Bgm TRACON developmental controller reported taking a handoff of an aircraft that was below the MVA.

Attributes
ACN	1500578
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BGM.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft X departed an airport about 10 miles south of the border. By the time the next sector got aircraft X; handing off it was very close to the airspace border. The next sector then called on the landline for a handoff as aircraft X was approaching the border. I took radar contact not wanting to force the other sector to have to turn aircraft X. When aircraft X called up I realized he was 1000 ft below the MVA. I climbed aircraft X to the MVA.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BGM TRACON Developmental Controller reported taking a handoff of an aircraft that was below the MVA.

Narrative: Aircraft X departed an airport about 10 miles south of the border. By the time the next sector got Aircraft X; handing off it was very close to the airspace border. The next sector then called on the landline for a handoff as Aircraft X was approaching the border. I took radar contact not wanting to force the other sector to have to turn Aircraft X. When Aircraft X called up I realized he was 1000 ft below the MVA. I climbed Aircraft X to the MVA.

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.