1677844
Time
Date	201908
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MDT.TRACON
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16.4 Flight Crew Total 776.2 Flight Crew Type 776.2
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 225 Vertical 100

Narrative:

I was scenic flying 4;500 feet; VFR; flight following with approach. Flying a heading of 252; I observed what I thought was another aircraft some distance off my left side and at a much higher altitude. Very quickly; I determined the object was much closer than first perceived and thought it maybe a rogue balloon. As I flew past the object; it was identified as some type of quad-copter; white in color. The object was about 75 yards to my left and 33 yards above as we passed it. I cannot qualify if it was coming toward us or we were overtaking it. Approach was immediately contacted and asked if there was any drone activity in the area and advised of the sighting. There were no further incidents the remainder of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Cessna pilot reported a near miss with a Drone.

Narrative: I was scenic flying 4;500 feet; VFR; flight following with Approach. Flying a heading of 252; I observed what I thought was another aircraft some distance off my left side and at a much higher altitude. Very quickly; I determined the object was much closer than first perceived and thought it maybe a rogue balloon. As I flew past the object; it was identified as some type of quad-copter; white in color. The object was about 75 yards to my left and 33 yards above as we passed it. I cannot qualify if it was coming toward us or we were overtaking it. Approach was immediately contacted and asked if there was any drone activity in the area and advised of the sighting. There were no further incidents the remainder of the flight.

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