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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Socata TBM 850
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
Alert Type
PFD/MFD Alert
Annunciation
MFD Pop-Up Alert
Aural Message
Excessive Descent Rate Warning
(EDR)
“Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain
Clearance Warning (RTC)
*
or
“Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”*
or
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Imminent Terrain Impact
Warning (ITI)
*
or
“Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”*
or
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Obstacle
Clearance Warning (ROC)
*
or
“Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up; Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up”*
or
“Obstacle, Obstacle; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Imminent Obstacle Impact
Warning (IOI)
*
or
“Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up; Obstacle Ahead, Pull Up”
or
“Obstacle, Obstacle; Pull Up, Pull Up”
Reduced Required Terrain
Clearance Caution (RTC)
*
or
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”*
or
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
Imminent Terrain Impact Caution
(ITI)
*
or
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”*
or
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
Reduced Required Obstacle
Clearance Caution (ROC)
*
or
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”*
or
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
Imminent Obstacle Impact
Caution (IOI)
*
or
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”*
or
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
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”
* Alerts with multiple messages are configurable at installation and are installation-dependent. Alerts for the default
configuration are indicated with asterisks.
Table 6-8 TAWS Alerts Summary
