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ZAB controller reported a military aircraft entering a higher MVA due to known area of communications limitations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1677942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Military |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute Instructor |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was training a developmental on the D side at the time of the incident. Aircraft X came over from sector 23 at 10000 ft. Level flight headed towards a terrain block at 10600 ft. The aircraft was having a hard time checking on due to low radio coverage in that area at the lower altitudes. The r-side tried to relay through another aircraft to issue a climb to 11000 ft. The r-side heard the transmission over guard but never got verification that aircraft X received the relay to climb. No low altitude alert was issued once we talked to aircraft X and issued the climb. Surrounding sector awareness of terrain could have helped avoid this conflict knowing they would have an easier time talking to that aircraft having better radio coverage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAB Controller reported a military aircraft entering a higher MVA due to known area of communications limitations.
Narrative: I was training a developmental on the D side at the time of the incident. Aircraft X came over from Sector 23 at 10000 ft. level flight headed towards a terrain block at 10600 ft. The aircraft was having a hard time checking on due to low radio coverage in that area at the lower altitudes. The R-side tried to relay through another aircraft to issue a climb to 11000 ft. The R-side heard the transmission over guard but never got verification that Aircraft X received the relay to climb. No low altitude alert was issued once we talked to Aircraft X and issued the climb. Surrounding sector awareness of terrain could have helped avoid this conflict knowing they would have an easier time talking to that aircraft having better radio coverage.
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.