Incident · 1996-11-29
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-11-29
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-120ER (N291SW)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SKYWEST AIRLINES
Probable cause
a laser light source of unknown origin, directed toward the aircraft, as it was approaching to land.
Source: NTSB case LAX97IA056Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.