Syracuse TRACON controller reported a uav that was below the MVA that had to be climbed and an air c...

Attributes
ACN	1628184
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SYR.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft X a uav remote piloted aircraft with aircraft Z for escort. Requested to descend to 2;000 feet due to weather throughout the airspace. There were multiple squalls of snow that had affected all VFR aircraft during the entire shift and there was an unusual amount of VFR call up activity for this time of year. After descending the uav to 2;000 feet there was a coordination to combine the operation in which I took control of the entire airspace. After the coordination; I had multiple VFR call ups for VFR flight following. One of the aircraft were flying directly into a snow squall which I felt needed to be resolved. While this situation was being resolved there was a position relief briefing about to begin which further drew my attention away from the uav. Additionally; aircraft Y a [commercial fixed wing] departed off of syracuse was issued a heading and climb to 10;000 feet. There was a correct readback from the pilot on both the heading and altitude. The aircraft climbed through 10;000 feet and was instructed to maintain present altitude at 11;000 and was given a pilot deviation. During this time the uav had entered an MVA of 2;700 feet while being level at 2;000 feet. I issued a climb to the uav to 3;000 feet soon after. Keep the operation de-combined.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Syracuse TRACON Controller reported a UAV that was below the MVA that had to be climbed and an air carrier aircraft that busted their altitude clearance.

Narrative: Aircraft X a UAV remote piloted aircraft with Aircraft Z for escort. Requested to descend to 2;000 feet due to weather throughout the airspace. There were multiple squalls of snow that had affected all VFR aircraft during the entire shift and there was an unusual amount of VFR call up activity for this time of year. After descending the UAV to 2;000 feet there was a coordination to combine the operation in which I took control of the entire airspace. After the coordination; I had multiple VFR call ups for VFR flight following. One of the aircraft were flying directly into a snow squall which I felt needed to be resolved. While this situation was being resolved there was a position relief briefing about to begin which further drew my attention away from the UAV. Additionally; Aircraft Y a [commercial fixed wing] departed off of Syracuse was issued a heading and climb to 10;000 feet. There was a correct readback from the pilot on both the heading and altitude. The aircraft climbed through 10;000 feet and was instructed to maintain present altitude at 11;000 and was given a pilot deviation. During this time the UAV had entered an MVA of 2;700 feet while being level at 2;000 feet. I issued a climb to the UAV to 3;000 feet soon after. Keep the operation de-combined.

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.

Syracuse TRACON controller reported a uav that was below the MVA that had to be climbed and an air carrier aircraft that busted their altitude clearance.