Mysterious aircraft return showing up almost daily..Can anyone Identify?

[CYYZGUY]

As the thread title says..  I am getting a plane appearing every few days with the country flag appearing as a flower, with no other information.

Please see the screenshot below..

Is has a flight ID of 4319 and never changes.  At bottom of list. 

regards,



Strange return..... by CYYZGUY, on Flickr

[mikek]

That (I think) is the Brazil Military 'flag'. It will be based on the Hex code you are receiving and is controlled by the 'D008.dat' file in the radarbox data folder.
The 'flag' image itself is in the data/flags folder named 'BQ'.

Possibly you have a Brazilian military aircraft based in your vicinity at the moment or it is something miscoding in that hex code range.

[Runway 31]

Jason, The imporatant bit missing is the hex code it is using please forward it and we will see if we can identify.  Every possibility it is US or Canadian registered but using its former hex code.

Alan

[CYYZGUY]

Hi Alan, how do I display or find the Hex code?  I had a quick poke around this morning and could not see where it is shown..


regards,

Jason

[Runway 31]

Hi Jason,

If you go into mylog for yesterday look for the flight and you should find it without too much problem

Alan

[CYYZGUY]

Hi Alan, the only thing I have to go on is the Flight ID which was 4319.  In the mylog I do not see that as a field to search by...Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Jason

[Runway 31]

Hi Jason,

If you go down your mylog you will see a hex code with all the other info empty.  It will probably begin with E4**** but definately it will begin with E.

If you run Reporter for yesterday, unknowns are usually at the top.

Alan

[EK01]

Jason,

On your main AN screen go into File>Preferences>General and in the box headed 'Grid Visible Columns' tick the 'Mode S' field and that will then show your hex codes for all aircraft you see.

Ian

[Runway 31]

Jason,

Thanks Ian, I didnt note the hex wasnt showing.  It would be a good idea to also tick the Registration box as to let you see which aircraft you are picking up.

Alan

[CYYZGUY]

Thanks for the information guys.  I just got to work, it's 8AM here in Toronto, so I will enable those fields when I get home and keep an eye open for it.  It comes up almost daily, and is usually at 200 Nm+ and is definitely in the US.

Once I get the hex code I will post here.

regards,

[CYYZGUY]

Hi guys, ok, surprisingly, this mystery flight just took off from CYYZ, this time with a flight ID of 4331.  Again with the flower looking country flag..

All other times I have seen it, it has been far away and with a flight ID of 4319

The hex code is E40090

Hopefully you can find out something about it..

regards,

Jason

[tarbat]

GAS have hex code E40090 as:
Reg: PP-XJE
Serial: 17000001
ICAO Type: E170
Type: Embraer ERJ170
Operator: Embraer
ICAO Operator: EMB

But there's also mention of it being a miscode for either SP-LIB or N866RW as well.

This from http://www.airframes.org/

[Runway 31]

Hi Jason,

As stated by Tarbat E40090 was/is used by the E170 prototype PT-XJE, owned by Embraer.
N866RW was sold to Japan in 2010 and SP-LIB operates short haul routes out of Poland so it is none of these.  Short of someone eyballing it to get the tie up i dont know how we will tie up this miscode.  I will however make some enquiries to try and ascertain its ID.

Alan

[shouriken]

A search on the Mode_S list gave this:

- all over Europe with LOT callsign.
The oldest record from Offenbach (near EDDF), Germany
E40090 LOT415 SP-LIB ! E170 0 33000 30.12.2010 18:08:36
and the newest, also from Offenbach (near EDDF), Germany
E40090 LOT377 SP-LIB ! E170 18575 1425 12/04/2012 12:15:30
and next from Motala, Sweden switched to 48AD01
48AD01  LOT457   EPWA-ESSA       SP-LIB  E170  LOT Polish Airlines  2012/04/13 15:21:42

- São Paulo Brazil:
E40090  19059302                 SP-LIB  E175  LOT                  2012/12/21 12:28:21
E40090  19059302                 SP-LIB  E175  LOT                  2012/12/21 12:28:21

- Guatemala City:
First seen:
E40090 CMP406 PP-XJE E170 ----- ----- 27/12/2012 16:24:16
Last seen:
E40090 CMP411 PP-XJE E170 23500 38000 17/06/2013 14:00:00

ORLANDO AREA, FL (SBS):
E40090 CMP241 N655RW E170 10900 25450 27/08/2013 19:39:59

Woodbridge VA (RB):
First seen:
E40090  4300                                                       2013/09/06 22:21:38
Last seen:
E40090 4317 2013/10/15 10:25:21
E40090 4319 2013/10/15 23:03:06


Hex A8A0D9, i.e. N655RW, appears in many logs from the USA and Canada:
First record from Kingston, ON, Canada:
A8A0D9 7624 N655RW E170 31000 17550 30/12/2010 17:33:41
Latest record at KATL:
A8A0D9 -------- N655RW   E170 11750 3750  04-10-2013 12:55:14
A8A0D9 -------- N655RW   E170 2925  8275  04-10-2013 13:58:37

[Runway 31]

Thanks for that Liviu.  One thing for certain is that E40090 is a hex code used for test flying by Embraer and while databases have it recorded against PP-XJE it is uncertain whether it is still in use on that aircraft.  It would appear that 3 or 4 aircraft across the globe have code E40090 in at least one of their 2 boxes.

Some of the entires on the list would appear to be quite dubious.  The CMP is the IACO code used by Copa Airlines and I wouldnt think that N655RW would be flying for them so looks like one of Copa's Embraers is similarly coded and the users box has N655RW against it wrongly.

N655RW would appear to be a likely candidate for Jason's aircraft assuming there is not another in the Shuttle Amerca fleet similarly miscoded on one box.

Alan