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B737 captain reports being zapped by a green laser at 8;000 feet while on vectors to the ILS 36 at sequ. After landing; a turn off on to the wrong taxiway is initiated due to poor signage lighting and effects from the laser on vision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1204322 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SEQU.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 14000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On left base to join localizer on ILS 36 approach; experienced green laser event at our 12 o'clock position. It was intermittent and lasted approximately 30 seconds. Experienced partial visual impairment that lasted until after landing. Inadvertently turned on taxiway J instead of H due to poor signage lighting and effects from laser on vision.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reports being zapped by a green laser at 8;000 feet while on vectors to the ILS 36 at SEQU. After landing; a turn off on to the wrong taxiway is initiated due to poor signage lighting and effects from the laser on vision.
Narrative: On left base to join localizer on ILS 36 approach; experienced green laser event at our 12 o'clock position. It was intermittent and lasted approximately 30 seconds. Experienced partial visual impairment that lasted until after landing. Inadvertently turned on taxiway J instead of H due to poor signage lighting and effects from laser on vision.
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.