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Flight captain reported being lasered on final approach to sba.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1661762 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SBA.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 1100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other LASER |
Narrative:
Coming beneath a low 600' deck on final approach to runway 7 in sba; we began getting lased with a bright green light at our 1-2 o'clock. I was flying and the first officer (first officer) was the first to state we were being lased and when I first noticed it; I thought it was the airport beacon until remembering the beacon was at our 11 o'clock on final. The light was quite bright and seemed to have a few lesser lights of the same color around it so there may have been more than one perpetrator. The light never fully illuminated the cockpit or hit us in the eyes directly and we stopped looking at it almost immediately. The lasing lasted for maybe 10 seconds or so. There was no injury to us and the flight landed a few minutes later uneventfully. The first officer (first officer) immediately reported the incident to lax center as we taxied in (sba was uncontrolled at the time) and guessed the distance was within a mile or two; south to southeast of the airport. My guess was within a mile south to southeast of the airport. We later reported the incident to [medlink company] as well; per protocols; and they cleared us to fly without any issues.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Captain reported being lasered on final approach to SBA.
Narrative: Coming beneath a low 600' deck on final approach to RWY 7 in SBA; we began getting lased with a bright green light at our 1-2 o'clock. I was flying and the F/O (First Officer) was the first to state we were being lased and when I first noticed it; I thought it was the airport beacon until remembering the beacon was at our 11 o'clock on final. The light was quite bright and seemed to have a few lesser lights of the same color around it so there may have been more than one perpetrator. The light never fully illuminated the cockpit or hit us in the eyes directly and we stopped looking at it almost immediately. The lasing lasted for maybe 10 seconds or so. There was no injury to us and the flight landed a few minutes later uneventfully. The F/O (First Officer) immediately reported the incident to LAX Center as we taxied in (SBA was uncontrolled at the time) and guessed the distance was within a mile or two; south to southeast of the airport. My guess was within a mile south to southeast of the airport. We later reported the incident to [Medlink Company] as well; per protocols; and they cleared us to fly without any issues.
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.