NORMAL
PROCEDURES
AIRPLANE
FLIGHT
MANUAL
3-39
CTA APPROVED
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ORIGINAL
AFM-1912
WARNING: IF HIGH SPEED BUFFET IS ENCO UNTERED WHEN
INITIALLY RESPONDING TO AN RA, RELAX PITCH
FORCE AS NECESSARY TO REDUCE BUFFET, BUT
STILL CONTINUE TO MANEUVER.
NOTE: - The consequences of not following an RA may result in
additional RA's in which aural alert and visual annunciations
may not agree with each other.
- Using every available means, clear the airspace into which
you are going to maneuver. If needed, promptly and smoothly
adjust the airplane’s pitch to fly into the green rectangle (if
displayed), and fly out of the red trapezoidal shaped
avoidance zone(s). This should require no more than 0.75 g
to 1.25 g maneuver (± 0.25 g).
- Exaggerated responses to TCAS RAs are not desirable or
appropriate because of the other potential traffic conflicts and
ATC consequences. From level flight, proper response to a
TCAS RA typically results in an overall altitude deviation of
300 to 500 ft to resolve a traffic conflict.
- If a CLIMB RA is issued with the airplane in the landing
configuration, a normal go-around should be initiated
including the appropriate thrust increase and configuration
change.
- Compliance with TCAS RA is required unless the pilot
considers it unsafe to do so.
- The pilot should promptly return to the previous ATC
clearance after the TCAS voice message "Clear of Conflict"
is announced.
- An immediate smooth response to a RA is required to obtain
maximum separations. TCAS II algorithms are based on the
pilot initiating the initial maneuver within 5 seconds of the RA
and within 2 1/2 seconds for additional corrective RAs
(increases or reversals). Any delay in responding to RAs will
reduce the separations provided.
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