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Embraer Prodigy
®
Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
190-00728-04 Rev. A
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
Inhibiting/enabling FLTA and PDA alerting:
1) Select the TAWS-A Page.
2) Select the TAWS INH Softkey to inhibit or enable TAWS-A (choice dependent on current state).
Or:
1) Press the MENU Key. (Figure 6-93)
2) Select ‘Inhibit TAWS’ or ‘Enable TAWS’ (choice dependent on current state) and press the ENT Key.
If PDA and FLTA alerts are inhibited when the Final Approach Fix is the activewaypoint in a GPS
SBASapproach,a‘LOWALT’annunciationmayappearonthePFDnexttotheAltimeterifthecurrent
aircraftaltitudeisatleast164feetbelowtheprescribedaltitudeattheFinalApproachFix.SeetheFlight
InstrumentsSectionfordetails.
EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE ALERT
The purposeof the Excessive Descent Rate (EDR) alert is to provide suitable notification when the
aircraftisdeterminedtobeclosing(descending)uponterrainatanexcessivespeed.Figure6-94showsthe
parametersforthealertasdenedbyTSO-C151b.
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Caution: “SINK RATE”
Warning: “PULL UP”
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Figure 6-94 Excessive Descent Rate Alert Criteria
EXCESSIVE CLOSURE RATE ALERT
TheExcessive Closure Rate (ECR) alert provides suitable notification when the aircraft is determined to
beclosinguponterrainatanexcessivespeedforagivenaircraftgearandapconguration.
Figures6-95and6-96showtheECRalertingcriteriaforapsinthelandingcongurationandforallother
flight phases respectively.