ZLC controller described a probable mia infraction involving an eko VFR departure requesting IFR. Th...

Narrative:

Aircraft X departed VFR off eko airport and requested an IFR clearance. I was busy with bad rides; complex military holding; frequency congestion and gave the clearance to climb to 12;000 ft which was above the mia aircraft at the time. About 5 minutes later; the MSAW alerted me to a 12;600 ft mia polygon and I climbed the aircraft to 13;000 ft. The aircraft read back the clearance and climbed without incident. The aircraft had entered the 12;600 ft polygon before I gave the clearance to climb. A more thorough scan of my mia polygons when I pulled them up to check for the clearance; would have alerted me to the problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLC Controller described a probable MIA infraction involving an EKO VFR departure requesting IFR. The reporter acknowledged that a more thorough scan of the MIA minimums on his part may have prevented the event.

Narrative: Aircraft X departed VFR off EKO Airport and requested an IFR clearance. I was busy with bad rides; complex military holding; frequency congestion and gave the clearance to climb to 12;000 FT which was above the MIA aircraft at the time. About 5 minutes later; the MSAW alerted me to a 12;600 FT MIA polygon and I climbed the aircraft to 13;000 FT. The aircraft read back the clearance and climbed without incident. The aircraft had entered the 12;600 FT polygon before I gave the clearance to climb. A more thorough scan of my MIA polygons when I pulled them up to check for the clearance; would have alerted me to the problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1017083
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EKO.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-31 Navajo/Chieftan/Mojave/T1040
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

ZLC controller described a probable mia infraction involving an eko VFR departure requesting IFR. The reporter acknowledged that a more thorough scan of the mia minimums on his part may have prevented the event.