Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
190-00552-05 Rev. A
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM STATUS
Duringpower-up,TAWS-Bconductsaself-testofitsauralandvisualannunciations.Thesystemtestcanalso
bemanuallyinitiated.Anauralalertisissuedattestcompletion.TAWS-BSystemTestingisdisabledwhen
groundspeedexceeds30knots.
Alert Type
PFD/MFD* Status
Annunciation
TAWS-B Page
Center Banner
Annunciation
Aural Message
System Test in Progress TAWS TEST None
System Test Pass None None “TAWS System Test OK”
TAWS-B System Test Fail TAWS FAIL “TAWS System Failure”
*Annunciation shown on MFD pages when terrain display is enabled
Table 6-14 TAWS-B System Test Status Annunciations
Manually testing the TAWS-B System:
1) Select the TAWS-B Page.
2) Press the MENU Key (Figure 6-89).
3) Select ‘Test TAWS System’ and press the ENT Key to confirm the selection.
Figure 6-89 TAWS-B Page Menu
TAWS-Bcontinuallymonitorsseveralsystem-criticalitemssuchasdatabasevalidity,hardwarestatus,and
GPS status.  If the terrain/obstacle database is not available, the aural message “TAWS System Failure” is
generatedalongwiththe‘TAWSFAIL’alertannunciation.
TAWS-Brequiresa3-DGPSnavigationsolutionalongwithspecicverticalaccuracyminimums.Shouldthe
navigation solution become degraded or if the aircraft is out of the database coverage area, the annunciation
‘TAWSN/A’isgeneratedintheannunciationwindowandontheTAWS-BPage.Theauralmessage“TAWS Not
Available”isgenerated.WhentheGPSsignalintegrityreturnsandtheaircraftiswithinthedatabasecoverage
area,theauralmessage“TAWSAvailable”isgenerated