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G1000 tasks to do a missed GPS approach

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I'm learning the G1000 for the first time in a Caravan EX.  The other day I did a GPS approach and a missed.  It didn't go so well.  Do I hit the "suspend" or the "GO around" button or both ??? Please provide as much detail as you're able, but ultimately I'd like to know the correct steps.  Thanks 

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  1. Max Trescott on Jul 16, 2018

    If any G1000 aircraft equipped with a TOGA (take off/go around button), you’ll want to push that to initiate a go around at the missed approach point. In an aircraft without a TOGA switch, use the SUSP softkey. Here’s a quote from my “Max Trescott’s G1000 and Perspective Glass Cockpit Handbook”:

    “The GA or Go Around mode is useful for takeoffs, go arounds, and
    flying a missed approach. When the GA button is pushed, it disengages
    the autopilot, except in the Cirrus Perspective, and sets the Flight Director
    command bars for a climb pitch attitude. In Cessna and Beechcraft piston
    aircraft, it displays a 7° pitch up attitude. It also re-enables automatic
    sequencing of waypoints and selects GPS as the navigation
    source, thus eliminating the need to push the SUSP and CDI softkeys
    on a missed approach. When engaged, a green GA annunciator appears
    in the active fields of both the roll and pitch fields of the AFCS Status
    Bar, and the Altitude Hold mode is automatically armed. Any attempt
    to modify the aircraft’s attitude while in this mode (e.g. with the UP or
    DN keys or the CWS button) results in reversion to the Pitch Hold and
    ROL modes.”

    And if you want to know all there is to know about the G1000…get my book! It’s currently in its fifth edition.

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