<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1204322, September 2014

B737 captain reports being zapped by a green laser at 8;000 feet while on vectors to the ILS 36 at sequ. After landing; a turn off on to the wrong taxiway is initiated due to poor signage lighting and effects from the laser on vision.

Attributes
ACN	1204322
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SEQU.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Total 14000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

On left base to join localizer on ILS 36 approach; experienced green laser event at our 12 o'clock position. It was intermittent and lasted approximately 30 seconds. Experienced partial visual impairment that lasted until after landing. Inadvertently turned on taxiway J instead of H due to poor signage lighting and effects from laser on vision.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reports being zapped by a green laser at 8;000 feet while on vectors to the ILS 36 at SEQU. After landing; a turn off on to the wrong taxiway is initiated due to poor signage lighting and effects from the laser on vision.

Narrative: On left base to join localizer on ILS 36 approach; experienced green laser event at our 12 o'clock position. It was intermittent and lasted approximately 30 seconds. Experienced partial visual impairment that lasted until after landing. Inadvertently turned on taxiway J instead of H due to poor signage lighting and effects from laser on vision.

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.