Hio controller reports of an aircraft in the VFR pattern that reported multiple laser illuminations ...

Narrative:

Aircraft X was in right traffic for runway 31 doing touch-&-gos. On the second approach; the flight instructor reported an unauthorized laser illumination event 1NM final; 800MSL; green. I asked the pilot if they wanted to switch to right traffic runway 20 to avoid the area where the event occurred. The pilot advised if they received a second laser event (which would be their 3rd approach); they would request runway 20. On the 3rd approach the same laser event at the same location occurred. On the up wind; for what would be the 4th approach aircraft X requested and landed runway 20 without incident. I believe the pilot mentioned there were 3 persons on board (including himself) with no injuries. The controller in charge (controller in charge) followed the order in our emergency binder and notified all concerned including local law enforcement; filled out an mor; and all positions broadcast the information as required in 7110.65.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HIO Controller reports of an aircraft in the VFR pattern that reported multiple laser illuminations while on final.

Narrative: Aircraft X was in right traffic for RWY 31 doing touch-&-gos. On the second approach; the flight instructor reported an unauthorized laser illumination event 1NM final; 800MSL; green. I asked the pilot if they wanted to switch to right traffic runway 20 to avoid the area where the event occurred. The pilot advised if they received a second laser event (which would be their 3rd approach); they would request runway 20. On the 3rd approach the same laser event at the same location occurred. On the up wind; for what would be the 4th approach Aircraft X requested and landed runway 20 without incident. I believe the pilot mentioned there were 3 persons on board (including himself) with no injuries. The Controller In Charge (CIC) followed the order in our emergency binder and notified all concerned including local law enforcement; filled out an MOR; and all positions broadcast the information as required in 7110.65.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1214263
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	HIO.Airport
State Reference	OR
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (mon) 4
Events
Anomaly	Other LASER

Hio controller reports of an aircraft in the VFR pattern that reported multiple laser illuminations while on final.