Fairbanks TRACON controller reported of an aircraft that did not transfer communications in a timely...

Attributes
ACN	1358550
Time
Date	201605
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	FAI.TRACON
State Reference	AK
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft X coordinated northbound and at MVA for PAR approach at fbk. After being vectored past traffic; the trainee turned aircraft X to 070 and MVA according to LOA. This was not the coordination and I reminded the trainee that. The trainee then coordinate[d] the new heading and altitude with fbk and switche[d] aircraft X to fbk. After a few miles fbk calls to say that they don't have aircraft X on frequency. I broadcast to aircraft X to climb to 040 because he is now in a higher MVA. Aircraft X did not respond and eventually contacted fbk and cancelled IFR.establish cutoff points for transfer of communications. The LOA states that 070 and MVA is how aircraft are to be handed off to fbk without coordination. The LOA does not dictate a change of communications point other than common sense. While I did not provide an abundance of time to fbk to give their approach; aircraft X not contacting fbk in a timely manner was a key factor. Fbk would have had 2-3 mins to issue the turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Fairbanks TRACON Controller reported of an aircraft that did not transfer communications in a timely manner and was below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude. Aircraft eventually contacted ATC again and then cancelled IFR.

Narrative: Aircraft X coordinated northbound and at MVA for PAR approach at FBK. After being vectored past traffic; the trainee turned Aircraft X to 070 and MVA according to LOA. This was not the coordination and I reminded the trainee that. The trainee then coordinate[d] the new heading and altitude with FBK and switche[d] Aircraft X to FBK. After a few miles FBK calls to say that they don't have Aircraft X on frequency. I broadcast to Aircraft X to climb to 040 because he is now in a higher MVA. Aircraft X did not respond and eventually contacted FBK and cancelled IFR.Establish cutoff points for transfer of communications. The LOA states that 070 and MVA is how aircraft are to be handed off to FBK without coordination. The LOA does not dictate a change of communications point other than common sense. While I did not provide an abundance of time to FBK to give their approach; Aircraft X not contacting FBK in a timely manner was a key factor. FBK would have had 2-3 mins to issue the turn.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Fairbanks TRACON controller reported of an aircraft that did not transfer communications in a timely manner and was below the minimum vectoring altitude. Aircraft eventually contacted ATC again and then cancelled IFR.