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Attributes | |
ACN | 1437386 |
Time | |
Date | 201704 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | EUG.TRACON |
State Reference | OR |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Military |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Climb |
Route In Use | Vectors |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Approach Instructor |
Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1 |
Person 2 | |
Function | Trainee Approach |
Qualification | Air Traffic Control Developmental |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was training a developmental who is lower in training hours but generally doing well. Traffic this session had been busier than usual. I was working on following his scan and keeping up with his actions along with all the pilot requests. Aircraft X had departed and been given our standard missed approach climb-out instructions to fly a heading and maintain 4000 feet. Due to other traffic to the west the trainee turned aircraft X to the east; heading 070; where his path would approach a 4400 foot minimum vectoring altitude (MVA) in about 10 miles. We got caught up in working other aircraft before turning aircraft X south to avoid the 4400 foot MVA. The trainee issued a climb to 5000 feet as aircraft X was about 2 miles from the 4400 foot boundary at 4000 feet. I instructed the trainee to tell aircraft X to expedite the climb. I believe aircraft X reached 044 in that MVA approximately 2 miles northwest of the depicted obstacle.perhaps change our local standard operating procedure to change our standard climb-out to maintain 5000 feet; as this would ensure safety whether we turn aircraft to the east or west. Ask for a hand off assist or other eyes to help maintain a bigger scan. Work myself to not get caught simply following the trainee's scan along with his instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EUG TRACON Trainee Controller left an aircraft on a vector too long and it flew into airspace below the MVA.
Narrative: I was training a developmental who is lower in training hours but generally doing well. Traffic this session had been busier than usual. I was working on following his scan and keeping up with his actions along with all the pilot requests. Aircraft X had departed and been given our standard missed approach climb-out instructions to fly a heading and maintain 4000 feet. Due to other traffic to the west the trainee turned Aircraft X to the east; heading 070; where his path would approach a 4400 foot Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) in about 10 miles. We got caught up in working other aircraft before turning Aircraft X south to avoid the 4400 foot MVA. The trainee issued a climb to 5000 feet as Aircraft X was about 2 miles from the 4400 foot boundary at 4000 feet. I instructed the trainee to tell Aircraft X to expedite the climb. I believe Aircraft X reached 044 in that MVA approximately 2 miles northwest of the depicted obstacle.Perhaps change our local Standard Operating Procedure to change our standard climb-out to maintain 5000 feet; as this would ensure safety whether we turn aircraft to the east or west. Ask for a hand off assist or other eyes to help maintain a bigger scan. Work myself to not get caught simply following the trainee's scan along with his instructions.
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.