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Pdx tower controller reported PC12 was level in a higher MVA area. Controller missed transfer of communications to TRACON.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1533462 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDX.Tower |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PC-12 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
My facility was in the WX plan which prompted me to coordinate with the radar controller at P80 a heading for aircraft X. I requested a 010 heading and it was approved with P80. I should have asked for a 150 heading instead since aircraft X's initial fix was timee. I cannot recall if I had tried to switch aircraft X as soon as the a/C had made the turn off the departure end of runway 10L. The P80 controller who approved the heading and release called me to tell me that it was the wrong heading after aircraft X was airborne. They also asked me if I had another departure behind aircraft X and I told the P80 controller I did and it was an a/C on the LAVAA6 departure. During this exchange I may have been distracted and there may have been other duties I was preforming on ground control (ground control) or clearance delivery (clearance delivery) frequency. I believe P80 called me back when aircraft X was well north of the airport to have them switch frequency to departure. As soon as this happened I reached out to aircraft X and had the a/C switch to departure frequency. Apparently; he was below the MVA (minimum vectoring altitude) at 030 when he received turns from P80 to get the a/C in the right direction on course to timee and then as filed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PDX Tower Controller reported PC12 was level in a higher MVA area. Controller missed transfer of communications to TRACON.
Narrative: My facility was in the WX Plan which prompted me to coordinate with the Radar Controller at P80 a heading for Aircraft X. I requested a 010 heading and it was approved with P80. I should have asked for a 150 heading instead since Aircraft X's initial fix was TIMEE. I cannot recall if I had tried to switch Aircraft X as soon as the A/C had made the turn off the departure end of Runway 10L. The P80 Controller who approved the heading and release called me to tell me that it was the wrong heading after Aircraft X was airborne. They also asked me if I had another departure behind Aircraft X and I told the P80 controller I did and it was an A/C on the LAVAA6 Departure. During this exchange I may have been distracted and there may have been other duties I was preforming on GC (Ground Control) or CD (Clearance Delivery) frequency. I believe P80 called me back when Aircraft X was well north of the airport to have them switch frequency to departure. As soon as this happened I reached out to Aircraft X and had the A/C switch to Departure frequency. Apparently; he was below the MVA (Minimum Vectoring Altitude) at 030 when he received turns from P80 to get the A/C in the right direction on course to TIMEE and then as filed.
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.