__NOTOC__ The Bharat Swati (or sometimes BHEL Swati) is an Indian two-seat training monoplane designed by the Technical Centre of Directorate General of Civil Aviation and built by

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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 aircraft registration number VT-STC being test flown at

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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 aircraft registration number VT-STO of the Kerala Aviation Training Centre on a training flight at

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crashed due to pilot error destroying the aircraft.CIVIL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2001
DGCA 3 February 2016

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* 1990s Indian civil trainer aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Swati {{Aero-1990s-stub