An air carrier aircraft on downwind for bos runway 4R was hit by a green laser over a dozen times be...

Narrative:

While on downwind to runway 04R; out of 6000 ft we were hit over a dozen times with a green laser southeast of field. We overflew the area and informed approach of the location and to notify law enforcement. The laser continued to be placed on us even from the base to final; other aircraft were lit up also. We notified bos tower after landing. They were confused a bit due to the lack of information given to them from approach. Maine state police were not sent to interview the crew. I contacted the tower on the drive home and maine state police called me to gather more information. Bos gave me a contact number to FAA dca; they never called me for any information. I was hit directly in the left eye with the laser on the first strike. On this event; had I not contacted the tower directly after landing this event may not have been investigated. I also contacted security; dispatch and filled out a report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier aircraft on downwind for BOS Runway 4R was hit by a green laser over a dozen times before landing. The Captain was hit in the eye. The State Police and FAA showed little interest in the event.

Narrative: While on downwind to Runway 04R; out of 6000 FT we were hit over a dozen times with a green laser southeast of field. We overflew the area and informed Approach of the location and to notify law enforcement. The laser continued to be placed on us even from the base to final; other aircraft were lit up also. We notified BOS Tower after landing. They were confused a bit due to the lack of information given to them from Approach. Maine State Police were not sent to interview the crew. I contacted the Tower on the drive home and Maine State Police called me to gather more information. BOS gave me a contact number to FAA DCA; they never called me for any information. I was hit directly in the left eye with the laser on the first strike. On this event; had I not contacted the Tower directly after landing this event may not have been investigated. I also contacted Security; Dispatch and filled out a report.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	846597
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

An air carrier aircraft on downwind for bos runway 4R was hit by a green laser over a dozen times before landing. The captain was hit in the eye. The state police and FAA showed little interest in the event.