Honeywell Bendix/King KMH980, Pilot'S Manual

Page 1: ...Pilot s Guide KTA970 KMH980 B Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System Multi Hazard Awareness System Rev 3 006 18273 0000 N ...

Page 2: ...ignation NLR and is to be used solely by the individual organization to whom it is addressed Diversion contrary to U S law is prohibited COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 2001 2003 2005 Honeywell International Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of this publication or any portion thereof by any means without the express written permission of Honeywell International Inc is prohibited For further informat...

Page 3: ...on 3 January 2005 Part Number 006 18273 0000 This revision clarifies the determination of when other aircraft are on the ground and clarifies the GA EGPWS Self Test process The following pages were changed or added Front Cover Copyright 14 55 56 Back Cover R 1 ...

Page 4: ...ecember 2003 Part Number 006 18273 0000 This revision corrects some errors incorporates additional EGPWS capability and removes references to a specific type of database card The following pages were changed or added Front Cover Copyright ii 35 37 41 46 50 64 Back Cover ...

Page 5: ...Revision History Manual KTA970 KMH980 Pilot s Guide Revision 1 April 2002 Part Number 006 18273 0000 This revision incorporates changes from the GA EGPWS R 3 ...

Page 6: ...R 4 Revision History Manual KTA970 KMH980 Pilot s Guide Revision 0 September 2001 Part Number 006 18273 0000 This is the original version of this publication ...

Page 7: ... and Voice Announcements 12 TCAS I Traffic Advisory Annunciation TA 12 Section II TCAS I Controls and Displays 15 TCAS I Controls 15 TCAS I Control Display KMD 550 850 15 KMD 550 850 Traffic Page TCAS 1 Operational Controls 16 TCAS I Control Panel CP 66B 17 Power Switch 18 Range Knob 18 Display Select Switch 18 Altitude Limit Switch 18 Weather Radar Indicators 19 RDS 81 82 84 86 RDR 2000 RDR 2100 ...

Page 8: ...it Switch 43 Terrain Awareness Display 44 Look Ahead Alerting and Warning 48 Runway Field Clearance Floor RFCF 49 Excessive Rate of Descent Alerting and Warning 50 Inadvertent Descent Loss of Altitude After Take Off 51 GA EGPWS Altitude Monitoring 52 Altitude Callout 52 Aircraft Configuration Alerts Gear Flap Alerts 53 Bank Angle Alert 53 EGPWS NORMAL PROCEDURES 55 GA EGPWS System Self Test 55 Rec...

Page 9: ...e Control TRAFFIC DISPLAY CONTROL OR AUDIO PANEL Barometric Altitude Gilham ARINC 429 Heading XYZ Synchro Suppression Discretes Outside Air Temperature KTA 970 KMH 980 TCAS PROCESSOR Directional KA 815 Directional KA 815 Omni Directional L Band AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYSTEM STATUS TAS VALID EGPWS INOP CONFIGURATION MODULE KCM 805 Headphone 600 Ohm BOTTOM ANTENNA GPS ANTENNA KA 92 KMD 540 Comprised of th...

Page 10: ...ration and Symbology section of this Pilot s Guide TCAS is unable to detect any Intruding aircraft without an operat ing transponder TCAS can detect and track aircraft with either an ATCRBS operating in Mode A or C or Mode S transponders The traffic display shows the Intruding aircraft s position TCAS identifies the relative threat of each Intruder by using various symbols and colors The Intruder ...

Page 11: ... Determines if a threat exists from ATCRBS or Mode S Transponder equipped aircraft Provides display and audio announcement to the crew Position information displayed on a traffic display Synthesized voice Incorporates sensor inputs and sophisticated algorithms to minimize nuisance visual and aural annunciations ...

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Page 13: ...KTA 970 KMH 980 Pilot s Guide Rev 2 006 18273 0000 5 TCAS I Theory of Operation and Symbology SECTION I THEORY OF OPERATION AND SYMBOLOGY Section I describes TCAS I Theory of operation and symbology ...

