“FAA”38 pages
- p. 3 CONTENTS
March 5, 1987
Selected Haterial
Relative to the FAA Investi gation of
Japan Air Lines…
- p. 4 …FAA's Regional Public Affairs Officer Paul Steucke pointed out that FAA
normally does not investigate…
- p. 5 AAL-5, FAA
February 4, 1987
SELEX:TED PORI'IONS OF TRANSCRIPI'IOO
~ THE INCIDENI' INVOLVING…
- p. 6 …Are you (Fairbanks FAA tower) pickin up a primary target
right with that aircraft?
Ah, ro…
- p. 7 …Approach center (Fairbanks FAA tower) on the sixty one line.
Approach.
Look at your radar. We…
- p. 12 Paul Steucke
FAA Public Affairs
701 C Street, Box 14
Anch. AK 99513 ~·1 arch 5…
- p. 13 …MILE--
SECONDARY
RADAR
RETURN
(Beacon)
(Transponder)
--11
FAA
RADAR
SAME AIRCRAFT
RETURN
(Skin-
Surface)
--v'-RADAR…
- p. 16 Paul Steucke
FAA, Public Affairs Officer
Alaskan Region
701 C Street, Box 14
Anchorage, Alaska 995…
- p. 17 …Gordon, FSD0-63, and Japanese
Interpertor Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Airways Facilities, interviewed JAL
Captain Kenju Terauchi…
- p. 38 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan Region,
Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1…
- p. 39 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1…
- p. 40 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1…
- p. 41 …Received by FAA 1/2/87
- p. 42 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received ~y FAA 1…
- p. 43 …Received by FAA 1/2/87
- p. 44 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1…
- p. 45 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Milnoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received ~y FAA 1…
- p. 46 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mi.mote, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA…
- p. 47 …Received by FAA 1/2/87
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- p. 48 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received 'by !AA 1…
- p. 49 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received 'by YAA 1…
- p. 50 …Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1…
- p. 51 …Beckner, AAL-207, and Japanese
Interpertor Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Airways Facilities, interviewed JAL First
Officer Takanori…
- p. 72 …Tamefuji Ah, I read the FAA news hummm, ah, humm, I found military radar
picked up…
- p. 74 ...
A JAL flight engineer, Yoshie Tsukuba, was interviewed by Pete
Beckner of FAA on January 15…
- p. 78 …When I was interviewed here at the first
time by FAA personnel, I was not sure…
- p. 88 …holding the data and he said yes.
FAA Form 1600°32°112-111
AT ~ra_9e…
- p. 89 …INTERVIE:WE D/REVI EWE:D - - - - - __ ,
FAA Form 1600·32° l cz.11,
(pt' - JtJ_..,. ~~h…
- p. 94 …Mickle, FAA S/A
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FAA Form 160:0-32-112.n)
FILE NO. - - - - __ _,,_ - -·
FOR OFFICIAL USE…
- p. 95 …AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
All'I Tl'IANS,.Ol'ITATION 8ECURITY
Captain TEPAIX:lil stated that FAA ATC…
- p. 100 Paul Steucke, FAA
Alaskan Region
701 C St . Box 14
Anc h. AK 99513
March 5…
- p. 101 …It was noted at the FAA interview of the flight crew, which was conducted
when they…
- p. 102 …have been produced or obtained by the FAA in this investigation. They
are listed on the…
- p. 103 …00 . )
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $. ___________
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FAA WILL PAY COST OF DELIVERY SERVICE BY REGULAR FIRST CLASS
U…
- p. 104 …0 $1.10 6 •
FAA Form 3112, Inspection and Surveillance
Record; notes by Inspector Jack Wright…
- p. 105 …Mimoto of FAA Alaskan
Region. Enilish translation of item #6.
(13 pages)
Transcript of Interview with…
- p. 106 …Selected portions of voice transcriptions, pilot
of JAL 1628 and FAA controllers, in chronological
order; as…
- p. 107 …Alert Report from Director of FAA Alaskan Region
to FAA Administrator, 12/31/86. Record of…
Paul Steucke
FAA Public Affairs
701 C Street, Box 14
Anch. AK 99513 ~·1 arch 5 , 1987
UNCORRELATED RADAR SIGNALS
Radar data received by the FAA and used to track Japan Airlines flight 1628
on the night of the November 17, 1986, was retained by FAA. Review of this
radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research
technical center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, revealed that the radar system
was receiving what is called an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target".
This electronic phenomena is not unusual according to Steucke who said, "It
is unfortunate that the uncorrelated target phenomena occurred just when a
pilot was reporting seeing something outside his aircraft.
The controller's statements, released by the FAA, indicate that they thought
there might be another aircraft or object in the area of the JAL flight.
Steucke said, "The controllers were doing their job right because they have to
work with what is right there in front of them on the screen, especially when
you have a Captain that is reporting "other traffic" in his irmiediate area.
The .. radar data they had was one target, moving slowly across the radar screen.
They don't have the benefit of "monday morning quarterbacking" with multiple
radar images as was the case in regenerating the radar data." Review of the
radar data by FAA experts revealed the "uncorrelated target" phenomena.
FAA electronic technicians explained that an "uncorrelated primary and
beacon target" on the radar screen occurs when the radar energy that is sent up
toward the aircraft, (primary signal) returns to the radar receiver along with
the aircraft transponder (beacon) signal and the two do not match up as being
at the same exact location.
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