# Incident 20071107829019I: Pilats PC1245, Aspen, CO, November 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2007, 20:45 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N559PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N559PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071107829019I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 7, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 20:45 LOCAL TIME, N559PB WAS DEPARTING FROM THE ASPEN, COLORADO AIRPORT FOLLOWING THE LINDZ4 DEPARTURE PROCEDURE WHEN THE PILOT WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT LASER BEAM IN THE COCKPIT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LASER LIGHT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE SNOWMASS VILLAGE AREA. ATC WAS NOTIFIED AND THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT. ATC ALSO STATED THAT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A LASER BEAM TRACKING THEIR AIRCRAFT AT 30,000 FEET, AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE HORSE RANCH AREA LOCATED WITHIN THE SNOWMASS VILLAGE, A BRIGHT GREEN LASER BEAM WAS TRANSMITTED AT THE POLICE CAR BLINDING THE POLICE OFFICER. THE POLICE OFFICER WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN APPREHENDING THE INDIVIDUAL AT THAT TIME. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PUT A NOTICE IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND TRY TO GET ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PERSON. THEY WILL NOTIFY THE FAA IF THEY OBTAIN ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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