Eug TRACON controller reported an aircraft that should have been climbing to 11000 feet leveled off ...

Attributes
ACN	1452398
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EUG.TRACON
State Reference	OR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft X was a departure filed at a final altitude at 6000 feet. The filed altitude was too low for this destination and was amended by the departure controller to 11;000 feet. The aircraft departed and was told leaving 4200 feet proceed on course. The aircraft leveled at 6000 feet and had entered a higher MVA (minimum vectoring altitude) when I realized he had leveled at which point I had the aircraft execute an expedited climb to the appropriate altitude and sent him off to the next sector without any incident.in addition to being more vigilant myself during times of low traffic volume I would recommend that the tower issue more appropriate altitudes for direction of flight on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EUG TRACON Controller reported an aircraft that should have been climbing to 11000 feet leveled off at 6000 feet which was below the MVA.

Narrative: Aircraft X was a departure filed at a final altitude at 6000 feet. The filed altitude was too low for this destination and was amended by the departure controller to 11;000 feet. The aircraft departed and was told leaving 4200 feet proceed on course. The aircraft leveled at 6000 feet and had entered a higher MVA (Minimum Vectoring Altitude) when I realized he had leveled at which point I had the aircraft execute an expedited climb to the appropriate altitude and sent him off to the next sector without any incident.In addition to being more vigilant myself during times of low traffic volume I would recommend that the tower issue more appropriate altitudes for direction of flight on the ground.

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.

Eug TRACON controller reported an aircraft that should have been climbing to 11000 feet leveled off at 6000 feet which was below the MVA.