Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX
190-01255-01 Rev. A382
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM STATUS
Duringsystempower-up,HTAWSconductsasystemtestofitsalertingcapabilities.The systemtestcan
alsobemanuallyinitiated.Avoicealertisissuedattestcompletion.HTAWSSystemTestingisdisabledwhen
groundspeedexceeds30knots.NoHTAWSterrainorobstaclealertingisavailablewhileasystemtestisin
progress.
Alert Type
PFD/HTAWS Page Status
Annunciation
HTAWS Page Center
Banner Annunciation
Voice Alert
System Test in Progress HTAWS TEST None
System Test Pass None None “HTAWS Test OK”
HTAWS System Failure HTAWS FAIL “HTAWS Failure”
HTAWS Not Available None “HTAWS Not Available”
HTAWS Availability Restored None None “HTAWS Available”*
HTAWS FLTA Alerting Inhibited None None
Reduced Protection Mode Enabled None None
* Voice alert message issued if HTAWS is inhibited.
Table 6-13 HTAWS System Status Annunciations
Manually testing the HTAWS System:
1) Select the HTAWS Page.
2) Press the MENU Key (Figure 6-103).
3) Select ‘Test HTAWS System’ and press the ENT Key to confirm the selection.
Figure 6-103 HTAWS Page Menu
HTAWScontinuallymonitorsseveralsystem-criticalitemssuchasdatabasevalidity,hardwarestatus,andGPS
status.Iftheterrain/obstacledatabaseisnotavailable,thesystemissuesthe“HTAWS Failure” voice alert with
the‘HTAWSFAIL’visualannunciation.
HTAWS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