INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT PLT ENTERS ATA AND TCA WITHOUT CLRNC

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ON A STUDENT TRAINING NIGHT FLT; I HAD WANTED TO SHOW TO THE STUDENT THE DIFFICULTY INVOLVED FOR NAVIGATING LEGALLY AROUND AND UNDER TCA AND ATA AIRSPACE DURING EVENING HRS. AFTER LOCATING LINDEN ARPT; BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE RWY LIGHTS; WE CONTINUED ON A NE HDG PLANNING TO REACH A THIRD E/W ROAD AND THEN PROCEED NE TOWARDS TETERBORO; THEREBY REMAINING AT SAFE ALT BELOW THE TCA. UNFORTUNATELY; BY NAVIGATING VIA CHATAU NDB; WE MISCALCULATED OUR DISTANCE FROM MORRISTOWN AND THUS ENTERED MORRISTOWN'S ATA. PERHAPS DUE TO THE STRESS INVOLVED FROM THE LAST 2 EVENTS; I ATTEMPTED TO NAV TO TETERBORO VIA THE TETERBORO 240 DEG RADIAL INBOUND. THIS WAS INAPPROPRIATE SINCE THE 270 DEG RADIAL WAS REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE CIRCUMNAV UNDER NEWARK'S (NY) TCA. WE RPTED OUR INITIAL POS AS 10 DME SW OF TETERBORO TO TETERBORO TWR. THEY INSTRUCTED US TO RPT A L BASE FOR RWY 01. BY INTERCEPTING THE WRONG 240 DEG RADIAL; WE FLEW TOWARDS EWR. WHEN WE RPTED 5 WSW OF TEB; THE TWR ASKED US TO IDENT. THEY THEN TOLD US OUR TRUE LOCATION AND GAVE US RADAR VECTORS TOWARDS TEB. WE HAD; OF COURSE; VIOLATED NY'S TCA IN THE PROCESS. PLANNING A VFR NIGHT FLT AROUND COMPLEX NY AIRSPACE REQUIRES METICULOUS ATTN TO DETAIL. PREFLT PLANNING AND CHKING MUST BE DONE ON THE GND AND NOT IN THE COCKPIT UNDER A CERTAIN DEGREE OF STRESS. DIMPLE ERRORS SUCH AS CHOOSING A WRONG RADIAL OR INATTN TO A DME READOUT WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED. TAKING THE TIME NECESSARY ON THE GND WITH FEW DISTRS AND GOOD LIGHTING WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR SUPERIOR AND SUFFICIENT PLANNING WITHOUT INCIDENT.