MD80 first officer reports green laser striking the cockpit during a visual approach to runway 4R at...

Narrative:

Green laser event. VMC right downwind for 4R ord. As pilot monitoring; saw what appeared as bright white light out of right corner of my eye. Thinking it might be fireworks below; looked out to see a very bright green focused dot on the ground immediately below cockpit offset slightly right. Dot moved in a random sweep pattern laterally and vertically. Luckily the beam did not strike my eye directly when it panned up; but as I looked back into the cockpit; the beam appeared to light the right window rail once more momentarily. Notified ATC immediately. No damage or injury. Landed normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 First Officer reports green laser striking the cockpit during a visual approach to Runway 4R at ORD. There were no injuries and flight landed normally.

Narrative: Green laser event. VMC right downwind for 4R ORD. As pilot monitoring; saw what appeared as bright white light out of right corner of my eye. Thinking it might be fireworks below; looked out to see a very bright green focused dot on the ground immediately below cockpit offset slightly right. Dot moved in a random sweep pattern laterally and vertically. Luckily the beam did not strike my eye directly when it panned up; but as I looked back into the cockpit; the beam appeared to light the right window rail once more momentarily. Notified ATC immediately. No damage or injury. Landed normally.

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	885919
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

MD80 first officer reports green laser striking the cockpit during a visual approach to runway 4R at ord. There were no injuries and flight landed normally.