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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001230018-07-000018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070913
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070917
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070917

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BREEZE-EASTERN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099359
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				954062211
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 LIBERTY AVENUE
		CITY:			UNION
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07083
		BUSINESS PHONE:		908-688-2440

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 LIBERTY AVENUE
		CITY:			UNION
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07083

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANSTECHNOLOGY CORP.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061006

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BREEZE-EASTERN CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANSTECHNOLOGY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARRIS JAY R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001107275

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07872
		FILM NUMBER:		071120036

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GOLDSMITH & HARRIS INC
		STREET 2:		80 PINE STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125145515
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-09-13</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099359</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BREEZE-EASTERN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BZC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001107275</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARRIS JAY R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>80 PINE STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-09-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2381</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.6</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1110865</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of Restricted Stock pursuant to Issuer's 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan--exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes (i) 761,583 shares of which Mr. Harris may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner through his position as President of Goldsmith &amp; Harris Incorporated by virtue of shared investment discretion over and the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of accounts of its clients that own shares; (ii) 128,501 shares of which Mr. Harris may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner through his position as Managing Director of Goldsmith &amp; Harris Asset Management, LLC, through which he shares investment discretion and voting control over the shares held by Goldsmith &amp; Harris Capital Appreciation, LLC; and (iii) 24,900 shares of which Mr. Harris may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of through family-related accounts, over which Mr. Harris exercises investment discretion or voting control.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jay R. Harris</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-09-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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