Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 325; Flight Crew Type 25
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Airspace Violation All Types
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Airspace Structure
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.
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.