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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1515186 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LCH.TRACON |
| State Reference | LA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Fighter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| 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:
I was working approach control; vectoring aircraft X on extended vectors for an opposite direction practice ILS approach; awaiting a departure to get airborne. When I saw that aircraft X who was going extremely fast on his vector was getting close to an obstruction I turned him to avoid the obstruction clearance ring and he barely clipped the ring itself due to his wide turning. The minimum vectoring altitude over the obstruction is 2;300 ft and aircraft X was at 2;000 ft and he was still 3 miles from the obstruction itself and higher than the obstruction. I should be quicker with turning a fast mover considering they make horribly wide turns.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LCH TRACON Developmental Controller reported vectoring an aircraft below the MVA.
Narrative: I was working approach control; vectoring Aircraft X on extended vectors for an opposite direction practice ILS approach; awaiting a departure to get airborne. When I saw that Aircraft X who was going extremely fast on his vector was getting close to an obstruction I turned him to avoid the obstruction clearance ring and he barely clipped the ring itself due to his wide turning. The minimum vectoring altitude over the obstruction is 2;300 ft and Aircraft X was at 2;000 ft and he was still 3 miles from the obstruction itself and higher than the obstruction. I should be quicker with turning a fast mover considering they make horribly wide turns.
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.