Page 14: ...ch altitude layer Lower altitudes have less sensitive TA threshold levels to prevent unnecessary advisories in the higher traffic densities anticipated at lower flight levels i e terminal areas TCAS I has two sensitivity levels SL which are described in Table 1 TCAS I Sensitivity Levels SL A is invoked using the following order of precedence 1 when the TCAS I aircraft is below 2 000 feet AGL if eq...

Page 15: ...tivi ty level A TCAS I calculates that if current closing rate is maintained sepa ration of less than 600 feet in altitude between own and Intruder will occur in 20 seconds Separation between own and Intruder is less than 600 feet in alti tude and less than 0 20 nautical mile range NAR Non Altitude Reporting Intruder is within 15 seconds or 0 20 nautical mile range SL B The following conditions ca...

Page 16: ... AURAL INHIBITS TCAS I will inhibit the aural annunciation using the following order of precedence 1 below 400 ft AGL if equipped with radio altimeter OR 2 when the landing gear is Extended no radio altimeter installed For installations aboard aircraft with fixed landing gear and no radio altimeter installed the aural annunciation is not inhibited by the TCAS I processor unless weight on wheels in...

Page 17: ...T TRAFFIC An open white diamond indicates that an Intruder s rela tive altitude is greater than 1200 feet or its distance is beyond 5 nm range It is not yet considered a threat This traffic is 1700 feet above your own altitude descending at 500 feet per minute or greater PROXIMITY INTRUDER TRAFFIC A filled white diamond indicates that the Intruding air craft is within 1200 feet and within 5 nm ran...

Page 18: ...hould attempt to gain visual contact with the Intruder and be prepared to maneuver upon visual acquisition The crew should take no evasive action based solely on the TCAS I display NO BEARING TRAFFIC In installations with dual directional antennas with landing gear down when omnidirectional antenna is installed on the bottom of the aircraft or the intruder is located where the TCAS I cannot determ...

Page 19: ...gy OFF SCALE TRAFFIC Threat aircraft TAs that are beyond the selected display range are indi cated by one half of the traffic symbol at the edge of the screen The position of the half symbol represents the bearing of the Intruder TA traffic on 5 mile range Same TA traffic beyond selected range ...

Page 20: ...Traffic Advisory symbol to visually acquire the Intruder and be prepared to maneuver upon visu al acquisition Audio Announcements Synthesized voice announcements are issued by TCAS I over the air craft audio system The following table lists all the audio messages and advisories in the TCAS I vocabulary Audio Messages Traffic Advisory TRAFFIC TRAFFIC If Previous TA is Active TRAFFIC Self Test Passe...

Page 21: ...tion angles will be tracked with no bearing TCAS I is unable to determine bearings for intruder tracked on the bottom antenna when the own aircraft has a bottom monopole anten na or a bottom directional antenna but the landing gear is extended In this case the intruder will be tracked but not displayed unless a Traffic Advisory is issued against it The other aircraft may have a poor transponder Gr...

Page 22: ...er control head display combinations may vary on the altitude bands Some displays do not always allow the same range on the sides and aft as out the front The selected range denotes the range out the front and the sides and aft will be shown to a lesser range TCAS I does not display other aircraft deemed to be on the ground When own aircraft is below 1750 feet AGL any aircraft within 400 feet of t...

Page 23: ...trol units for the TCAS I equipment A cou ple of control units are described The TCAS I functions can be con trolled by various control panels or discrete switches Not all the func tions described are required in every installation TCAS I CONTROL DISPLAY KMD 550 850 KMD 550 850 TCAS I Control Display To display the traffic page press the TRFC function select key ...

Page 24: ...nge is displayed in the lower left corner of the display with the inner range ring always 2 nm 1 Display Range RNG nm 2 TCAS Operating Mode TCAS TST TCAS SBY TA Only or TCAS Fail 3 Icon Bar Displays icons representing data available black and displayed color 4 Current Flight Level FL 5 Altitude Volume NORMAL ABOVE or BELOW 6 Traffic Intruder Symbols Indicates type of traffic altitude of traffic an...

