# Incident 20090204003069I: Aerosp ATR42300, Madison, WI, February 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2009, 19:11 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/20090204003069I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20240917019769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917019769I), Sep 17, 2024: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (N915FX), Aguadilla, PR, Minor damage. After departure, the flight crew were notified by ATC that bqn ground personnel witnessed a nose landing wheel assembly depart the aircraft shortly after…

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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