Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 550; Flight Crew Type 500
Workload; Distraction; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was giving instruction to a student to prepare for his end of course ride for a FAR 141 school. We had just gone missed off the VOR/DME XX approach at ZZZ. We climbed into the hold at 3;000 and was issued an instruction to climb to 4;000 in the hold. A minute later we were given a traffic callout at our 8 o clock and 10 miles. I called back looking for traffic; but as we were doing turns in the hold it was hard to remember what position the aircraft was in relation to us; although I kept scanning to find it. We completed our teardrop entry into the hold; and as we were about to turn inbound for the first turn in the hold; I spotted an aircraft below me at about 200-300 feet. I theorize because of the position of our wing during the turn in the hold I was unable to see him. I reported the near miss to ATC and talked it over with them once on the ground.
C172 flight instructor reported a near mid-air collision with another aircraft while entering a hold.