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The Bharat Swati (or sometimes BHEL Swati) is an Indian two-seat training monoplane designed by the Technical Centre of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.
Design and development The Swati is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a steel tube fuselage covered in fabric at the rear and composite material at the front. It has metal tail surfaces and wooden wings and a fixed landing gear with a steerable nosewheel. The Swati has a Lycoming O-235 piston engine at the front driving a two-bladed propeller. Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered 40 to be distributed to civil flying clubs in India.
Variants LT-1M Swati LT-2M Swati
Specifications
Incidents and Accidents On 3 June 1993, a Swati (VT-STC) being test flown at Haridwar crashed when its starboard wing broke off after coming out of a loop, killing the test pilot.CIVIL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1993 DGCA 2 February 2016
On 29 November 2001, a Swati LT II (VT-STO) of the Kerala Aviation Training Centre on a training flight at Thiruvananthapuram crashed due to pilot error, destroying the aircraft.CIVIL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2001 DGCA 3 February 2016
References
Notes Taylor 1996, p. 401
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