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Pct TRACON controller reported receiving an aircraft from tower at 2000 feet; in an area with a 2100 foot minimum vectoring altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1500574 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 190/195 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 4 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Aircraft Y was departing north from dca. My aircraft; aircraft X; was subsequently departing 2.5 miles in trail behind aircraft Y. I did not receive a strip that indicated aircraft X was maintaining visual separation with aircraft Y and communications transfer was delayed. I gathered tower was trying to establish visual separation before frequency transfer since they coordinated with me that they had stopped aircraft X at 2000 ft. Aircraft X was already 3 miles north of dca in an area where the minimum vectoring altitude is 2100 ft. On initial contact; I climbed aircraft X to 4000 ft reference aircraft Y. Aircraft X continued on his flight without further incident. Tower should better understand that 2000 ft is not an appropriate altitude to level off a departure in a north operation because of the 2100 ft minimum vectoring altitude.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PCT TRACON Controller reported receiving an aircraft from Tower at 2000 feet; in an area with a 2100 foot Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
Narrative: Aircraft Y was departing north from DCA. My aircraft; Aircraft X; was subsequently departing 2.5 miles in trail behind Aircraft Y. I did not receive a strip that indicated Aircraft X was maintaining Visual Separation with Aircraft Y and communications transfer was delayed. I gathered Tower was trying to establish Visual Separation before frequency transfer since they coordinated with me that they had stopped Aircraft X at 2000 ft. Aircraft X was already 3 miles north of DCA in an area where the Minimum Vectoring Altitude is 2100 ft. On initial contact; I climbed Aircraft X to 4000 ft reference Aircraft Y. Aircraft X continued on his flight without further incident. Tower should better understand that 2000 ft is not an appropriate altitude to level off a departure in a north operation because of the 2100 ft Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
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.