Garmin G1000 Piper PA-46 Meridian - Manual (Page 382)

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian 190-00763-01 Rev. A 368
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SY
STEM
O
VER
VIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO P
ANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANA
GEMENT
HAZARD
AV
OID
ANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL FEA
TURES
APPENDICES
INDEX
1000
800
600
400
200
Height Above Terrain (Feet
)
Altitude Loss (Feet)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
“DON’T SINK” “DON’T SINK”
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
Height Above Terrain (Feet
)
Sink Rate (Feet Per Minute)
0
“DON’T SINK” “DON’T SINK”
500 1000 1500 2500 3500 2000 3000 4000
Figure 6-84 Negative Climb Rate (NCR) Alert Criteria
SYSTEM STATUS
During G1000 power-up, TAWS conducts a self-test of its aural and visual annunciations. The system test
can also be manually initiated. An aural alert is issued at test completion. TAWS System Testing is disabled
when ground speed exceeds 30 knots.
Alert Type
PFD/MFD Alert
Annunciation
TAWS Page
Annunciation
Aural Message
System Test in Progress TAWS TEST None
System Test Pass None None “TAWS System Test OK”
TAWS System Test Fail TAWS FAIL “TAWS System Failure”
Table 6-14 TAWS System Test Status Annunciations