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The flight crew of a corporate aircraft were exposed to laser illumination several times during cruise flight. One crew member experienced minor side effects that dissipated within 10 minutes. Event was reported to ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1308032 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BDL.TRACON |
| State Reference | CT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Cruising at 10;000 feet 12 NM north northeast of the putnam (put) VOR my first officer was exposed twice to a laser illumination on the starboard side of the aircraft and cockpit. The two successions happened at a 30 second interval. He had the intuition to not look directly at the beam; however he had mild spotting in both eyes that went away within 5-10 minutes of exposure. There were no injuries on board. Reported incident to bradley TRACON.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight crew of a corporate aircraft were exposed to laser illumination several times during cruise flight. One crew member experienced minor side effects that dissipated within 10 minutes. Event was reported to ATC.
Narrative: Cruising at 10;000 feet 12 NM north northeast of the Putnam (PUT) VOR my FO was exposed twice to a laser illumination on the starboard side of the aircraft and cockpit. The two successions happened at a 30 second interval. He had the intuition to not look directly at the beam; however he had mild spotting in both eyes that went away within 5-10 minutes of exposure. There were no injuries on board. Reported incident to Bradley TRACON.
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.