After experiencing an near midair collision with a light aircraft arriving the same uncontrolled air...

Attributes
ACN	1207137
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIV.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 2220 Flight Crew Type 1800
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 350 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Just after changing frequencies to miv for instrument approach in VFR/VMC to validate instrumentation; small low-wing white and red private aircraft was visually noted approaching almost level at the 11'oclock; at a high rate of closure. Miv facility and other aircraft did not announce traffic conflict. Aircraft passed beneath (~100 feet) and subsequently noted they were number two for runway 10 ILS. The high volume of fixed wing traffic (especially in decent weather) at miv should warrant controlled class D airspace with a manned control tower during daylight hours when traffic is heaviest. Quite often the traffic fails to make radio calls; or makes wildly inaccurate position reports; adding to the possibility for a mid-air incident somewhere in the vicinity of the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After experiencing an NMAC with a light aircraft arriving the same uncontrolled airport; MIV; the pilot of a BV-234 helicopter expressed the opinion the airport is busy enough to warrant at least a daytime ATC presence.

Narrative: Just after changing frequencies to MIV for instrument approach in VFR/VMC to validate instrumentation; small low-wing white and red private aircraft was visually noted approaching almost level at the 11'oclock; at a high rate of closure. MIV facility and other aircraft did not announce traffic conflict. Aircraft passed beneath (~100 feet) and subsequently noted they were number two for runway 10 ILS. The high volume of fixed wing traffic (especially in decent weather) at MIV should warrant controlled class D airspace with a manned control tower during daylight hours when traffic is heaviest. Quite often the traffic fails to make radio calls; or makes wildly inaccurate position reports; adding to the possibility for a mid-air incident somewhere in the vicinity of the airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

After experiencing an near midair collision with a light aircraft arriving the same uncontrolled airport; miv; the pilot of a bv-234 helicopter expressed the opinion the airport is busy enough to warrant at least a daytime ATC presence.