Sct controller described a MVA event involving a bur IFR departure and traffic inbound to vny. The r...

Narrative:

Bur was landing runway 8 and departing runway 15. Weather was IFR in most spots of the sector. Bur tower apreqed a runway 33 departure over gmn for air carrier X. There was an IFR arrival on the vny localizer for ILS runway 16R. I called bur to advise the approximate wait time and the tower requested a heading of 310. Since the departure was a CRJ7; I approved the 310 heading and gave 6;000 ft for departure (rather than the LOA of 4;000 ft.) air carrier X checked on frequency and I believe I issued direct gmn; climbing to 13;000 ft; and pointed aircraft out to vlyr and morr sectors. Air carrier X seemed to be climbing slower than anticipated and I asked if the pilot could maintain his own terrain and obstruction clearance; pilot responded negative due to weather; and he was below the MVA. I turned air carrier X to a 240 heading to get to a lower MVA and told pilot he could expect direct gmn out of 6;000 ft. I anticipated the pilot was requesting runway 33 and the 310 heading and I always try to accommodate the pilot when I can. Most likely; it was not the pilot requesting the heading. I should have simply denied the 310 heading because it is only 20 degrees left turn and still right at the 5;200 ft MVA. I recommend that I should have waited 1-2 minutes longer for the vny ILS arrival to be out of the way; [and] then the higher MVA would not have been a factor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SCT Controller described a MVA event involving a BUR IFR departure and traffic inbound to VNY. The reporter acknowledged waiting for the NVY prior to issuing the BUR departure release would have been a better option.

Narrative: BUR was landing Runway 8 and departing Runway 15. Weather was IFR in most spots of the sector. BUR Tower APREQed a Runway 33 departure over GMN for Air Carrier X. There was an IFR arrival on the VNY localizer for ILS Runway 16R. I called BUR to advise the approximate wait time and the Tower requested a heading of 310. Since the departure was a CRJ7; I approved the 310 heading and gave 6;000 FT for departure (rather than the LOA of 4;000 FT.) Air Carrier X checked on frequency and I believe I issued direct GMN; climbing to 13;000 FT; and pointed aircraft out to VLYR and MORR Sectors. Air Carrier X seemed to be climbing slower than anticipated and I asked if the pilot could maintain his own terrain and obstruction clearance; pilot responded negative due to weather; and he was below the MVA. I turned Air Carrier X to a 240 heading to get to a lower MVA and told pilot he could expect direct GMN out of 6;000 FT. I anticipated the pilot was requesting Runway 33 and the 310 heading and I always try to accommodate the pilot when I can. Most likely; it was not the pilot requesting the heading. I should have simply denied the 310 heading because it is only 20 degrees left turn and still right at the 5;200 FT MVA. I recommend that I should have waited 1-2 minutes longer for the VNY ILS arrival to be out of the way; [and] then the higher MVA would not have been a factor.

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	1056264
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BUR.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Sct controller described a MVA event involving a bur IFR departure and traffic inbound to vny. The reporter acknowledged waiting for the nvy prior to issuing the bur departure release would have been a better option.