An airbus was struck multiple times by a ground based green laser on an arrival in nct airspace.

Attributes
ACN	841530
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	NCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 96 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Observed multiple illuminations of our aircraft out right side by a ground based green laser. Origin of laser appeared to be just northeast of the highway 280 and highway 17 intersection in the san jose area. No damage to my eyesight was noted. We reported incident immediately to nct. Green laser was being pointed at our aircraft and flashed us 5-10 times for a period of about 1 minute.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Airbus was struck multiple times by a ground based green laser on an arrival in NCT airspace.

Narrative: Observed multiple illuminations of our aircraft out right side by a ground based green laser. Origin of laser appeared to be just northeast of the Highway 280 and Highway 17 intersection in the San Jose area. No damage to my eyesight was noted. We reported incident immediately to NCT. Green laser was being pointed at our aircraft and flashed us 5-10 times for a period of about 1 minute.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.