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OUTCOMES (Please tick the relevant outcomes)

Critically review, explore and apply the principles of helicopter flight, the theory of
LO1
supersonic air flow and the phenomena governing space flight.
LO2 Evaluate and compare the operation and purpose of different types of wind-tunnels.
Demonstrate an appreciation of a range of aircraft systems and the mathematics that
LO3
govern their operation.
Compare the operation of engine ancillary systems e.g., fuel systems, steering systems,
 LO4
thrust reversers.

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Your submissions should be no later than 14 December 2020

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must be avoided at all costs and students who break the rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your
responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to
use appropriate references throughout and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for material you
have used in your work, including any material downloaded from the Internet.

In this be the case, Emirates Aviation University considers plagiarism as theft and any student found to have plagiarised
would be awarded an automatic fail for the piece of work submitted and may be excluded from further study at the
University.

Late Assignments

If your assignments are not submitted on time and you have not received an extension, you will normally be penalized 10%
to 20% of the total mark for the assignments. (Please check the student’s handbook)

Grading As Follows
Index 5%
Introduction 7.5%
Reference 10%
Layout 10%
Conclusion 7.5%
Task 60%

Total 100%

TASK

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 Unit Code/Level 314SE / Level 3

 Outcome 3,4 Aircraft systems

According to the Air Transport Association, a person could fly every day for 3,859 years without
being involved in an aircraft accident. That's an accident rate of one accident for every 1.4
million flights based on 2009 data.

Air travel today remains safe, thanks in part to accident investigation. Findings from accident
investigators pave the way for changes to be made in aviation, such as changes to pilot duty,
Maintenance requirements and priorities etc… These changes are improving technology,
preventing accidents and saving lives.

In light of commercial aircraft accidents and incidents, lots of improvements to aircraft system
technology have been made. These improvements have played a significant role in reducing
and maintaining the aircraft incident / accident rates globally. In this assignment you are
requested to make a full study of at least 1 aircraft accident due to system failure. Your
assignment will be divided in two main aspects: the Mechanical/Theoretical aspect and the
actual investigation.

1) Describe the accident in full detail

 Summarize/Highlight the major points of the accident reports.
 State clearly the accident finding in the reports.
 Briefly outline the report structure of an accident investigation.
 Evaluate the recommendations raised with the existing regulation governing the
operation.
 How these specific accidents have changed civil aviation regulations globally.

2) Explain how the system should have worked in normal situations

 Discuss in details the structure of the system(s).
 Evaluate the system operation.

3) Explain the reason which led to this failure

 Identify the component(s) which lead to this failure.
 Analyse the effect of the failed component on the rest of the system.
 Evaluate the effect of the failed system on the performance of the aircraft.

4) Conclusion and Recommendation

 Improving the system operation.
 Reducing the incident/accident rate.

References:

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 Flight Air Accident Investigation by David Owen.

 Air Disaster (Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4) by MacArthur.
 World Directory of Airline Crashes: A Comprehensive Record of More Than 10,000
Passenger Aircraft Accidents by Terry Denham.

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