Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Total 2000
Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airport; Human Factors
Tower told us that there was traffic on final for Runway 31L as we were turning base for Runway 31R. The student pilot flying acknowledged the Tower Controller. The instructor verified that the student had the traffic in sight. As the student turned base to final; the instructor asked again if the student had the traffic in sight and the student pilot confirmed that he had the traffic in sight. The instructor's visibility was obscured due to the traffic initially being on the left of the aircraft and the 30 degree bank. As the student rolled wings level; the instructor regained sight of the aircraft and noticed that the student had overshot final for 31R and was on final for 31L due to the wide turn. The high wing also obscured the view of final during the 30 degree bank. The Learjet was approximately 100 feet below us at that point and the instructor estimated that we missed them by 75 feet. The student was familiar with the airport and was instructed to never overshoot final on the parallel runways. The instructor trusted the student's judgment as the student was in the final preparations for solo flight.
C172 instructor reports a NMAC when his student overshoots the turn to final for the right runway; coming very close to a Lear on approach to the left runway. The student had been informed of the traffic by the Tower and had reported the traffic in sight.