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Nct TRACON controller reported that an aircraft was inadvertently held at 3000 feet in a 4100 foot MVA area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1468243 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | NCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 9.5 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Aircraft X departed san carlos and was handed off to me on radar vectors. I vectored the aircraft north of sjc because there were departures released off of sjc climbing to 5000 ft during west plan operations. When aircraft X was far enough to the north of the airport; I turned it eastbound. I got distracted by a VFR hand off from the southeast at 10;500 ft MSL that was in the way of all the sjc departures. I resolved the situation to the southeast; and when I scanned back to see where aircraft X was; I saw that it had entered the 4100 ft MVA at 3000 ft. I immediately climbed the aircraft to 5000 ft with the request to expedite the climb. Aircraft X complied with a quick climb above the MVA.when there are low ceilings in the sjc area; the amount of IFR departures from sql; pao; nuq; and rhv increase significantly. I would recommend that management personnel keep a abreast of weather conditions; and assign a hand off position before peak traffic starts. Extra sets of eyes could help minimize situations like this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NCT TRACON Controller reported that an aircraft was inadvertently held at 3000 feet in a 4100 foot MVA area.
Narrative: Aircraft X departed San Carlos and was handed off to me on radar vectors. I vectored the aircraft north of SJC because there were departures released off of SJC climbing to 5000 ft during west plan operations. When Aircraft X was far enough to the north of the airport; I turned it eastbound. I got distracted by a VFR hand off from the southeast at 10;500 ft MSL that was in the way of all the SJC departures. I resolved the situation to the southeast; and when I scanned back to see where Aircraft X was; I saw that it had entered the 4100 ft MVA at 3000 ft. I immediately climbed the aircraft to 5000 ft with the request to expedite the climb. Aircraft X complied with a quick climb above the MVA.When there are Low ceilings in the SJC area; the amount of IFR departures from SQL; PAO; NUQ; and RHV increase significantly. I would recommend that management personnel keep a abreast of weather conditions; and assign a hand off position before peak traffic starts. Extra sets of eyes could help minimize situations like this.
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.