Table of Contents 2
Acknowledgements 4
Preface 5
Information That the FAA Wants You to Know About Your Destination Airport 5
14 CFR 91.103 – Preflight Action 5
NTSB Synopsis of Accidents at Selected New Jersey Airports 6
General Accident Statistics for New Jersey Overall and for MIV, MJX, OBI, and WWD 6
Accident Statistics on Purpose of Flight, Weather Conditions, and Broad Phase of Flight for New Jersey Overall and for MIV, MJX, OBI, and WWD 7
Risk Analysis of Selected Instrument Approaches at MIV, MJX, OBI, and WWD 8
Cape May County Airport (WWD) Airport Environment 9
Cape May County Airport (WWD) Accident History 10
Cape May County Airport (WWD) – Risks for Practicing Instrument Approaches in Day VFR 11
Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) Airport Environment 13
Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) Accident History 14
Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) – Risks for Practicing Instrument Approaches in Day VFR 16
Ocean County Airport (MJX) Airport Environment 18
Ocean County Airport (MJX) Accident History 19
Ocean County Airport (MJX) – Risks for Practicing an ILS/LOC 6 Approaches in Day VFR 20
Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI) Airport Environment 22
Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI) Accident History 23
Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI) – Risks for Practicing Instrument Approaches in Day VFR 24
Radio Communications 26
Reference Materials 27
AOPA/Air Safety Foundation 27
CAP 27
FAA Safety Team (FAAST) Presentations 27
FAA Handbooks and Regulations 27
Appendix - Accessing the NTSB Database 28
Submitting the Database Search Criteria 28
Viewing the Database Query Results 30
Downloading an XML Database Query Results 31
Configuring the XML Spreadsheet for Analysis 32
Appendix – Selected Instrument Approach Procedures for MIV, MJX, OBI, and WWD 34
MIV ILS/LOC Runway 10 – Source: ForeFlight 35
MJX ILS/LOC Runway 6 – Source: ForeFlight 36
OBI RNAV (GPS) Runway 1 – Source: ForeFlight 38
WWD LOC Runway 19 – Source: ForeFlight 40
I would like to thank Maj Tom Woods, NJWG/DO – Air, for giving me the idea for this topic, reviewing the initial draft, finding some typographical errors, and giving me ideas for improvement.
The statistics in this section were derived from the XML spreadsheet that was downloaded. Please refer to the Appendix for instructions on accessing the NTSB database as well as downloading the XML spreadsheet.