Page 25: ...election of flight plan for overlay on traffic data The GPS flight plan data can be overlaid on the traffic display if the desired data is available Outer Knob Selects between Test TST Standby SBY and ON mode of operation This control may enabled or disabled in system configuration If the KMD 550 850 is used with a TCAS II sys tem this control will not be available TCAS I CONTROL PANEL CP 66B CP 6...

Page 26: ...S I RANGE knob is used to select the range on the traffic display The range selections are 3 5 10 15 20 and 40 All ranges are in nautical miles Note This feature may not be available in all installations or this feature may be superseded by a range control on the traffic display bezel Display Select Switch The Display Select Switch is used in installations where the weather radar indicator is the ...

Page 27: ...m an air data source FL is not inhibited on the Radar indicator when used with GC 362A If FL is selected while inhibited FL will show in place of own flight level WEATHER RADAR INDICATORS RDS 81 82 84 86 RDR 2000 RDR 2100 and Primus Collins Color Indicators The GC 362A TCAS I Graphic Processor allows TCAS I traffic to be dis played on a variety of Color Radar indicators A T Wx TCAS I Weather selec...

Page 28: ...TCAS I TRAFFIC MODE A full time TCAS I display over lays the weather display in this mode The display origin may be either at the bottom of the screen or the center of the screen depending on the spe cific installation Weather will be displayed in the upper 90 or 120 sector depending on which radar is being used Weather is blanked in the areas where TCAS I traffic is displayed The range dis played...

Page 29: ...iated in the lower left hand corner of the screen Note On the TCAS ONLY display WX ON will be annunciated in the upper right hand corner if the weather radar is transmitting See Weather Radar operating guide At power up the screen initially displays the Radar with TCAS I Overlay mode When the Test mode is selected on the TCAS I control panel the self test pattern is displayed unless TCAS I system ...

Page 30: ...ditional failure information will be available in the TCAS I ONLY mode if the failure will permit mode change TCAS I ONLY mode In the event of a failure all TCAS I information will be removed from the display If the failure will disallow mode change the mode shall revert to the Weather Only mode and the fault shall be displayed as above Otherwise one or more of the following failure message will b...

Page 31: ...TA 970 KMH 980 Pilot s Guide Rev 2 006 18273 0000 23 TCAS I Operational Procedures SECTION III OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES TCAS I Traffic Display Test Page SECTION III DESCRIBES OPERATION OF THE TCAS I SYSTEM ...

Page 32: ... the above procedures minor adjustment to the vertical flight path consistent with air traffic requirements are not con sidered evasive maneuvers BEFORE TAKEOFF TCAS I should be tested using the pilot initiated self test feature during cockpit preparation After passing self test TCAS I should remain in SBY before takeoff TCAS I Traffic on the Radar Display If the weather radar indicator is used as...

Page 33: ...g occurs during a TA immediately execute the stall recovery procedure TCAS I will continue to provide TA alerts during a stall warning 2 If a TA occurs while in the landing configuration conduct a visual search for the Intruder A TA does not mandate a missed approach 3 If a TA is encountered during a high speed buffet adjust pitch force as necessary to reduce buffet 4 While it is extremely rare EG...

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Page 35: ...H 980 Pilot s Guide Rev 2 006 18273 0000 27 TCAS I System Considerations SECTION IV SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS Traffic Display SECTION IV EXPLAINS CONSIDERATIONS OF THE TCAS I SYS TEM WARNINGS AND LIMITATION AND NOTES ...

Page 36: ...n be wired to give EGPWS and Wind Shear a higher aural warning priority If a radio altimeter is installed the TCAS I aural warning TRAFFIC TRAFFIC is inhibited below 400 feet AGL during descent and below 600 feet during ascent If no radio altimeter is installed then the aural warning is inhibited whenever the Landing Gear is EXTENDED It is possible to see an aircraft flying the same course and dir...

