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C525A captain reported he and his first officer suffered discomfort following a laser illumination incident on approach to las.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1398546 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors STAR SUNST3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 4600 Flight Crew Type 3200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Having just passed sunst intersection on the sunst three arrival (las); I was given a vector of 360 and instructed to maintain 6;000 feet MSL. As I was rolling out of the left turn to 360 heading; I saw a bright green light out of my peripheral vision that was coming from my relative 10:00 from the ground below. The light intensified greatly as it struck the center of the front cockpit window 5-6 times and refracted throughout the cockpit. I instructed my sic to close his eyes; and keep them closed until further notice. I notified ATC and gave a rough position report. We were cleared for the visual to runway 19R and landed without further incident. Las tower informed us that airport operations and the police would meet us to finalize their reports. Both [the first officer] and myself had momentary exposure in both our eyes; and both experienced discomfort and headaches that spanned from above our eyes; down into our necks; lasting several hours after the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C525A Captain reported he and his First Officer suffered discomfort following a laser illumination incident on approach to LAS.
Narrative: Having just passed SUNST intersection on the SUNST THREE Arrival (LAS); I was given a vector of 360 and instructed to maintain 6;000 feet MSL. As I was rolling out of the left turn to 360 heading; I saw a bright green light out of my peripheral vision that was coming from my relative 10:00 from the ground below. The light intensified greatly as it struck the center of the front cockpit window 5-6 times and refracted throughout the cockpit. I instructed my SIC to close his eyes; and keep them closed until further notice. I notified ATC and gave a rough position report. We were cleared for the visual to Runway 19R and landed without further incident. LAS Tower informed us that Airport Operations and the police would meet us to finalize their reports. Both [the First Officer] and myself had momentary exposure in both our eyes; and both experienced discomfort and headaches that spanned from above our eyes; down into our necks; lasting several hours after the incident.
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.