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Atlanta TRACON controller reported an aircraft entered an area with a higher minimum vectoring altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1618670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | A80.TRACON |
| State Reference | GA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was on course west bound at 3;000 to stay out of the weather. The previous sector asked if I could work aircraft X at 3;000 long before they were visible on my scope to which I answered affirmative. Approximately 30 minutes later I was alerted to a low altitude alert as aircraft X entered a 3;400 MVA [minimum vectoring altitude] at 3;000. I issued a low altitude alert and climbed aircraft X to 3;400 immediately. There were many aircraft at 3;000 today due to winds and clouds at 3;500. I was already alert to other MVA's elsewhere in my airspace and after those aircraft passed the areas in question; I turned off my MVA map. I did not bring it back up upon receiving radar on aircraft X. I will [make] a conscious effort to bring up my MVA map whenever aircraft are operating at or below 3;000 in the macon/columbus sectors.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Atlanta TRACON Controller reported an aircraft entered an area with a higher Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
Narrative: Aircraft X was on course west bound at 3;000 to stay out of the weather. The previous sector asked if I could work Aircraft X at 3;000 long before they were visible on my scope to which I answered affirmative. Approximately 30 minutes later I was alerted to a low altitude alert as Aircraft X entered a 3;400 MVA [Minimum Vectoring Altitude] at 3;000. I issued a low altitude alert and climbed Aircraft X to 3;400 immediately. There were many aircraft at 3;000 today due to winds and clouds at 3;500. I was already alert to other MVA's elsewhere in my airspace and after those aircraft passed the areas in question; I turned off my MVA map. I did not bring it back up upon receiving radar on Aircraft X. I will [make] a conscious effort to bring up my MVA map whenever aircraft are operating at or below 3;000 in the Macon/Columbus sectors.
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.