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Page 38: ...ws verification of each type of Intruder symbol The test generates the symbols arranged as shown The traffic display annunciates the phrase TCAS TST Use of the TCAS I self test function in flight will inhibit normal TCAS I operation for up to 8 seconds For this reason the pilot should use caution when initiating the test in flight KMD 550 850 TCAS I Test Pattern 5NM range A Traffic Advisory yellow...

Page 39: ... TCAS SYSTEM TEST FAIL A TCAS flag will be annunciated on the traffic display A self test fail ure may indicate that the auxiliary equipment required for TCAS I is not operational Check the associated equipment Should a display failure be detected at any time the Display Fail flag will appear on the KMD 550 850 A Display Fail flag is not caused by the TCAS I processor RADIO ALTIMETER If RALT is in...

Page 40: ...I that continuously monitors itself for operational errors CPA Closest Point of Approach CPA refers to predicted point at which the Intruder will be closest to your own aircraft EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System FL Flight Level This is a TCAS I mode that allows the annunciation of Absolute Altitude on the traffic display The traffic display will indicate the altitude in hundreds of fe...

Page 41: ... Relative Altitude The difference in altitude between two aircraft TCAS I calculates relative altitude as the difference between your own aircraft s pressure altitude and the encoded pressure altitude of the Intruder Self Test A functional test that determines equipment status Self test differs from BITE performance monitoring because it is initiated by the crew and is not performed continually or...

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Page 43: ...ld wide terrain database obstacle database runway database state of the art Global Positioning System GPS technology and proven Terrain Display with Alerting and Warning func tions the system provides the General Aviation pilot with superior situa tional awareness with respect to terrain and known obstacles In addi tion the system contains the most advanced alerting and warning func tionality to w...

Page 44: ...ut of Outside Air Temperature OAT is optional and recom mended See section on Aircraft Altitude The system can also accept inputs from various digital air data comput ers when such equipment is available on an aircraft The terrain data base obstacle database runway database and alerting warning func tionality are contained in the GA EGPWS computer and require no pilot action for system operation O...

Page 45: ...eir aircraft and type of operation Pilots should train to react properly to GA EGPWS alerts and warnings just as one would train to react to an aircraft stall engine failure or any other emergency situation REGULATORY STANDARDS The GA EGPWS satisfies the requirements for Terrain Avoidance Warning System TAWS as defined by FAA TSO C151b Class B and C when installed in aircraft in accordance with ap...

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Page 47: ...ion in space is then com pared to the terrain obstacle and runway database information con tained in the GA EGPWS computer to produce a virtual picture which can then be displayed to provide Situational Awareness for the pilot Other GPS information such as true track groundspeed vertical velocity N S and E W velocity and signal accuracy measurements are also processed by the GA EGPWS computer to p...

Page 48: ...ctions in the use of normal altimeter systems The pilot is NOT required to enter an altimeter setting specifically for the GA EGPWS system Where aircraft are routinely operated in extreme weather conditions either hot or cold Honeywell strongly recommends the optional temper ature input be used with the GA EGPWS This additional factor in the blending formula of Geometric Altitude provides an even ...

Page 49: ...aviga tion It is presented to provide the crew with additional situational aware ness of true height above sea level upon which terrain alerting and dis play is based GPS altitude is an altitude above mean sea level and it is the geodetic height above the WGS 84 ellipsoid corrected by the geoid height in the GPS receiver itself With Selective Availability turned off as currently the accuracy is us...

Page 50: ...acles in the database are those known obstacles more than 100 feet AGL so obstacles of lower height will not produce GA EGPWS Obstacle alerts or warnings However terrain elevations are rounded up to the next 100 feet so alerting and warning protection is generally available for known obstacles that are less than 100 feet AGL Regional Database Americas shaded areas Regional Database Atlantic shaded...

