Flight instructor reported a near miss with a drone while on an instructional flight at an altitude ...

Attributes
ACN	1647447
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RAL.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 300 Flight Crew Type 140
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 20

Narrative:

My student and I had a near miss with a white flying wing type drone near the riverside auto center at an altitude of 2;400 MSL. My student was at the controls; flying inbound from lake matthews at 2;400 ft to set up for a left base on runway 27 as instructed by riverside tower. My student noticed and called out that an object was off our right (2 o'clock) and was at the same altitude. Initially; we thought it was a bird; but as is closed in on us; we saw that it was a white flying wing type drone about 4 feet wide [and] 100 feet away traveling west bound at our altitude. It did not deviate its course; I took [over] controls and altered course to the left. We continued on our base leg and reported the issue to tower and landed without issue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Instructor reported a near miss with a drone while on an instructional flight at an altitude of 2;400 feet.

Narrative: My student and I had a near miss with a white flying wing type drone near the Riverside Auto Center at an altitude of 2;400 MSL. My student was at the controls; flying inbound from Lake Matthews at 2;400 ft to set up for a left base on Runway 27 as instructed by Riverside Tower. My student noticed and called out that an object was off our right (2 o'clock) and was at the same altitude. Initially; we thought it was a bird; but as is closed in on us; we saw that it was a white flying wing type drone about 4 feet wide [and] 100 feet away traveling west bound at our altitude. It did not deviate its course; I took [over] controls and altered course to the left. We continued on our base leg and reported the issue to Tower and landed without issue.

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Flight instructor reported a near miss with a drone while on an instructional flight at an altitude of 2;400 feet.