Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Nav III
190-00384-12 Rev. A
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SECTION 13 – ANNUNCIATIONS
& ALERTS
Alert Type
PFD/MFD
TAWS-B Page
Annunciation
MFD
Pop-Up Alert
Aural Message
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”
TAWS SYSTEM STATUS ANNUNCIATIONS
Alert Type
PFD/MFD Alert
Annunciation
TERRAIN-SVS Page
Annunciation
Aural Message
System Test in Progress TAWS TEST None
System Test Pass None None “TAWS System Test OK”
MFD Terrain or Obstacle database unavailable or
invalid. TAWS operating with PFD Terrain or Obstacle
databases
None TERRAIN DATABASE FAILURE None
TAWS-B System Test Fail TAWS FAIL “TAWS System Failure”
Terrain or Obstacle database unavailable or invalid,
invalid software configuration, system audio fault
TAWS FAIL “TAWS System Failure”
No GPS position NO GPS POSITION “TAWS Not Available”
Excessively degraded GPS signal, Out of database
coverage area
None “TAWS Not Available”
Sufficient GPS signal received after loss None None “TAWS Available”