A TRACON controller reported they vectored an aircraft into an area below the minimum vectoring alti...

Attributes
ACN	1629806
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Fighter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	fighter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5.0
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

An IFR light of two requested vectors over the bridge for a tour. They were over the ocean level at 3;000 feet. I had my MVA map displayed as well as the new ZZZ class bravo airspace map along with my usual airspace map. The aircraft wanted to be as low as possible and I looked at what appeared to be aircraft X in a 2;300 foot MVA; so I descended him to 2;300 feet. The low altitude alarm went off; but after I saw it and figured out my mistake; aircraft X was northbound exiting the 2;600 foot MVA and flying into the 2;300 foot MVA. I was busy working airspace that I do not often work and I simply misread my MVA map. A possible solution would be to make the MVA map lines a different color than all the other lines.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TRACON Controller reported they vectored an aircraft into an area below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.

Narrative: An IFR light of two requested vectors over the bridge for a tour. They were over the ocean level at 3;000 feet. I had my MVA map displayed as well as the new ZZZ Class Bravo airspace map along with my usual airspace map. The aircraft wanted to be as low as possible and I looked at what appeared to be Aircraft X in a 2;300 foot MVA; so I descended him to 2;300 feet. The Low Altitude alarm went off; but after I saw it and figured out my mistake; Aircraft X was northbound exiting the 2;600 foot MVA and flying into the 2;300 foot MVA. I was busy working airspace that I do not often work and I simply misread my MVA map. A possible solution would be to make the MVA map lines a different color than all the other lines.

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.

A TRACON controller reported they vectored an aircraft into an area below the minimum vectoring altitude.