NDB A Conway
Enter KHYW to go to this airport.

This is the " classic " NDB approach into HYW. This you will know by heart!
Many people " fear " the NDB approaches, but truly, they are nothing to fear,
you just need to know what to look for.

" Cross horry beacon at 3000, maintain 3000 until established, report procedure turn inbound,
cleared NDB A approach "

As you see, the freq. for horry NDB is 370, so you need to dial in this before you fly.
Remember to always listen to a NDB station when you fly NDB approaches / tracking.
If the beacon fails, it will always point to the station.........since there is no flag on a NDB,
listening to it, is your insurance.

Track to the beacon at 3000, when the needle flips completely, start your timer,
so you know that you remain within 10 NM of the beacon.

Remember that an NDB approach is very dependent on proper DG alignment with the compass !

If you come in south of the outbound course, turn to a heading of 334 ( 30 deg. intercept ),
and wait until you see 27( lead ) degrees to the left of the " 0 " reference on the tail of the ADF.
Turn left to 304, and start descending down to 2000 ft. ( you are cleared for the approach,
and established on a published segment )
If you come in north of the outbound, turn to 274, and wait until you see 27deg ( lead )
to the right.

When the timer says 2.5 to 3 minutes, start your procedure turn
( the published is only a reference, and is not mandatory, meaning that you only have
to stay on that side, and within 10 NM )
Set yourself up on a 30 deg intercept angle - 154 degrees, and wait until you see the ADF needle
pointing app. 27 deg to the left of " 0 " on the ADF
( you need to lead the turn a little not to overshoot
If the wind is blowing, things are a little more complicated, I leave that for later....

Report inbound, and turn to 124. Start down to your MDA ( minimun descent altitude ) of 600 msl.
Usually, approach tells you to squack VFR and change to advisory freq. ( NOn tower airport ) at this
time.
Don`t even think of busting under the MDA, or you will surely bust your checkride !!
When you have the airportenvironment in sight,
you can go down when you are in a position where you can use normal rate of descent, and normal manouvering.

As you are IFR, you now " own " the airspace surrounding this airport, and you clear youself to land.
However, it is a wery good idea to monitor and announce yourself on the UNICOM frequency, as VFR
aircraft can legally fly in the aera. Approach radar may not pick them up.

Circle to land on the most suitable runway ( An A approach means the Inbound course is more than
30 degrees off the runwayheading. )

GOOD LUCK !