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A B757 captain reported a blinding reflection that lasted several minutes from an apparent solar array in the vicinity of eed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1108757 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201308 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZLA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On J6 in the eed area and continuing for several minutes; a blinding reflection occurred from an apparent solar array wsw of las (northwest of our position). The effect was similar to a laser illumination when glancing toward the vicinity of the reflection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 Captain reported a blinding reflection that lasted several minutes from an apparent solar array in the vicinity of EED.
Narrative: On J6 in the EED area and continuing for several minutes; a blinding reflection occurred from an apparent solar array WSW of LAS (NW of our position). The effect was similar to a LASER illumination when glancing toward the vicinity of the reflection.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.