Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5.5
Distraction; Confusion; Situational Awareness; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Airspace Structure
It all happened with 20 to 30 minutes of my shift. The position was not too busy when I first sat down but quickly got busy. Multiple aircraft were calling on different frequencies. Aircraft were departing satellite airports looking to pick up an IFR clearance in the air. Other areas and facilities kept calling; and pilots kept stepping on each other. There was also a lot of paperwork to clean up and things to organize when I sat down. I had noticed that the aircraft was going to be a factor for a satellite departure so I took them off the arrival and gave them a 050 heading. Once the traffic was clear I turned the aircraft to a 360 heading and issued 2;000 feet. That is not a normal procedure for me at all and if I do take people off the arrival I usual give 6;000 or 3;000 feet. I have no idea why I issued 2;000 feet.I had already told the others in my area that I was too busy to answer other questions and put them in an uncomfortable position to question the altitude I had issued. I noticed the aircraft was around 2;400 feet at the northern most part of the 2;600 foot Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) and didn't change anything because by the time the climb would have started they would have been well out of that MVA. There's not much that I could have done to change the situation.
TRACON Controller reported they mistakenly issued an altitude to an aircraft which resulted it in flying below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.