# Incident 20241004015049I: Piper PA-28-181, Farmington, MO, October 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2024, 23:25 local time
- Place: Farmington, MO
- Airport: Farmington Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7609° N, 90.4287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FARMINGTON RGNL (FAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7609&lon=-90.4287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N229AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241004015049I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ILLUMINATED BY A GREEN LASER FROM THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION WHILE HEADING NW AT 4,500 FT 11 MILES NORTH WEST OF FARMINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT.

PILOT REPORTED BLURRY VISION AND BEING DAZED BY THE LASER. LOCAL AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED.  ORIGIN OF THE LASER AND OPERATOR WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.

PILOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE MINOR INJURY.

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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