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Compilation: transcript, interview, statement, news release

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This FAA compilation, released through The Black Vault, covers an incident on January 29, 1987 involving Alaska Airlines Flight 53. The Boeing 737 was flying from Nome to Anchorage when its crew saw a fast-moving target on their weather radar about 60 miles west of McGrath, Alaska. The file includes an incident record, a certified controller transcript, the FAA's crew interview statement and a news release. Anchorage Center's radar data showed no such aircraft, and the USAF reported no military traffic in the area.

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IDENTIFICATION A.	1. CODE	2. DATE 1/29/87	3. TIME (Local) 1840AST	AIRCRAFT INCIDENT RECORD
4. CATEGORY AIR CARRIER-TYPE: AIR TAXI GENERAL AVIATION COMMUTER OTHER	5. DAY OF WEEK Thursday	7. LOCATION (City and State) 60 miles west of McGrath, AK
	6. COORDINATES 63.20N 157.30W	8. NEAREST FIX (Radial and Distance) MCG 272°/60 miles
AIRCRAFT B.	1. AIRFRAME	2. ENGINES	MAKE/MODEL N/A	TOTAL HOURS	3. PROPELLERS	MAKE/MODEL N/A	TOTAL HOURS
MAKE/MODEL Boeing 737	SERIAL NO. (Malfunctioning)
1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.	SERIAL NO. (Malfunctioning)
1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.
REGISTRATION NO. N743AS	T.S.O. (Malfunctioning)
1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.	T.S.O. (Malfunctioning)
1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.
AIRWORTHINESS CLASS Standard	1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.	1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.
HOURS	1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.	1. ___ 2. ___
3. ___ 4.
T.S.O. N/A	TOTAL TIME N/A	6. AIR CARRIER OPERATING CERTIFICATE NO. 802	AUTHORIZED OPERATIONS UNDER FAR PARTS: 121
OPERATOR C.	1. NAME AND ADDRESS Alaska Airlines Seattle, Washington	7. OPERATING CERTIFICATE NO. N/A	AUTHORIZED OPERATIONS UNDER FAR PARTS: N/A
2. FLIGHT NO. AS #53	4. MAINT. DESIGNATOR ASAA	5. FATAL INJURY	6. DAMAGE	8. TYPE OF FLYING
3. UNDER FAR 121	5. CAB 298C FILED YES X NO	X NONE	PERSONAL
INJURY AND DAMAGE D.	1. PERSONS INVOLVED	2. PERSONS ABOARD	3. MINOR INJURY	4. SERIOUS INJURY	5. FATAL INJURY	6. DAMAGE	8. TYPE OF FLYING
X NONE	MINOR	BUSINESS
PASSENGERS	17	0	0	0	SUBSTANTIAL	EXECUTIVE CORP
CLEAR CREW	2	0	0	DESTROYED	INSTRUCTION
CABIN CREW	2	0	0	FIRE AFTER IMPACT	AERIAL APPLICATION
GROUND CREW	0	0	0	UNKNOWN	FERRY
PUBLIC/OTHER	0	0	0	7. PHASE OF OPERATION	TEST
TOTALS	2I	0	0	GROUND	PARACHUTE
HANDICAPPED	0	0	0	TAXI	AIR SHOW
EVACUATION INJURIES	0	0	0	X LEVEL FLIGHT	PASSENGER/CARGO
9. PART NAME/NO. N/A LANDING	UNKNOWN
AIRPORT E.	1. NAME N/A
CONTROLLED UNCONTROLLED	6. REMARKS
2. RUNWAY NUMBER	3. FIELD ELEVATION	4. RUNWAY LENGTH	5. SURFACE CONDITION
WEATHER F.	1. SOURCE Pilot	3. SKY CONDITION Clear	5. VISIBILITY RESTRICTION none	7. D.P. UNK	8. WIND UNK	10. REMARKS
2. TIME 1835AST	4. VISIBILITY Unlimited	6. TEMP. -38° Approx.	9. ALTIMETER 29.92

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Hearing transcript, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 9 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.