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An air carrier first officer reported a three second green laser hit at 10;000 ft over dacks intersection on the ord BENKY1 RNAV arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 894776 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | C90.TRACON |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR BENKY 1 RNAV |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 5500 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We were on the benky 1 RNAV arrival into ord. While over dacks intersection; someone from the ground approximately 5 to 10 miles in front of us shined a laser beam or bright light directly into the cockpit for approximately 3 seconds. We were at 10;000 ft at 250 KIAS. The captain was heads down recording the ATIS and calculating the landing data while I was flying; so he did not see it. It was a bright green light and it was obviously intentionally aimed directly at us. It was slightly blinding. I immediately told the captain about it; but by the time he looked up; the light/laser had been turned off. We reported it to ATC and landed on runway 10 without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier First Officer reported a three second green laser hit at 10;000 FT over DACKS intersection on the ORD BENKY1 RNAV ARRIVAL.
Narrative: We were on the BENKY 1 RNAV ARRIVAL into ORD. While over DACKS intersection; someone from the ground approximately 5 to 10 miles in front of us shined a laser beam or bright light directly into the cockpit for approximately 3 seconds. We were at 10;000 FT at 250 KIAS. The Captain was heads down recording the ATIS and calculating the landing data while I was flying; so he did not see it. It was a bright green light and it was obviously intentionally aimed directly at us. It was slightly blinding. I immediately told the Captain about it; but by the time he looked up; the light/laser had been turned off. We reported it to ATC and landed on Runway 10 without incident.
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.