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P50 controller providing OJT experienced a terrain separation loss involving military flights when failing to take over the position soon enough to issue corrective turns away from the higher MVA area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 877854 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | P50.TRACON |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Military Trainer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| 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:
Aircraft X was one of many flights making multiple instrument approaches to iwa. I was in the process of conducting ojti with a very inexperienced student. The aircraft were just beginning to come in and I knew I was going to have to step in at any minute. I somehow got distracted and allowed the student to delay aircraft X's turn off of the tower's assigned heading; and this allowed the aircraft to enter a 5600 ft MVA in level flight at 4000. I recognized the error as it was happening to try and turn him away from the MVA and climb him. I also asked if the pilot was able to make his own terrain separation and he advised he could not. I believe that he was in the MVA for about 5 sweeps and penetrated 2 or three miles into it. Recommendation; this was a personal lapse on my part. I should have stepped in earlier. I need to realize the caliber of the students I am training and adjust my training style accordingly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: P50 controller providing OJT experienced a terrain separation loss involving military flights when failing to take over the position soon enough to issue corrective turns away from the higher MVA area.
Narrative: Aircraft X was one of many flights making multiple instrument approaches to IWA. I was in the process of conducting OJTI with a very inexperienced student. The aircraft were just beginning to come in and I knew I was going to have to step in at any minute. I somehow got distracted and allowed the student to delay Aircraft X's turn off of the Tower's assigned heading; and this allowed the aircraft to enter a 5600 ft MVA in level flight at 4000. I recognized the error as it was happening to try and turn him away from the MVA and climb him. I also asked if the pilot was able to make his own terrain separation and he advised he could not. I believe that he was in the MVA for about 5 sweeps and penetrated 2 or three miles into it. Recommendation; this was a personal lapse on my part. I should have stepped in earlier. I need to realize the caliber of the students I am training and adjust my training style accordingly.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.