Page 51: ...lation When engaged by the pilot this switch will inhibit all visual and aural alerts and warnings associated with the GA EGPWS Also an external annunciator lamp is illuminated and a mes sage will be displayed indicating Warnings Inhibited The terrain dis play if installed remains operational The purpose of the Terrain Inhibit switch is to allow aircraft to operate without nuisance or unwanted war...

Page 52: ...ing on configuration settings and display types the system shows Geometric altitude MSL GSL Magnetic Heading or Track The color and intensity of the terrain displayed instant ly alerts the pilot to areas of dangerous terrain and conversely to areas of less precipitous terrain Range of the Terrain Display is selectable by the pilot from 1 nm to 320 nm again depending upon the display type installed...

Page 53: ... on the Terrain Display automatically as the aircraft altitude changes The Terrain Display also transitions between the lower altitude relative display and the higher altitude peaks display automatically so no pilot action is required for system operation Depending upon display type aircraft interface capabilities the Terrain Display can show various presentations of the terrain around and in fron...

Page 54: ...n brief when using the Terrain Display during flight the normal presentation of green yellow and red colors indicate The following chart outlines all the various colors used by the GA EGPWS Terrain Display and their functions in providing Situational Awareness to the pilot Some display types may not support all colors Color Solid Red Solid Yellow 50 Red Dots 50 Yellow Dots 25 Yellow Dots Solid Gre...

Page 55: ...antly higher than the aircraft in the departure area Green colors will appear when the aircraft has climbed approximately 500 to 800 feet above the elevation of the runway The following pictures show two examples of the Terrain Display GA EGPWS Terrain Display at 12 000 feet approaching Aspen CO 47 Geometric Altitude Displayed as MSL or GSL Display Orientation Here Magnetic Heading is up and at 15...

Page 56: ...or obstacle threat approximately one minute ahead of the aircraft the voice alert Caution Terrain Caution Terrain or Caution Obstacle Caution Obstacle is given and a bright solid yellow threat area is shown on the Terrain Display Should the aircraft flight path continue toward the threat area the alert message will repeat approximately every 7 seconds Display Orientation Here Magnetic Track is up ...

Page 57: ...RANCE FLOOR RFCF The GA EGPWS provides additional alerting protection for situations where aircraft descend to an altitude that is too low considering the air craft s distance from a known runway This is called the Runway Field Clearance Floor RFCF NOTE This alert function is ONLY active when the aircraft is within 5 nm of a known runway in the system database Using the aircraft distance to a know...

Page 58: ...WS uses both GPS Vertical Velocity and pressure altitude to compute vertical velocity information when the aircraft does not pro vide specific air data for this purpose In either case when the aircraft is descending toward terrain at a high rate for its relative altitude above ter rain the system will provide alerting and warning to the pilot This func tion is always active The following graph rep...

Page 59: ...warning functionality for excessive rate of descent may be overridden by the terrain Look Ahead functionality This is normal as the Look Ahead function has a higher priority in the system alerting warning logic See the Alerting Warning Priority chart later in this guide INADVERTENT DESCENT LOSS OF ALTITUDE AFTER TAKE OFF The GA EGPWS uses known runway position and elevation information to monitor ...

Page 60: ...r Large errors due to faulty equipment or malfunctioning pitot static systems will normally be detected by the monitor When an abnormal altitude discrepancy is detected by the system there will be a single voice callout of Check Altitude There will also be the text message Chk Alt shown on the Terrain Display as long as the condi tion that triggered the alert persists The pilot should check all ai...

Page 61: ...the flaps are up than an aural Caution Flaps is given When both gear and flaps are in the up position when the aircraft passes below 300 feet an aural Caution Gear Caution Flaps will be given The following illustrates the Alert Area Gear and Flaps Alert Envelope BANK ANGLE ALERT Some GA EGPWS units will provide excessive Bank Angle alerting when configured during installation The bank angle featur...

Page 62: ...d Terrain Clearance Bank Angle alerting is shown in the fol lowing figure The Bank Angle alert is triggered when the aircraft banks greater than 40 degrees from 50 to 150 feet AGL The alert value limit then varies linearly form 40 degrees at 150 feet AGL to where the roll angle limit is 50 degrees at 1600 feet AGL and above Excessive Bank Angle Alert Envelope ...

