Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Hawker Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi
190-00663-02 Rev. B380
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.7 L-3 SKYWATCH TRAFFIC
WARNING : The Traffic Advisory System (TAS) is intended for advisory use only. TAS is intended to help the
pilot locate traffic visually. It is the responsibility of the pilot to see and maneuver to avoid traffic.
NOTE: TIS is disabled when a TAS or Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is installed.
NOTE: Refer to the SKYWATCH
®
(SKY497/SKY899) Pilot’s Guide for a detailed discussion of the TAS.
TAS SYMBOLOGY
TheoptionalTrafcAdvisorySystem(TAS)isdesignedtohelpindetectionandavoidanceofotheraircraft.TAS
usesanon-boardinterrogator-processorandanaltitudereportingtransponderfortheair-to-airtrafcdatalink.
TrafcisdisplayedusingthesymbologyshowninTable6-17.
Traffic Symbol Description
Non-Threat Traffic
Proximity Advisory (PA)
Traffic Advisory (TA)
Traffic Advisory Off Scale
Table 6-17 TAS/TCAS I Symbol Descriptions
ANon-threatAdvisory,shownasanopenwhitediamond,indicatesthatanintrudingaircraftisatgreaterthan
±1200feetrelativealtitudeorthedistanceisbeyond5nm.
AProximityAdvisoryindicatesthattheintrudingaircraftiswithin±1200feetandiswithin5nmrange,but
is still not considered a threat.
ATrafcAdvisory(TA)alertsthecrewtoapotentiallyhazardousintrudingaircraft.Closingrate,distance,
andverticalseparationmeetTAcriteria.ATrafcAdvisorythatisbeyondtheselecteddisplayrangeisindicated
byahalfTAsymbolattheedgeofthescreenattherelativebearingoftheintruder.