PA28 STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR VIOLATED CLASS B AIRSPACE AT MCO.

Narrative

I AM A NEW CFI WITH ONLY 5.9 DUAL GIVEN. THIS WAS STUDENT'S FIRST NIGHT XCOUNTRY. THIS WAS MY FIRST NIGHT DUAL. SIT: NIGHT XCOUNTRY MLB-SFB-MLB. LEFT MLB AT XA57; VERY DARK NIGHT; MOON HIDDEN BY HIGH OVCST. I LET STUDENT FLY AND KEEP UP WITH NAV LOG AND SLOWLY MOVE E OF COURSE. WHEN WE GOT ABEAM SFB ARPT TO THE E; I SHOWED STUDENT HOW OFF COURSE WE WERE AND HELPED HIM TO GET ON COURSE TO THE ARPT. STUDENT HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH TWR COMS SO I TOOK OVER. WE LANDED SFB RWY 9L. STUDENT HAD TROUBLE FINDING TXWY AND TURNOFF. I TOOK OVER TAXI AND HELPED STUDENT GET READY FOR RETURN TRIP. WE STOPPED AT END OF RWY AFTER TAXI BACK AND GOT READY. WHEN I CONFIRMED STUDENT WAS READY AND HAD DEP HDG IN MIND WE GOT CLRNC TO TKOF. STUDENT FLEW ACFT WHILE I HANDLED TWR COMS AND REVIEWED THE CHART. I TOLD STUDENT TO LEVEL AT 1500 FT AND HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO BE HIGHER AT NIGHT. I SAID OK; AND THEN BEGAN TO REVIEW CHART AND LOOK OUTSIDE FOR OUR FIRST CHKPOINT. I CALLED SANFORD TWR FOR FREQ CHANGE AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE. I THEN HAD STUDENT CALL ST PETERSBURG RADIO TO CANCEL OUR PREVIOUS FLT PLAN. ALT WAS 2500 FT. WE WERE SLIGHTLY OFF COURSE TO THE W; SO I ASKED STUDENT TO SHOW ME THE NEXT CHKPOINT. I LOOKED OUT AND SAW STUDENT'S CHKPOINT; A LIGHTED TWR WAS AHEAD AND TO THE L. I INFORMED THE STUDENT WHERE IT WAS AND HAD HIM TURN TO IT. I THEN CHKED THE CHART FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE POINT. AT THIS TIME JUST E OF BITLIO TWRS ON ABOUT THE 050 DEG RADIAL 12 MI FROM ORL VOR; I FINALLY LOOKED AT THE ALTIMETER AND SAW THAT THE STUDENT HAD LEVELED AT ABOUT 3400 FT. I BELIEVE WE WERE NOW INTO THE ORLANDO CLASS B AREA WHICH HAS A FLOOR OF 3000 FT. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CTLS AND DSNDED TO 2500 FT. WE TUNED IN MLB VOR AND FLEW BACK TO MLB AS NORMAL. I FEEL THAT THE REASON FOR THIS PENETRATION WAS A HIGH WORKLOAD AND INEXPERIENCE. I GOT BUSY CORRECTING THE STUDENT'S NAV DISCREPANCIES AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD CLB INTO THE AIRSPACE; THEREFORE; DID NOT CHK THE ALT AS MUCH AS NECESSARY. ON THE GND IN PLANNING; WE STRESSED THE EXISTENCE OF THE CLASS B AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO STAY BELOW IT. WHEN THE STUDENT SAID HE WANTED HIGHER THAN 1500 FT; I ASSUMED THAT THE HIGHER ALT WOULD BE BELOW 3000 FT. I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE TO BE VERY ALERT TO EVERY ASPECT OF THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE; AND NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED OR ASSUME THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW REGS. THE STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE WAS 50 FLT HRS; INCLUDING 12.3 HRS DUAL XCOUNTRY; 3.8 SOLO XCOUNTRY; 3.3 NIGHT DUAL WITH A PREVIOUS INSTRUCTOR. THIS PAST EXPERIENCE LED ME TO BELIEVE THE STUDENT COULD HANDLE MORE FLT DUTIES SUCH AS CHOOSING A PROPER ALT WITHOUT SUPERVISION. IN THE FUTURE; I KNOW I HAVE TO TREAT THE FLT MORE AS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO CTL THAN AS A FLT WHERE I OBSERVE AND GUIDE THE STUDENT. THE LESSON WAS GIVEN A GRADE OF UNSATISFACTORY DUE TO STUDENT NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF PROFICIENCY FOR PILOTAGE AND DEAD-RECKONING. WITH ALL FURTHER STUDENTS WILL BE SURE TO WATCH CLOSELY ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STUDENT AND KEEP MUCH TIGHTER SUPERVISION.