Angel One Transport - Non-injury incident

Date: April 4, 2009 2105 CDT

Program: Angel One Transport
	1 Children's Way, Slot 604
	Little Rock, AR 72202-3591

Type: S-76 C 
Tail #: N760AF
Operator/Vendor: Own Part 135

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, Flight Nurse, Flight Respiratory Therapist, Resident, Patient and Parent. No injuries reported. Patient on board. 

Description: 
	En route from a referral hospital in Wynne, AR to Arkansas Children's
	Hospital with a patient on board, the aircraft was engaged by a bright
	green laser that tracked the aircraft for three miles.  The aircraft
	was initially engaged at position N 35 49 85 W 091 30 33 at an
	altitude of 3000ft MSL heading 245 degrees.  The laser emanated from a
	point east of town (Des Arc) on what appeared to be Highway 323 within
	a quarter mile radius of the N 34 58 62 W 091 29 70.  Angel One
	dispatch was immediately notified of GPS location and the local
	Sheriff Department was notified.  

Additional Info: 
	Appropriate documentation and reporting was complete with FAA
	Operations Control Center in Washington, DC.  At this time, the
	Sheriff Department has not found a source for the laser and the
	incident is considered open.

Source: Steven Haemmerle, Program Director

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