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B737-800 flight crew reported that during approach a laser light beam entered the cockpit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1413367 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDX.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On final approach to ZZZ; base turning final for visual approach; night time; outside zzzzz intersection OM for ZZZ; experienced laser event. Bright high intensity green light entered cockpit from the 1130 position. Laser light source entered left eye for fraction of a second. Advised first officer (first officer) to not look out side windows. Contacted ZZZ tower to inform of event. Told tower source was approximately 2 miles south of zzzzz intersection OM from the ground. Was met by [a] police officer who filed out laser incident report. ZZZ paramedics looked at left eye; saw irritation and provided solution to rinse eye. Contacted dispatch. Continued ZZZ. Felt discomfort and burning feeling in left eye. Messaged [dispatch] in dispatch to advise I would like to have urgent care and physician to look at left eye. Went to medical center; [my airline] contracted medical urgent care facility. Advised I had a burn to the left cornea in left eye. Told me it should heal in time. Prescribed antibiotics for left eye.analysis of other pilot laser event reports to determine if a pattern exists; i.e. Location; time of day; etc. To discover and develop profiles of sources.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 flight crew reported that during approach a laser light beam entered the cockpit.
Narrative: On final Approach to ZZZ; base turning final for visual approach; night time; outside ZZZZZ Intersection OM for ZZZ; experienced laser event. Bright high intensity green light entered cockpit from the 1130 position. Laser light source entered left eye for fraction of a second. Advised First Officer (FO) to not look out side windows. Contacted ZZZ tower to inform of event. Told tower source was approximately 2 miles south of ZZZZZ Intersection OM from the ground. Was met by [a] Police Officer who filed out Laser Incident report. ZZZ paramedics looked at left eye; saw irritation and provided solution to rinse eye. Contacted dispatch. Continued ZZZ. Felt discomfort and burning feeling in left eye. Messaged [dispatch] in dispatch to advise I would like to have urgent care and Physician to look at left eye. Went to Medical Center; [my airline] contracted medical urgent care facility. Advised I had a burn to the left cornea in left eye. Told me it should heal in time. Prescribed antibiotics for left eye.Analysis of other pilot laser event reports to determine if a pattern exists; i.e. location; time of day; etc. to discover and develop profiles of sources.
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.