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An I90 controller reported issuing a flight of two military aircraft clearance to cruise below the MVA because he had his mvsa map set to low and did not see the MVA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1122534 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201310 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | I90.TRACON |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Military |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I descended the flight of two below the MVA. I gave them a block of 200 to 300 ft. There was a low altitude alert and I advised the aircraft of the current altimeter and alert. I had the mvsa map to low and did not notice the MVA.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An I90 Controller reported issuing a flight of two military aircraft clearance to cruise below the MVA because he had his MVSA map set to low and did not see the MVA.
Narrative: I descended the flight of two below the MVA. I gave them a block of 200 to 300 FT. There was a low altitude alert and I advised the aircraft of the current altimeter and alert. I had the MVSA map to low and did not notice the MVA.
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.