Cockpit Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Section 1: System Overview
- Section 2: Flight Instruments
- Section 3: Engine Indication System (EIS)
- Section 4: NAV/COM and Transponder
- Section 5: Audio Panel
- Section 6: Automatic Flight Control
- Section 7: Navigation
- 7.1 Navigation Map Page
- 7.2 Direct-to Navigation
- 7.3 Navigating an Example Flight Plan
- 7.4 Airport Information
- 7.5 Intersection Information
- 7.6 NDB Information
- 7.7 VOR Information
- 7.8 User Waypoint Information Page
- 7.9 Nearest Airports
- 7.10 Nearest Intersections
- 7.11 Nearest NDB
- 7.12 Nearest VOR
- 7.13 Nearest User Waypoint
- 7.14 Nearest Frequencies
- 7.15 Nearest Airspaces
- Section 8: Flight Planning
- 8.1 User Defined Waypoints
- 8.2 Viewing the Active Flight Plan
- 8.3 Activate a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.4 Activate a Flight Plan Leg
- 8.5 Stop Navigating a Flight Plan
- 8.6 Invert Active Flight Plan
- 8.7 Create a New Flight Plan
- 8.8 Enter an Airway in a Flight Plan
- 8.9 Load a Departure
- 8.10 Load an Arrival
- 8.11 Load an Approach
- 8.12 Remove a Departure, Arrival, Approach, or Airway from a Flight Plan
- 8.13 Store a Flight Plan
- 8.14 Edit a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.15 Delete a Waypoint from the Flight Plan
- 8.16 Invert and Activate a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.17 Copy a Flight Plan
- 8.18 Delete a Flight Plan
- 8.19 Graphical Flight Plan Creation
- 8.20 Trip Planning
- Section 9: Procedures
- Section 10: Hazard Avoidance
- 10.1 Customizing the Hazard Displays on the Navigation Map
- 10.2 STORMSCOPE® (Optional)
- 10.3 XM Weather (Service Optional)
- 10.4 Traffic Systems
- 10.5 Terrain and Obstacle Proximity
- 10.6 Terrain Awareness & Warning System (TAWS) Display (Optional)
- Displaying Terrain on the TAWS Page
- Enable/Disable Aviation Data
- TAWS Inhibit
- Manual System Test
- Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA)
- Premature Descent Alert (PDA)
- Excessive Descent Rate Alert (EDR)
- Negative Climb Rate After TakeoffAlert (NCR)
- “Five-Hundred” Aural Alert
- Displaying Terrain and Obstacles on the Navigation Map
- Pop-up Alerts
- TAWS Alerts Summary
- Alert Annunciations
- Section 11: Abnormal Operation
- Section 12: Annunciations & Alerts
- 12.1 Alert Level Definitions
- 12.2 NAV III Aircraft Alerts
- 12.3 CO Guardian Messages
- 12.4 AFCS Alerts
- 12.5 TAWS Alerts
- 12.6 Other G1000 Aural Alerts
- 12.7 G1000 System Annunciations
- 12.8 G1000 System Message Advisories
- MFD & PFD Message Advisories
- Database Message Advisories
- GMA 1347 Message Advisories
- GIA 63 Message Advisories
- GIA 63W Message Advisories
- GEA 71 Message Advisories
- GTX 33 Message Advisories
- GRS 77 Message Advisories
- GMU 44 Message Advisories
- GDL 69A Message Advisories
- GDC 74A Message Advisories
- Miscellaneous Message Advisories
- Index

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Nav III
190-00384-08 Rev. A
12-5
SECTION 12 – ANNUNCIATIONS
& ALERTS
12.5 TAWS ALERTS
The following table shows the possible TAWS alert types with corresponding annunciations and aural messages.
Alert Type
PFD/MFD TAWS
Page
Annunciation
MFD
Pop-Up Alert
Aural Message
Excessive Descent Rate Warning (EDR) “Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain Clearance Warn
-
ing (RTC)
or
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
or
“Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”
Imminent Terrain Impact Warning (ITI)
or
Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”
or
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Obstacle Clearance
Warning (ROC
)
or
“Obstacle, Obstacle; Pull Up, Pull Up”
or
“Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up; Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up”
Imminent Obstacle Impact Warning (IOI)
or
“Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up; Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up”
or
“Obstacle, Obstacle; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain Clearance Caution
(RTC)
or
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
or
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”
Imminent Terrain Impact Caution (ITI)
or
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”
or
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
Reduced Required Obstacle Clearance
Caution (ROC)
or
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
or
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”
Imminent Obstacle Impact Caution (IOI)
or
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”
or
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
Premature Descent Alert Caution (PDA)
“Too Low, Terrain”
Altitude Callout “500” None None “Five-Hundred”
Excessive Descent Rate Caution (EDR) “Sink Rate”
Negative Climb Rate Caution (NCR)
or
“Don’t Sink”
or
“Too Low, Terrain”










