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Emb-140 captain reported being targeted by a laser on approach to mmtc.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1595441 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MMTC.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On initial approach into mmtc; descending; inbound we began to receive numerous laser strike attempts from a high-powered green laser. While a number of them very briefly struck the front windows of the aircraft; none resulted in any loss of pilot capacities for either crew. As they continued; I decided to breach sterile cockpit protocol and video-record the events; since this has happened at this airport before; and as far as I can tell; from the same location; about 5 miles northwest of the airport. My hope is that any analysis of the video may help track down this culprit; and that was my justification for not following sterile cockpit in that moment. We did also report the strikes and their approximate location to the tower; and they advised they would pass on the reports to the airport commandant. This was the second night in a row we received laser strike attempts while on approach into a mexican city. The previous night was aguascalientes.the irony is that; below 10;000 feet; we all turn on our lights to be better seen. Should we now start to consider turning off at least the recog/landing lights that mark our location so brightly if we find ourselves being attacked?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-140 Captain reported being targeted by a laser on approach to MMTC.
Narrative: On initial approach into MMTC; descending; inbound we began to receive numerous laser strike attempts from a high-powered green laser. While a number of them very briefly struck the front windows of the aircraft; none resulted in any loss of pilot capacities for either crew. As they continued; I decided to breach sterile cockpit protocol and video-record the events; since this has happened at this airport before; and as far as I can tell; from the same location; about 5 miles NW of the airport. My hope is that any analysis of the video may help track down this culprit; and that was my justification for not following sterile cockpit in that moment. We did also report the strikes and their approximate location to the Tower; and they advised they would pass on the reports to the airport Commandant. This was the second night in a row we received laser strike attempts while on approach into a Mexican city. The previous night was Aguascalientes.The irony is that; below 10;000 feet; we all turn on our lights to be better seen. Should we now start to consider turning off at least the recog/landing lights that mark our location so brightly if we find ourselves being attacked?
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.