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JAPAN AIRLINES #628, January 11, 1987, Captain Terauchi \ E 1. CONTROL/COMMUNICATION FACILITYA| 4. DEPARTURE POINT/DATE/TIME 7. RADAR 4 | 4 = Anchorage ARTCC Lives KJno \ < we 2. FLIGHT PLAN/CLEARANCE ESTINATION ETA OR ATA 8. RADAR CONTROL IN " © kKXier (ver [None LJves Jno a 99eE < = q 3. TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT/C.G. 6. LAST COMMUNICATION (Position, Time, Altitude) ae x A A 1. PIC 2. SIC 3. FE pel NAME Kenjyu_ Terauchi iratsuka Okudaira a DATE OF BIRTH/AGE é CERTIFICATE NO. AND TYPE ras DATE OF LAST MEDICAL ¥ > HOURS THIS MAKE/MODEL 5 HOURS LAST 90 DAYS - MAKE/MODEL A TOTAL HOURS LAST 90 DAYS =X] TOTAL HOURS = DUTY TIME (Last 24 Hours; c RATINGS - PROFICIENCY CHECK DATE : ROUTE CHECK DATE | | SIMULATOR CHECK ni | SEAT OCCUPIED : | a DOMICILE (City and State) | | OTHER SPETFY a ie }2. 13 4. e PASSENGERS ; EQUIPMENT | ENVIRONMENT ; INVESTIGATION YES | NO : | OBESE SEATS | SMOKE NTSP NOTIFIED X <o AGED | RESTRAINTS; | FUMES | VOICE RECORDER REVIEW X > | BLIND : | exits FIRG : FLIGHT RECORDER REVIEW X = | INFANT SLIDES | LIGHTS ' OFFICE INVESTIGATION X > | | | RAFTS L SCENE INVESTIGATION X 7 | i VESTS : 1 1. REPORTSUBMITTED BY Michael Post (| 5. SCURCE OF INFO Crew Interview os ~; | 2. CFFICE AAL-FSDO-63 | 6. FAA COORDINATOR INVESTK Adams §& A. Flder a) 3. DATE 2/20/87 7. NTSB INVESTIGATOR pone 4. DISTRIBUTION AVN-120 thru AAL-250, cy: AAL-29@ RELATED REPORTS pone 4, Captain Terauchi reported seeing a group of unusual lights appear in front of his aircraft at what ‘appeared to be approximately 2,000 feet below his altitude of FL370, and then disappeared under the nose of the airplane at approximately 240 nautical miles north of Nenana, Alaska. This phenomenon occurred again at approxi; mately 151 nautical miles north of Nenana but this time the lights appeared at tas | his 10:00 position and slowly moved to the 9:00 and 8:00 positions before dis- we | appearing. During an interview with the flight crew conducted at Anchorage, it ga ~ : was noted that the aircraft flight path was north of and directly over the villagq os = ' of Arctic Village, Alaska at the time of the first sighting and 45 nautical miles A = northwest and west of the village of Fort Yukon during the second sighting. oP < ° 2 Captain Terauchi now believes that the unusual lights he saw were those village ! ¥ lights that had been obscured or changed by ice crystals present in the atmospherd. | * US GPO 1981 - 775-536'115