P50 developmental controller reported observing an aircraft descend below the MVA.

Attributes
ACN	1389053
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	P50.TRACON
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Trainee Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I descended an IFR arrival landing to sdl to 7000 feet. The pilot read back the correct altitude but descended to 6000 feet which was below the minimum vectoring altitude. I was training at the time and both my trainer and I believe the pilot messed up. When I asked the pilot about it he said he had the airport in sight; so I cleared him for a visual approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P50 Developmental Controller reported observing an aircraft descend below the MVA.

Narrative: I descended an IFR arrival landing to SDL to 7000 feet. The pilot read back the correct altitude but descended to 6000 feet which was below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude. I was training at the time and both my trainer and I believe the pilot messed up. When I asked the pilot about it he said he had the airport in sight; so I cleared him for a Visual Approach.

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.