An instructor pilot aboard a C-162 skycatcher lost track of his position relative to hpn--their depa...

Narrative:

I took a student up for his/her first lesson in a cessna 162. After departing hpn's airspace to the wnw; we turned north to follow the hudson river. At this time I was told by the tower that a frequency change had been approved; but I continued to monitor the tower frequency. At this point I turned my attention to teaching the fundamentals of flight; and how to control the airplane. I had been looking outside for traffic; but I may have lost track of how far back east we had drifted after reaching the hudson river. I didn't see any traffic off the nose of the aircraft; but I saw a jet behind and below me; which I assumed to be heading to hpn. Still monitoring tower; I heard a jet call and report coming close to a training aircraft on the approach. I then flew the airplane to the other side of the hudson river; well away from any airports; to continue the maneuvers. I was originally intending on departing northwest of the airport; going over to the other side of the river to practice maneuvers; but momentarily forgot that hpn traffic was arriving on runway 16; and we drifted right of course. I always try to maintain the highest level of situational awareness; but I am; especially now; keeping in mind where approaching jet traffic to hpn is arriving from at all times.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An instructor pilot aboard a C-162 Skycatcher lost track of his position relative to HPN--their departure airport--while giving basic flight training to a Student Pilot. As a result a possible NMAC with an inbound jet arrival occurred.

Narrative: I took a student up for his/her first lesson in a Cessna 162. After departing HPN's airspace to the WNW; we turned north to follow the Hudson River. At this time I was told by the Tower that a frequency change had been approved; but I continued to monitor the Tower frequency. At this point I turned my attention to teaching the fundamentals of flight; and how to control the airplane. I had been looking outside for traffic; but I may have lost track of how far back east we had drifted after reaching the Hudson River. I didn't see any traffic off the nose of the aircraft; but I saw a jet behind and below me; which I assumed to be heading to HPN. Still monitoring Tower; I heard a jet call and report coming close to a training aircraft on the approach. I then flew the airplane to the other side of the Hudson River; well away from any airports; to continue the maneuvers. I was originally intending on departing NW of the airport; going over to the other side of the river to practice maneuvers; but momentarily forgot that HPN traffic was arriving on runway 16; and we drifted right of course. I always try to maintain the highest level of situational awareness; but I am; especially now; keeping in mind where approaching jet traffic to HPN is arriving from at all times.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1017331
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HPN.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Total 380 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 400 Vertical 300

An instructor pilot aboard a C-162 skycatcher lost track of his position relative to hpn--their departure airport--while giving basic flight training to a student pilot. As a result a possible near midair collision with an inbound jet arrival occurred.