Pilot instructor reported a near midair collision with a uav.

Attributes
ACN	1760620
Time
Date	202009
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 76.5 Flight Crew Total 856.8 Flight Crew Type 637.2
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Vertical 500

Narrative:

While enroute at 4;500 feet from ZZZ on a dual VFR flight my student and I saw a drone that appeared to be between 4;000-4;300 feet MSL off of our left while passing the ZZZ1 airspace on the east side. When we saw the drone and were clear of any potential conflict we reported it to ATC with the location at which we encountered him as well as the altitude. ATC then gave alerts to about 3-4 other aircraft about the drone that was operating in the area. Given the terrain there was no way that the drone was not adhering to the regulations set forth in 14 crash fire rescue equipment 107.51(b)where he was operating higher than 400 feet AGL without being within 400 feet of a given structure in anyway and 14 crash fire rescue equipment 107.41 as he was in class east airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot Instructor reported a NMAC with a UAV.

Narrative: While enroute at 4;500 feet from ZZZ on a dual VFR flight my student and I saw a drone that appeared to be between 4;000-4;300 feet MSL off of our left while passing the ZZZ1 airspace on the east side. When we saw the drone and were clear of any potential conflict we reported it to ATC with the location at which we encountered him as well as the altitude. ATC then gave alerts to about 3-4 other aircraft about the drone that was operating in the area. Given the terrain there was no way that the drone was not adhering to the regulations set forth in 14 CFR 107.51(b)where he was operating higher than 400 feet AGL without being within 400 feet of a given structure in anyway and 14 CFR 107.41 as he was in Class E airspace.

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