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ZAB ARTCC controller reported a NORDO aircraft flew below the minimum vectoring altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1635485 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| 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) 8.0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Right after or during a position relief briefing; aircraft X came out of approach west bound at 6;000 feet. The aircraft was never on our frequency and was approaching rising terrain to the west. I was conducting OJT. It wasn't until the aircraft was approximately four minutes into our airspace I realized the aircraft was NORDO. I pulled up the mia (minimum IFR altitude) map and saw we needed to climb this aircraft for a 6;300 foot terrain block; in addition to multiple other areas of rising terrain to the west. We attempted to climb the aircraft and received no response. I called approach and told them to reattempt the aircraft; and if they had him still to climb him to 8;000 feet. My trainee was attempting to run the sector which was busy and complex; but the situation was continuing and his proximity to terrain had me worried; so I stopped OJT until we had this cleared up. After taking over; attempting to raise the aircraft on guard; issuing low altitude alerts; I was able to get another aircraft to relay to them on approach frequency and get them to climb.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAB ARTCC Controller reported a NORDO aircraft flew below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
Narrative: Right after or during a position relief briefing; Aircraft X came out of Approach west bound at 6;000 feet. The aircraft was never on our frequency and was approaching rising terrain to the west. I was conducting OJT. It wasn't until the aircraft was approximately four minutes into our airspace I realized the aircraft was NORDO. I pulled up the MIA (Minimum IFR Altitude) map and saw we needed to climb this aircraft for a 6;300 foot terrain block; in addition to multiple other areas of rising terrain to the west. We attempted to climb the aircraft and received no response. I called Approach and told them to reattempt the aircraft; and if they had him still to climb him to 8;000 feet. My trainee was attempting to run the sector which was busy and complex; but the situation was continuing and his proximity to terrain had me worried; so I stopped OJT until we had this cleared up. After taking over; attempting to raise the aircraft on guard; issuing low altitude alerts; I was able to get another aircraft to relay to them on Approach frequency and get them to climb.
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.