Air carrier first officer reported a laser strike during approach to san airport.

Attributes
ACN	1602970
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SAN.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR LUCKI1 RNAV
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190 Flight Crew Total 4351
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While on the LUCKI1 RNAV STAR inbound to san; and transitioning to the RNAV rnp Z 27 approach; our flight was illuminated by a bright green laser. This occurred on descent between 10;000-9;000 feet. According to track data; it seems this would place our position near hsker intersection. The laser beam was green; intense; and seemed to target us. It caused momentary blindness in my left eye; and I was seeing spots in my vision for as long as an hour after the event. At the time of incident; we reported the illumination to socal approach; who asked if the laser was coming from 'south of the border' (mexico). We replied that we didn't really know where the border was (it was night VMC); but I could see the outline of hills and city lights behind them where the laser was coming from the northern edge.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported a laser strike during approach to SAN airport.

Narrative: While on the LUCKI1 RNAV STAR inbound to SAN; and transitioning to the RNAV RNP Z 27 approach; our flight was illuminated by a bright green laser. This occurred on descent between 10;000-9;000 feet. According to track data; it seems this would place our position near HSKER Intersection. The laser beam was green; intense; and seemed to target us. It caused momentary blindness in my left eye; and I was seeing spots in my vision for as long as an hour after the event. At the time of incident; we reported the illumination to SOCAL Approach; who asked if the laser was coming from 'south of the border' (Mexico). We replied that we didn't really know where the border was (it was night VMC); but I could see the outline of hills and city lights behind them where the laser was coming from the northern edge.

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.