Garmin Flight Deck 100 Marine Instruments User Manual


 
190-00728-04 Rev. A
Embraer Prodigy
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Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
Required Terrain Clearance
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Figure 6-81 FLTA Minimum Terrain and Obstacle Values
FLTAalertsareautomaticallyinhibitedwhentheaircraftislessthan200feetabovethedestinationrunway
elevationwhilewithin0.5nmoftheapproachrunwayortheaircraftisbetweenrunwayends.
PREMATURE DESCENT ALERTING
A Premature Descent Alert (PDA) is issued when the system detects that the aircraft is significantly
belowthenormalapproachpathtoarunway(Figure6-82).
PDAalertingbeginswhentheaircraftisbelow700feetAGLwithin15nmofthedestinationairportand
endswhentheaircraftis0.5nmfromtherunwaythreshold.
Figure 6-82 PDA Alerting Threshold
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PDA ALERTING AREA
PDAandFLTAauralandvisualalertscanbemanuallyinhibited.Discretionshouldbeusedwheninhibiting
thesealerts,andthesystemshouldbeenabledwhenappropriate.WhenPDAandFLTAalertsareinhibited,
thealertannunciation‘TAWSINH’isshownonthePFDandMFD(Figure6-83).