Narrative:

I was working the south departure/feeder position on a west operation. There was some weather in the area causing various deviations and increasing traffic complexity. Tower had turned a departure headed to a destination to the south; northbound. The north departure was working this aircraft back west and south. They had left the aircraft at 3000 feet in order to top him with other departures and 3000 feet was the normal altitude for the aircraft's destination airport. The tower then released aircraft X. The departure strip scanned a 260 heading which is a standard heading for his departure transition area and type aircraft. SR22s climb and maintain 1500 feet on departure.I had issued a climb to 2000 feet reference the crossing traffic about 7 miles ahead of him at 3000 feet and issue the traffic. After a while I noticed his course of flight had him much further south than a 260 heading. As I began to inquire about the tower assigned heading the local controller keyed up the override and informed me he actually assigned a 240 heading; not a 260. I immediately turned aircraft X to a 270 heading because he had drifted into a 2600 MVA (minimum vectoring altitude) for antennas but I was unable to climb due to the 3000 foot IFR traffic. Once I had determined I had positive lateral separation with the traffic I issued a climb to above the MVA. The approved tower assigned headings are 280; 260; or 190 so that aircraft do not depart into the 2600 foot MVA and have to stop at 1500 feet. The tower deviation from standard operating procedures and traffic limitations resulted in an aircraft coming in proximity to terrain.recommend controllers adhere to published SOP in order to not depart IFR aircraft into an MVA above their initial altitude assuming the departure controller will be able to issue a climb above the MVA in a timely manner.

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Title: A Departure Controller received a departing aircraft on a heading which placed the aircraft below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.

Narrative: I was working the South Departure/Feeder position on a west operation. There was some weather in the area causing various deviations and increasing traffic complexity. Tower had turned a departure headed to a destination to the south; northbound. The North Departure was working this aircraft back west and south. They had left the aircraft at 3000 feet in order to top him with other departures and 3000 feet was the normal altitude for the aircraft's destination airport. The Tower then released Aircraft X. The departure strip scanned a 260 heading which is a standard heading for his departure transition area and type aircraft. SR22s climb and maintain 1500 feet on departure.I had issued a climb to 2000 feet reference the crossing traffic about 7 miles ahead of him at 3000 feet and issue the traffic. After a while I noticed his course of flight had him much further south than a 260 heading. As I began to inquire about the tower assigned heading the Local controller keyed up the override and informed me he actually assigned a 240 heading; not a 260. I immediately turned Aircraft X to a 270 heading because he had drifted into a 2600 MVA (Minimum Vectoring Altitude) for antennas but I was unable to climb due to the 3000 foot IFR traffic. Once I had determined I had positive lateral separation with the traffic I issued a climb to above the MVA. The approved tower assigned headings are 280; 260; or 190 so that aircraft do not depart into the 2600 foot MVA and have to stop at 1500 feet. The tower deviation from standard operating procedures and traffic limitations resulted in an aircraft coming in proximity to terrain.Recommend controllers adhere to published SOP in order to not depart IFR aircraft into an MVA above their initial altitude assuming the departure controller will be able to issue a climb above the MVA in a timely manner.

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.