Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
190-00763-02 Rev. A
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APPENDIX A
TAWS-B ALERTS
Alert Type
PFD/MFD
†
Alert
Annunciation
MFD Pop-Up Alert
(except TAWS-B Page
Aural Message
Excessive Descent Rate Warning (EDR)
“Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain Clearance Warning (RTC)
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Imminent Terrain Impact Warning (ITI)
Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Obstacle Clearance Warning (ROC)
“Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up; Obstacle Ahead,
Pull Up”
Imminent Obstacle Impact Warning (IOI)
“Obstacle, Obstacle; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain Clearance Caution (RTC)
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
Imminent Terrain Impact Caution (ITI)
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”
Reduced Required Obstacle Clearance Caution
(ROC)
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
Imminent Obstacle Impact Caution (IOI)
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”
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)
“Don’t Sink”
† Annunciation is shown on the TAWS-B Page and the Navigation Map Page when Terrain is enabled.
TAWS-B SYSTEM STATUS ANNUNCIATIONS
Alert Type
PFD/MFD
†
Alert
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 FLTA Alerting Inhibited
None None
No GPS position
NO GPS POSITION
“TAWS Not Available”*
Excessively degraded GPS signal; or
Out of database coverage area
None
“TAWS Not Available”*
TAWS-B System Test Fail;
Terrain or Obstacle database unavailable
or invalid;
Invalid software configuration; or
System audio fault
TAWS FAIL
“TAWS System Failure”
MFD Terrain or Obstacle database
unavailable or invalid, TAWS-B operating
with PFD Terrain or Obstacle databases
None
TERRAIN DATABASE FAILURE
None
† Annunciation is shown on the TAWS-B Page and the Navigation Map Page when Terrain is enabled.
* “TAWS Available” is heard when sufficient GPS signal is received, or Terrain database coverage area re-entered.