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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR 42-300 · Madison, WI · February 4, 2009

Date
February 4, 2009 · 19:11 local
Place
Madison, WI
Airport
Dane County Regional-Truax Field
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MTNA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N915FX
Reported as
Aerosp ATR42300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Mountain air cargo (mtna) flight 7558 reported white and green laser light illuminated aircraft while west bound @6,500 feet altitude, enroute between madision, WI (msn) and cedar rapids, IA (cid). Laser event reported by crew to atc/msn. The Dane county sheriff's office was notified by atc/msn. Flight operation was not affected during or after laser illumination event. This inspector forwarded advisory circular 70-2, "reporting of laser illumination of aircraft", to mtna. Ops to provide guidance requested for flight crew to complete the "laser beam exposure questionnaire". Questionairre will be faxed to the Washington operations control center (wocc) per instructions by operator upon completion.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO (MTNA) FLIGHT 7558 REPORTED WHITE AND GREEN LASER LIGHT ILLUMINATED AIRCRAFT WHILE WEST BOUND @6,500 FEET ALTITUDE, ENROUTE BETWEEN MADISION, WI (MSN) AND CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CID). LASER EVENT REPORTED BY CREW TO ATC/MSN. THE DANE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY ATC/MSN. FLIGHT OPERATION WAS NOT AFFECTED DURING OR AFTER LASER ILLUMINATION EVENT. THIS INSPECTOR FORWARDED ADVISORY CIRCULAR 70-2, "REPORTING OF LASER ILLUMINATION OF AIRCRAFT", TO MTNA. OPS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR FLIGHT CREW TO COMPLETE THE "LASER BEAM EXPOSURE QUESTIONNAIRE". QUESTIONAIRRE WILL BE FAXED TO THE WASHINGTON OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (WOCC) PER INSTRUCTIONS BY OPERATOR UPON COMPLETION.

Other reports on N915FX · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.