Distracted by providing instruction on glass instrumentation the instructor pilot of a C-172 may hav...

Attributes
ACN	1001633
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EVB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Navigational Equipment and Processing
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 325 Flight Crew Type 25
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types

Narrative:

After performing maneuvers in the practice area south of new smyrna beach; I called evb tower and requested full stop landing. I was at approximately 6 miles at an altitude of 2;000 ft and they advised me to proceed to a right base for runway 07; so I flew directly to the airport and began a descent. My student was on his first training flight in a G1000 aircraft so I was preoccupied with teaching him various aspects of instrument flying and navigating at night. While I was instructing I forgot to monitor my descent to make sure I was below the class C shelf of daytona and I may have inadvertently entered daytona's class C airspace without clearance. I am not sure if I did or not because I did not think about what I had done until after the flight terminated. In the future I will certainly be more aware of my altitude and proximity to surrounding airspaces.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Distracted by providing instruction on glass instrumentation the Instructor pilot of a C-172 may have allowed the aircraft to penetrate the floor of the Daytona Class C without clearance.

Narrative: After performing maneuvers in the practice area south of New Smyrna Beach; I called EVB Tower and requested full stop landing. I was at approximately 6 miles at an altitude of 2;000 FT and they advised me to proceed to a right base for Runway 07; so I flew directly to the airport and began a descent. My student was on his first training flight in a G1000 aircraft so I was preoccupied with teaching him various aspects of instrument flying and navigating at night. While I was instructing I forgot to monitor my descent to make sure I was below the Class C shelf of Daytona and I MAY have inadvertently entered Daytona's Class C airspace without clearance. I am not sure if I did or not because I did not think about what I had done until after the flight terminated. In the future I will certainly be more aware of my altitude and proximity to surrounding airspaces.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Distracted by providing instruction on glass instrumentation the instructor pilot of a C-172 may have allowed the aircraft to penetrate the floor of the daytona class C without clearance.