TRACON controller reported vectoring an aircraft below the minimum vectoring altitude due to distrac...

Attributes
ACN	1510565
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	P50.TRACON
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 4
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was working finals combined and there was a runway closed. We had a flight under medical distress straight in and he was tied up with an arrival from the north; so I crossed the arrival over the airport for the south downwind to get behind the distressed aircraft. I vectored the downwind in closer to the airport and descended them to 5000 feet. I thought the vector I gave them would keep them clear of the minimum vectoring altitude (MVA) and then got caught up watching the distressed aircraft. The aircraft just clipped the corner of the 5700-foot MVA as I turned them on to base leg. I just needed to not be so focused on the emergency because everything was worked out fine there. I just misjudged the vector.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON Controller reported vectoring an aircraft below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude due to distraction.

Narrative: I was working finals combined and there was a runway closed. We had a flight under medical distress straight in and he was tied up with an arrival from the north; so I crossed the arrival over the airport for the south downwind to get behind the distressed Aircraft. I vectored the downwind in closer to the airport and descended them to 5000 feet. I thought the vector I gave them would keep them clear of the Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) and then got caught up watching the distressed Aircraft. The Aircraft just clipped the corner of the 5700-foot MVA as I turned them on to base leg. I just needed to not be so focused on the emergency because everything was worked out fine there. I just misjudged the vector.

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.

TRACON controller reported vectoring an aircraft below the minimum vectoring altitude due to distraction.