She directed him towards the airport and descended the aircraft to the lowest altitude she could vector the pilot at. The pilot stated they were familiar with the Galveston area and started to descend below the MVA on his own. Natalie issued the pilot a low altitude alert and the pilot stated that he wanted to go VFR. Natalie continued to give guidance to the aircraft towards Galveston airport as the pilot still could not see the airport. The aircraft finally got the airport in sight and landed safely. He called the facility to express his gratitude for the service that was provided and was pretty choked up about the whole event.
Here's the ATC Audio and Video along with the pilot’s phone call to the facility:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfx5gv2iBo
I'd love to practice no-gyro vectors on PE. Is that something that we can ask for here on the network?
FlightAware track and altitude/speed:
- Flight track
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- Alt and speed
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