Page 63: ...s the Self Test switch When a Self Test is initiated the GA EGPWS first checks for any configuration installation or database errors If any are detected it is audibly enunciated and the test is ter minated If none are detected the test continues through a sequence resulting in turning on and off all system annunciators enunciating specific audio messages and if enabled displaying a video test pat ...

Page 64: ...lowing instructions to Press to Continue at the end of Level Two and so on These further levels provide information about the installation configura tion part number and software database versions etc All levels of Self Test may be performed on the ground but only Self Test Level One and Two are accessible during flight If the Not Available annunciator lamp illuminates during flight a Self Test wi...

Page 65: ...up at a rate of 2 to 3 degrees per second to the aircraft s BEST ANGLE of CLIMB attitude and speed RESPECT AIRCRAFT STALL CONDITION 2 Apply Maximum Power 3 Continue maximum climb until all visual and aural warnings cease 4 Advise Air Traffic Control as necessary If in Visual conditions during the day 1 Evaluate aircraft flight path with respect to terrain 2 Take corrective action as necessary to r...

Page 66: ...ic and or pressure altitude information in GA EGPWS Action Check all available aircraft altitude information Ensure correct altimeter setting altimeters cross check and are not stuck Don t Sink Condition Aircraft is loosing altitude during take off climb Action Re establish positive rate of climb Sinkrate Condition Rate of descent is excessive for current height above terrain Action Reduce rate of...

Page 67: ...t priority at the bottom of the tables Basic Alternate Class B Class C Voice Menu ALERT WARNING CONDITION AUDIO MENU NOTES PULL UP PULL UP 1 TERRAIN AWARENESS PREFACE TERRAIN TERRAIN or TERRAIN AHEAD 1 2 TERRAIN AWARENESS WARNING PULL UP 1 3 OBSTACLE AWARENESS PREFACE OBSTACLE OBSTACLE or OBSTACLE AHEAD 1 2 OBSTACLE AWARENESS WARNING PULL UP 1 3 TERRAIN AWARENESS CAUTION CAUTION TERRAIN Pause CAUT...

Page 68: ...nds ALERT WARNING CONDITION AUDIO MENU NOTES PULL UP PULL UP 1 TERRAIN AWARENESS PREFACE TERRAIN AHEAD 1 2 TERRAIN AWARENESS WARNING TERRAIN AHEAD 1 3 OBSTACLE AWARENESS PREFACE OBSTACLE AHEAD 1 2 OBSTACLE AWARENESS WARNING OBSTACLE AHEAD 1 3 TERRAIN AWARENESS CAUTION CAUTION TERRAIN Pause CAUTION TERRAIN 4 OBSTACLE AWARENESS CAUTION CAUTION OBSTACLE Pause CAUTION OBSTACLE 4 TOO LOW GEAR FLAPS CAU...

Page 69: ...ve an operating source of GPS information with enough satellites in view to provide GPS data within the accuracy requirements of the system Without the optional Outside Air Temperature OAT input for correc tions Geometric Altitude may have errors during rapid climbs or descents in non ISA conditions This may affect alerting warning times and proper altitude reference on the Terrain Display The Ter...

Page 70: ...and the content details of the database may be obtained via the internet at the following sites www bendixking com and www egpws com Please see the following section GA EGPWS Product Support for con tact information to order database updates If possible clearance to the top of the GA EGPWS should be provided to facilitate removal and installation of the terrain database card The ter rain database ...

Page 71: ... 1 800 247 0230 if calling from within the United States or Canada 913 712 3145 if calling from outside the United States or Canada 913 712 3904 FAX e mail nav database honeywell com Database updates may also be ordered on line by visiting www gpsdatabase com NOTE If ordering a database card for the GA EGPWS the serial num ber of the unit must be given at the time of ordering to ensure getting the...

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