Roa TRACON trainee controller and an instructor pilot reported the pilot was assigned 4;000 feet whi...

Attributes
ACN	1629808
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.TRACON
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
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
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 1560 Flight Crew Type 1300
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft X was being handed off to me at 4;000 feet. I was about call the sector to say I needed aircraft X at 5;000 feet. I saw an aircraft at 4;900 feet which was a conflict for aircraft X; so I waited to call so I wouldn't cause a conflict with their other traffic. Once aircraft X was clear of that traffic they climbed aircraft X to 5;000 feet; so I took the handoff at which point I saw aircraft X descending through 4;900 in my 4;900 MVA (minimum vectoring altitude). I called the sector once I saw that and they said that aircraft X was switched to me already. I then reached out to aircraft X and they were on my frequency. I gave aircraft X a low altitude alert and climb to 5;000 feet immediately. I gave a brasher warning to get his side of the story. While aircraft X was in the air; they said that the previous sector gave them 4;000 feet. All arrivals should be at 5;000 feet or above. There is a MVA of 5;700 feet in the northwest part of my airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ROA TRACON Trainee Controller and an instructor pilot reported the pilot was assigned 4;000 feet which is below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.

Narrative: Aircraft X was being handed off to me at 4;000 feet. I was about call the Sector to say I needed Aircraft X at 5;000 feet. I saw an aircraft at 4;900 feet which was a conflict for Aircraft X; so I waited to call so I wouldn't cause a conflict with their other traffic. Once Aircraft X was clear of that traffic they climbed Aircraft X to 5;000 feet; so I took the handoff at which point I saw Aircraft X descending through 4;900 in my 4;900 MVA (Minimum Vectoring Altitude). I called the Sector once I saw that and they said that Aircraft X was switched to me already. I then reached out to Aircraft X and they were on my frequency. I gave Aircraft X a low altitude alert and climb to 5;000 feet immediately. I gave a BRASHER warning to get his side of the story. While Aircraft X was in the air; they said that the previous sector gave them 4;000 feet. All arrivals should be at 5;000 feet or above. There is a MVA of 5;700 feet in the northwest part of my airspace.

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.

Roa TRACON trainee controller and an instructor pilot reported the pilot was assigned 4;000 feet which is below the minimum vectoring altitude.