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ZAB controller reported an aircraft on a direct routing that placed it below the minimum IFR altitude
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1539779 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 36 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 13.0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I released aircraft X on flight plan 15;000 which is a good altitude to clear terrain. As the aircraft checked in and I identified I noticed he was climbing very slowly on a course into high terrain. I asked him what his climb rate was which he responded 600 feet per minute. I asked him if there was any mountain obscuration of which he said negative. I still saw a slow rate of climb as he was at 8000 feet in a 9300 foot terrain block headed into and 11000; 12000 and 14800 foot terrain blocks. I asked pilot if he would like a route around terrain of which he said he would. I still noticed I was not going to be able to get the aircraft above the minimum IFR altitudes (mia). While the aircraft was still at 8400 feet I turned it 80 degrees left to at least keep the aircraft in the 9300 mia block and turned away from terrain. As the aircraft climbed over the mia of the 9400 foot block he was in I told pilot reaching 15000 feet cleared on course. I would of given tower an alternate route on release to the north to not put pilot in the position of not being able to climb quick enough.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAB Controller reported an aircraft on a direct routing that placed it below the Minimum IFR Altitude
Narrative: I released Aircraft X on flight plan 15;000 which is a good altitude to clear terrain. As the aircraft checked in and I identified I noticed he was climbing very slowly on a course into high terrain. I asked him what his climb rate was which he responded 600 feet per minute. I asked him if there was any mountain obscuration of which he said negative. I still saw a slow rate of climb as he was at 8000 feet in a 9300 foot terrain block headed into and 11000; 12000 and 14800 foot terrain blocks. I asked pilot if he would like a route around terrain of which he said he would. I still noticed I was not going to be able to get the aircraft above the Minimum IFR Altitudes (MIA). While the aircraft was still at 8400 feet I turned it 80 degrees left to at least keep the aircraft in the 9300 MIA block and turned away from terrain. As the aircraft climbed over the MIA of the 9400 foot block he was in I told pilot reaching 15000 feet cleared on course. I would of given Tower an alternate route on release to the north to not put pilot in the position of not being able to climb quick enough.
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.