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Gtf TRACON controller reported an aircraft turning slowly and entering an area of higher elevation; resulting in a MVA violation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1709387 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GTF.TRACON |
| State Reference | MT |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was the approach controller working much busier than normal traffic with multiple practice approaches during our evening arrivals. Two aircraft were coming in from the west so I had issued aircraft X a climb out of fly heading 120 and climb to 060. With the other traffic and communications with them including being stepped on; my scan broke down and I did not issue aircraft X a turn as I intended to vector him to the RNAV Y 21; in time. The local controller/controller in charge noticed and said 'hey watch that 7;000 MVA.' I immediately issued a turn to 350; when that wasn't going to work with how slow he turned (he was going 250 kts) I issued a low altitude alter with a climb to 7;000.allow us to run simulations with busy traffic! We are a very slow facility with sporadic heavy traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GTF TRACON Controller reported an aircraft turning slowly and entering an area of higher elevation; resulting in a MVA violation.
Narrative: I was the Approach Controller working much busier than normal traffic with multiple practice approaches during our evening arrivals. Two aircraft were coming in from the west so I had issued Aircraft X a climb out of fly heading 120 and climb to 060. With the other traffic and communications with them including being stepped on; my scan broke down and I did not issue Aircraft X a turn as I intended to vector him to the RNAV Y 21; in time. The Local Controller/CIC noticed and said 'Hey watch that 7;000 MVA.' I immediately issued a turn to 350; when that wasn't going to work with how slow he turned (he was going 250 kts) I issued a low altitude alter with a climb to 7;000.Allow us to run simulations with busy traffic! We are a very slow facility with sporadic heavy traffic.
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.