Narrative:

Training was in progress. An aircraft was on a vector for a downwind for an ILS approach. The aircraft was at 3;000 feet and was in an area where the minimum vectoring altitude (MVA) is 2;300 feet. The minimum altitude for the ILS is 2;400 feet. The trainee descended the aircraft to 2;400 feet. The trainee got distracted and forgot to turn the aircraft onto its base leg and it got close to an area where the MVA is 3;000 feet. The trainee noticed and issued a turn and a climb away from the higher MVA area; but the aircraft entered the 3;000 foot MVA before its mode C indicated a climb. I don't think interjecting earlier would have been effective training and the closest the aircraft was to the obstruction was approximately 2.8 NM laterally and 650 ft. Vertically.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC Controller reported a trainee vectored an aircraft below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude during job training.

Narrative: Training was in progress. An aircraft was on a vector for a downwind for an ILS approach. The aircraft was at 3;000 feet and was in an area where the Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) is 2;300 feet. The minimum altitude for the ILS is 2;400 feet. The trainee descended the aircraft to 2;400 feet. The trainee got distracted and forgot to turn the aircraft onto its base leg and it got close to an area where the MVA is 3;000 feet. The trainee noticed and issued a turn and a climb away from the higher MVA area; but the aircraft entered the 3;000 foot MVA before its Mode C indicated a climb. I don't think interjecting earlier would have been effective training and the closest the aircraft was to the obstruction was approximately 2.8 NM laterally and 650 ft. vertically.

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.