Aircraft being manufactured and ground tested within close proximity of departure end of runway 36 will occasionally generate false VFR beacon targets and TCASII alerts.

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Attributes
ACN	421086
Time
Date	199811
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sav
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dawn
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller radar : 1 flight time total : 90
ASRS Report	421086
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

At the departure end of runway 36 in northeast corner is gulfstream where they build gulfstreams, and occasionally you will see a VFR tag with a specific code on it. There has been occasion of TCASII reports in talking to other controllers. We have asked the air traffic manager to do something about the situation and no action has been taken.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT BEING MANUFACTURED AND GND TESTED WITHIN CLOSE PROX OF DEP END OF RWY 36 WILL OCCASIONALLY GENERATE FALSE VFR BEACON TARGETS AND TCASII ALERTS.

Narrative: AT THE DEP END OF RWY 36 IN NE CORNER IS GULFSTREAM WHERE THEY BUILD GULFSTREAMS, AND OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL SEE A VFR TAG WITH A SPECIFIC CODE ON IT. THERE HAS BEEN OCCASION OF TCASII RPTS IN TALKING TO OTHER CTLRS. WE HAVE ASKED THE AIR TFC MGR TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIT AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.