# Incident 20231007012389I: Cessna CARAVAN, Dublin, TX, October 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2023, 19:30 local time
- Place: Dublin, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 32.0878° N, 98.3389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dublin, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0878&lon=-98.3389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4687B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4687B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA CARAVAN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231007012389I

## Narrative

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

OPERATORS FLIGHT WAS NEAR DUBLIN, TEXAS AT 1730 WHEN THE PILOT WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY A GREEN LASER. AT 1738 PILOT RELAYED TO ATC THAT HIS EYE SIGHT WAS IMPROVING. ATC CONTACTED DUBLIN POLICE BUT NO ONE WAS LOCATED USING A LASER. 1753 ATC ASKED THE PILOT IF HIS EYE SIGHT RETURNED AND HE YES. AIRCRAFT CONTIUED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

A CONVERSATION WITH OPERATORS CHIEF PILOT REVEALED THE PILOTS VISION WAS BACK TO NORMAL WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EFFECTS.

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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