An air carrier captain was struck by a ground based green laser beam on descent into ord.

Attributes
ACN	870020
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 14000
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

At night; while in the right turn to the 4R localizer. A flash from a green laser came though the copilot's front windshield hitting my right eye. The copilot then said 'did you see that laser?' I reported it to ATC and they warned the traffic behind us. The next morning I called my company about it. I also went to a eye doctor he said that there was no damage to my eye.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain was struck by a ground based green laser beam on descent into ORD.

Narrative: At night; while in the right turn to the 4R LOC. A flash from a green laser came though the copilot's front windshield hitting my right eye. The copilot then said 'Did you see that laser?' I reported it to ATC and they warned the traffic behind us. The next morning I called my company about it. I also went to a eye doctor he said that there was no damage to my eye.

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.