Cockpit Reference Guide

190-00763-02 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
6.7 TRAFFIC ADVISORY SYSTEM (TAS)
NOTE: RefertotheHoneywell
®
KTA870Pilot’sGuideforadetaileddiscussionoftheKTA870TAS.
TAS SYMBOLOGY
ThetrafcAdvisorySystem(TAS)(ifequipped)isdesignedtohelpindetectionandavoidanceofotheraircraft.
TASusesanon-boardinterrogator-processorandtheModeStransponderfortheair-to-airtrafcdatalink.Trafc
isdisplayedaccordingtothesymbologyshowninTable6-20.
TAS Symbol Description
Non-Threat Traffic
Proximity Advisory (PA)
Traffic Advisory (TA)
Traffic Advisory Off Scale
Table 6-20 TAS Symbol Description
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.