Aircraft Incident Summaries

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Aircraft Incident Summaries

Lesson goals

• Students will write a structured summary of a real aircraft incident, focusing on cause-effect relationships and key aviation terminology.
• to learn what determiners are and how to use determiners in a sentence.

Adjective of order

However, when using adjectives of order, you must use determiners to clarify your sentence!

A determiner comes before any adjectives in a noun phrase. It helps specify which or how many of something we are referring to.

Examples

Articles: a, an, the

"An advanced avionics system improves navigation."

"The new composite winglet reduces drag."

Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

"Our latest carbon-fiber fuselage is lightweight and durable."

"Its new hydraulic actuator ensures smooth operation."

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those

"This compact cockpit display enhances visibility."

"Those large fuel tanks increase range."

Examples

Quantifiers: one, two, several, many, a few, numerous

"Several titanium fasteners reinforce the fuselage."

"A few lightweight sensors improve performance."

Numbers: first, second, third, one, two, three

"The first advanced autopilot system was developed in the 1950s."

"Two high-performance engines power the aircraft."

Cause and effect words

 Cause/Effect Signal Words

 accordingly, after, also, as a result, as if, as though, because, before, cause, consequence, consequently, effect, following, for this reason, hence, if, if … then, in order to, it follows that, not only, but, on account of, provided that, reason/s, since, so, so that, then, therefore, there upon, this led to, when, whenever, yet 

Instructions

• Students select an incident from one of the suggested databases. (These are found on Canvas (via Modules)
• They highlight key facts (date, location, cause, aircraft type, impact).