beautypg.com

Terrain not available alert, Terrain failure alert – Garmin GPS 400 User Manual

Page 176

background image

GPS 400 Pilot’s Guide and Reference

190-00140-60 Rev. H

9-8

SECTION 9

TERRAIN

TERRAIN NOT AVAILABLE ALERT

TERRAIN requires a 3-D GPS navigation solution

along with specific vertical accuracy minimums. Should
the navigation solution become degraded or if the aircraft
is out of the database coverage area, the annunciation
‘TER N/A’ is generated in the annunciation window and
‘TERRAIN NOT AVAILABLE’ is generated on the TERRAIN
Page (Figure 9-8). When the GPS signal is re-established
and the aircraft is within the database coverage area, the
‘TER N/A’ visual annunciation is removed.

Figure 9-8: TERRAIN NOT AVAILABLE Display

TERRAIN FAILURE ALERT

TERRAIN continually monitors several system-critical

items such as database validity, hardware status, and GPS
status. If the terrain/obstacle database is not available,
‘TER FAIL’ is generated in the annunciation window, and
‘TERRAIN has failed’ is generated on the TERRAIN Page
(Figure 9-9).

Figure 9-9: TERRAIN FAILED Display