Английская Википедия:Bharat Swati

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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.[1]

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.[1] It has metal tail surfaces and wooden wings and a fixed landing gear with a steerable nosewheel.[1] The Swati has a Шаблон:Convert Lycoming O-235 piston engine at the front driving a two-bladed propeller.[1] Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered 40 to be distributed to civil flying clubs in India.

Variants

LT-1M Swati
LT-2M Swati

Specifications

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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.[2]

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.[3]

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  2. CIVIL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1993 Шаблон:Webarchive DGCA 2 February 2016
  3. CIVIL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2001 DGCA 3 February 2016