G550 captain reports a TCAS RA during arrival into teb near sax VOR.

Attributes
ACN	1092942
Time
Date	201306
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Gulfstream V / G500 / G550
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

We were around the sax VOR on radar vectors into teb. Easterly heading descending from 6;000 ft to 4;000 ft assigned. ATC issued a new assigned altitude of 5;000 ft due to traffic. Just as we were leveling at 5;000 ft; [we] received the TCAS RA climb. [We] notified ATC of TCAS RA climb [and we] climbed with RA to about 5;500 ft; received clear of conflict. Notified ATC and they issued a descent to 3;000 ft with a good rate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: G550 Captain reports a TCAS RA during arrival into TEB near SAX VOR.

Narrative: We were around the SAX VOR on radar vectors into TEB. Easterly heading descending from 6;000 FT to 4;000 FT assigned. ATC issued a new assigned altitude of 5;000 FT due to traffic. Just as we were leveling at 5;000 FT; [we] received the TCAS RA Climb. [We] notified ATC of TCAS RA climb [and we] climbed with RA to about 5;500 FT; received clear of conflict. Notified ATC and they issued a descent to 3;000 FT with a good rate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.