Narrative:

On visual arrival to 30R along the ILS; at 3;000 ft; I was struck by a laser (green) from the left side of the aircraft. My eye was drawn toward the bright flash and then it struck the window again. It caught both of my eyes and appeared to be intentionally trying to strike the aircraft. I asked the captain if he saw that laser and he answered no; he was looking at a radio frequency or something on the panel. I took one more look in the hope to be able to pinpoint a location on the ground for the ensuing report. I was able to pick-up the blue taxi lights at municipal airport about 6 miles southwest of bakersfield (bfl) and the light was approximately 1 mile southwest of the lights at municipal airport. I did not feel any after-effect immediately; so I continued the approach. When I was low in the flare; among the bright runway lights; I realized that my vision was slightly affected and the bright runway lights were irritating my eyes; left one in particular. We landed a bit long as a result; but uneventful. Taxied to the gate and reported the incident to tower. Tower asked a series of questions that I answered. A bfl police officer arrived at the aircraft to ask a series of questions including time; place; color of light; after effects. I told him what I knew and that I had a bit of a pulsing in my left eye and a slight after-image when I closed my eye. I went to the hospital; where I spoke with an fbi agent of the joint terrorism task force. He asked me similar questions and informed me that an incident occurred there two weeks earlier. He also emphasized that it is imperative to make a report to the controlling agency immediately upon exposure to ground laser to assist in detection. Then I had my eyesight checked...it was still in excess of 20/20. I was visited by an er doctor who found no scratches or pitting on my cornea; or retinal wall damage. He advised that if I felt pain the next day to seek medical help. I felt normal the following day. Hard to avoid a re-occurrence; but I know that the laser light can cause irritation and that the best thing to do is avoid looking in the direction that you saw the laser coming from and make an immediate report of the occurrence to tower/ATC.

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Title: Air Carrier First Officer describes a green laser strike during approach to BFL.

Narrative: On visual arrival to 30R along the ILS; at 3;000 FT; I was struck by a laser (green) from the left side of the aircraft. My eye was drawn toward the bright flash and then it struck the window again. It caught both of my eyes and appeared to be intentionally trying to strike the aircraft. I asked the Captain if he saw that laser and he answered no; he was looking at a radio frequency or something on the panel. I took one more look in the hope to be able to pinpoint a location on the ground for the ensuing report. I was able to pick-up the blue taxi lights at Municipal airport about 6 miles southwest of Bakersfield (BFL) and the light was approximately 1 mile southwest of the lights at Municipal airport. I did not feel any after-effect immediately; so I continued the approach. When I was low in the flare; among the bright runway lights; I realized that my vision was slightly affected and the bright runway lights were irritating my eyes; left one in particular. We landed a bit long as a result; but uneventful. Taxied to the gate and reported the incident to Tower. Tower asked a series of questions that I answered. A BFL Police Officer arrived at the aircraft to ask a series of questions including time; place; color of light; after effects. I told him what I knew and that I had a bit of a pulsing in my left eye and a slight after-image when I closed my eye. I went to the hospital; where I spoke with an FBI agent of the Joint Terrorism Task force. He asked me similar questions and informed me that an incident occurred there two weeks earlier. He also emphasized that it is imperative to make a report to the controlling agency immediately upon exposure to ground laser to assist in detection. Then I had my eyesight checked...it was still in excess of 20/20. I was visited by an ER doctor who found no scratches or pitting on my cornea; or retinal wall damage. He advised that if I felt pain the next day to seek medical help. I felt normal the following day. Hard to avoid a re-occurrence; but I know that the laser light can cause irritation and that the best thing to do is avoid looking in the direction that you saw the laser coming from and make an immediate report of the occurrence to Tower/ATC.

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.