Honeywell KGP 560, Pilot'S Manual

Page 1: ...N KGP 560 KGP 860 General Aviation Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System Pilot s Guide B ...

Page 2: ...d 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 2000 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 information contac...

Page 3: ... 17 Inadvertent Descent Loss of Altitude After Take Off 19 GA EGPWS Altitude Monitoring 20 Altitude Call out 20 Aircraft Configuration Alerts Gear Flap Alerts KGP 860 Only 20 Bank Angle Alert KGP 860 Only 21 NORMAL PROCEDURES 23 GA EGPWS System Self Test 23 Recommended Procedures for GA EGPWS Warnings In Flight 25 Recommended Procedures for GA EGPWS Alerts In Flight 26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 27 Au...

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Page 5: ... Airlines Military aircraft and Corporate aviation Honeywell brings this vital safety technology to all segments of General Aviation Using our proprietary world wide terrain database obstacle database runway database state of the art GPS technology and proven Terrain Display with Alerting and Warning functions the system provides the General Aviation pilot with superior situational awareness with ...

Page 6: ...h a Terrain Avoidance Warning System is applicable Additional interface capability with the KGP 860 allows the system to be installed in larger corporate and busi ness aircraft The KGP 560 860 computer is compact and rugged and can be mounted in any number of orientations to meet the requirements of the aircraft and space limitations The computer weighs less than 1 5 pounds The system uses informa...

Page 7: ...out if configured Pilot reactions to alerts and warnings differ according to weather condi tions visibility type of warning phase of flight and aircraft performance considerations Pilots should be thoroughly familiar with FAA company or other approved operational procedures as required by their aircraft and type of operation Pilots should train to react properly to alerts and warnings just as one ...

Page 8: ...arning parameters that are designed espe cially for smaller piston aircraft and their normal flight characteristics The FAA has now designated these operational TAWS requirements under TSO C151b as the Class C curves These optional alerting and warning parameters now Class C operations are set into the computer via the Configuration Module during installation and require no pilot interaction Intro...

Page 9: ...d to the terrain obstacle and runway database information con tained in the KGP 560 860 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 KGP 560 860 computer to provide a complete pictu...

Page 10: ...meter 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 KGP 560 860 GA EGPWS This additional factor in the blending formula of Geometric Altitude provides an even more accurate vertic...

Page 11: ... 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 usually better than 75 feet and with Select...

Page 12: ...aded areas Functions and Features 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 165 150 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 165 150 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 75 60 45 30 15 0 15 30 45 60 ...

Page 13: ...are less than 100 feet AGL Runway database information in the KGP 560 860 computer contains all known runways that are 2000 feet in length or longer This runway data is used to adjust the alerting and warning functions of the system so as to provide a dynamic system that is essentially free of nuisance or unwanted warnings A list of runways in the database can be accessed at the Internet website h...

Page 14: ... Terrain Inhibit switch should be NOT engaged for normal operations TERRAIN AWARENESS DISPLAY The KGP 560 860 GA EGPWS can be interfaced to numerous types of cockpit displays Graphical display of GA EGPWS terrain and obstacle data is the most important enhancement to Situational Awareness This is especially true for lower performance aircraft In addition to showing terrain ahead of the aircraft de...

Page 15: ...ot s Guide 11 Functions and Features The following figure shows the Terrain Display color patterns when the aircraft is at lower altitudes with terrain near or above the aircraft altitude for the display range selected by the pilot ...

Page 16: ...ically 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 front of the aircraft i e a rose or...

Page 17: ...ted to the current heading of the aircraft HEADING UP These installations will not transition between different orientations of the display and will typically present the current heading as MAG XXX HDG The most important function of the system is to provide the pilot with easily interpreted information about terrain obstacles relative to the air craft and thus increase the pilot s Situational Awar...

Page 18: ...bove 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 Functions and Features Geometric Altitude Displayed as MSL or GSL Display Orientation Here Magnetic Heading is up and at 150 Display Range Nautical Miles Peaks Elevation Maximum elevation displayed over minimum elevation Here maximum elevatio...

Page 19: ...tion and distance to known runways The following illustration is a general representation of the Look Ahead functionality Rev 5 Jul 2004 KGP 560 860 Pilot s Guide 15 Functions and Features Display Orientation Here Magnetic Track is up and at 160 Display Range Nautical Miles Peaks Elevation Maximum elevation is displayed over minimum elevation Here maximum elevation is 6 000ft and minimum is 3 000f...

Page 20: ...will be removed RUNWAY FIELD CLEARANCE FLOOR RFCF The KGP 560 860 GA EGPWS provides additional alerting protection for situations where aircraft descend to an altitude that is too low consid ering the aircraft 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 d...

Page 21: ... Velocity and pressure altitude to compute vertical velocity information when the air craft does not provide specific air data for this purpose In either case when the aircraft is descending toward terrain at a high rate for its rela tive altitude above terrain the system will provide alerting and warning to the pilot This function is always active Functions and Features ...

Page 22: ...the warning boundary the voice alert Pull Up will be heard continuously and the red warning annunciator lamp will illuminate In both cases as the pilot reacts to decrease the high rate of descent and the aircraft flight path exits the alerting warning envelope the annun ciator lamp will extinguish and the voice alerts will cease Sometimes the alerting and warning functionality for excessive rate o...

Page 23: ...ide Don t Sink Don t Sink voice alerts to the pilot The voice alerts will be repeated with increasing frequency The following graph shows this alerting envelope Descent After Takeoff As the pilot adjusts the flight path of the aircraft and a positive rate of climb is re established the voice alert Don t Sink will cease and the yellow caution annunciator lamp will extinguish NOTE It is important fo...

Page 24: ...s check and that the pilot s altimeter is not stuck and indicating an erroneous altitude ALTITUDE CALL OUT The KGP 560 860 GA EGPWS provides an altitude call out for the pilot to indicate a position approximately 500 feet above the elevation of the runway being approached When the aircraft is within 5 nm of a known runway the altitude call out function is active and is then triggered when Geometri...

Page 25: ...ng maneuvering on approach or climb out and while at altitude In addition it protects against wing or engine strikes close to the runway The aural call out Bank Angle Bank Angle is given when the aircraft exceeds the roll angle as shown in the following illustration Follow on aural messages are given when the aircraft roll angle increases an addi tional 20 from the previous alert The bank angle ca...

Page 26: ...22 Rev 5 Jul 2004 KGP 560 860 Pilot s Guide Excessive Bank Angle Alert Envelope Functions and Features ...

Page 27: ...tch 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 tern on the terrain...

Page 28: ...ue 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 will indicate the reason KGP 560 860 GA ...

Page 29: ...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 recover safe terrain cle...

Page 30: ...r 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 descent...

Page 31: ... tables Basic Alternate Class B Class C Voice Menu Additional Information 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 CAUTION TERR...

Page 32: ...NG 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 CAUTION GEAR CAUTI...

Page 33: ...mation 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 Terrain Obstacle and Runway database i...

Page 34: ...base may be obtained via the internet at the following sites www bendixking com and www egpws com Please see the following section KGP 560 860 Product Support for con tact information to order database updates If possible clearance to the top of the KGP 560 860 should be provided to facilitate removal and installation of the terrain database card The terrain database card is removed and installed ...

Page 35: ...om 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 KGP 560 the serial number of the unit must be given at the time of ordering to ensure getting the proper type of card Additional...

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