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Elp tracon controller reported a developmental controller took handoff on aircraft at an altitude below the MVA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1598959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ELP.TRACON |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 9 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was an IFR overflight. I was the ojti and my developmental took the handoff on the aircraft. As the aircraft crossed the boundary; I realized he was leaving an 085 MVA into an 080 MVA. We were already talking to the aircraft when he was in the 085 MVA and the aircraft was level at 080. This is my fault for not catching it sooner. This was never an [issue] in the past. Recently ZAB has been allowing overflights to enter our airspace level at 080. The lowest IFR altitude for elp should be at least 090 due to all the terrain we have. The rumor mill told me it's in the process of being put into our LOA with ZAB that the lowest usable altitude for elp is 090. This can take months to get through all the approvals it needs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ELP Tracon Controller reported a developmental controller took handoff on aircraft at an altitude below the MVA.
Narrative: Aircraft X was an IFR overflight. I was the OJTI and my Developmental took the handoff on the aircraft. As the aircraft crossed the boundary; I realized he was leaving an 085 MVA into an 080 MVA. We were already talking to the aircraft when he was in the 085 MVA and the aircraft was level at 080. This is my fault for not catching it sooner. This was never an [issue] in the past. Recently ZAB has been allowing overflights to enter our airspace level at 080. The lowest IFR altitude for ELP should be at least 090 due to all the terrain we have. The rumor mill told me it's in the process of being put into our LOA with ZAB that the lowest usable altitude for ELP is 090. This can take months to get through all the approvals it needs.
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.