Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Columbia 350/400 190-00567-01 Rev. ASECTION 6 – AUTOMATICFLIGHT CONTROL6-22Disengaging the AutopilotAutomatic disengagement occurs due to:• System failure• Inability to compute default flight director modes(FD also disengages automatically)• Invalid sensor dataAutomatic autopilot disengagement is indicated bya flashing red ‘AP’ annunciation and by the autopilotdisconnect aural alert, which continue until acknowledgedby pushing the AP DISC or MET Switch.Figure 6-27 Automatic Autopilot DisengagementAutopilot Automatically DisengagedThe autopilot is manually disengaged by pushing theAP DISC Switch, GA Switch, MET ARM Switch, or theAP Key on the MFD. Manual disengagement is indicatedby a five-second flashing yellow ‘AP’ annunciation and atwo-second autopilot disconnect aural alert. After manualdisengagement, the autopilot disconnect aural alert maybe cancelled by pushing the MET ARM or AP DISCSwitch (AP DISC Switch also cancels the flashing ‘AP’ an-nunciation).Figure 6-28 Manual Autopilot DisengagementAutopilot Manually Disengaged
