FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual Supplement

190-00716-03 Rev. 4 Hawker Beechcraft B300 and B300C King Air
FAA APPROVED Page 81 of 173
TCAS II
TCAS II TRAFFIC ADVISORY
(Amber on PFD and aural “TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC” advisory)
Conduct a visual search for the intruder. If successful, maintain visual acquisition to ensure safe
separation.
The pilot should not initiate evasive maneuvers using information from the traffic map display only on
a traffic advisory (TA) without visually sighting the traffic. These displays and advisories are intended
only for assistance in visually locating the traffic and lack the flight path trends necessary for use in
evasive maneuvering. However, unnecessary resolution advisories can be issued by TCAS II when
other aircraft are operating at an altitude adjacent to the one that has been assigned to the climbing
or descending TCAS aircraft. When climbing or descending in an environment where these
unnecessary advisories are considered likely to occur (based on either airspace design, air traffic
communications, visual acquisition or utilization of traffic displays), a reduction in vertical velocity is
recommended until reaching the assigned altitude. As appropriate, the vertical velocity should be
reduced to a rate between 500 and 1,500 ft/min, when approaching an altitude between 1,000 and
2,000 ft. above or below the altitude assigned in the ATC instruction or clearance.
TCAS II SYSTEM FAILURE
If the amber status annunciator is displayed on the PFDs and “FAIL”, “NO DATA,” DATA
FAILED,” or “FAILED” is displayed on the traffic map displays, the system will no longer provide traffic
information including Traffic or Resolution Advisories. The crew must visually acquire and maintain
separation from other aircraft.
TCAS II SYSTEM STANDBY
In flight, if the amber status annunciator is displayed on the PFDs and “STANDBY”” is
displayed on the traffic map displays, the system will no longer provide traffic information including
Traffic or Resolution Advisories. The crew must visually acquire and maintain separation from
other aircraft. The TCAS should be placed into TA/RA or TA ONLY mode as appropriate. If the
TCAS is in Standby Mode while on the ground, it will be annunciated with a white
annunciator.
To Manually Place the TCAS II into TA/RA or TA ONLY Mode:
1. On Either PFD, XPDR/TFC Softkey ....................................................................................... PRESS
2. MODE Softkey ....................................................................................................................... PRESS
3. TA ONLY or TA/RA Softkey ................................................................................................... PRESS