# STC SA00478SE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Athena Aircraft, LLC, United States
- Description: Replace existing horizontal stabilizer skins
- Applied: February 24, 1997
- Status date: January 1, 2023
- Product: Aircraft, Single-Engine
- Certification basis: Part 21, Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6), [TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13), [TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4a/c4/4ac4d5c8c27a98dc2a0ae360639ce32247732874e3d79a8493700a38406ea65a
- Approved model list and other attachments: [AML SA00478SE.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/25/d0/25d07d1823dd4dd9b3e2f64f28ce330431a6a194dc6212060138ea9268c66c1a)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID104498947020230117161053.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA00478SE

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (36)

- Cessna Aircraft Company 180 ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180A ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180B ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180C ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180D ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180E ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180F ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180G ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180H ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180J ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 180K ([TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182 ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182A ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182B ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182C ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182D ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182E ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182F ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182G ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182H ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182J ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182K ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182L ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182M ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182N ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182P ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182Q ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 182R ([TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185 ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185A ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185B ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185C ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185D ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 185E ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company A185E ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))
- Cessna Aircraft Company A185F ([TCDS 3A24](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A24))

## What the certificate says

Read from the PDF's text layer, without the form's printed wording; the layout is lost and the order can differ. The PDF is the record.

SA00478SE Athena Aircraft, LLC 2111 Seminole Road Norman, OK 73026 Part * the * Regulations * * * See attached Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Approved Model List (AML) No. SA00478SE for list of approved airplane models and applicable airworthiness regulations.

Replace existing horizontal stabilizer skins in accordance with Air Metal Fabricator, Inc.

Master Drawing Lists and installation instructions per the attached FAA AML No.

SA00478SE, dated November 6, 1997, or later FAA approved revision.

Approval of this change in type design applies to the above model aircraft only. This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined by the installer that the relationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications, including changes in type design, will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft. A copy of this certificate must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified aircraft.

If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, the holder shall give the other person written evidence of that permission.

February 24, 1997 August 17, 2018; January 1, 2023 November 6, 1997 For Acting Manager, Seattle ACO Branch

SA00478SE

### AML SA00478SE.pdf

**FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) APPROVED MODEL LIST (AML) SA00478SE FOR**

ATHENA AIRCRAFT, LLC ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 1997

Page 1 of 1

**ITEM AIRCRAFT /**

**ROTORCRAFT MAKE**

**AIRCRAFT /**

**ROTORCRAFT MODEL**

**ORIGINAL TC NUMBER**

**CERTIFICATION**

**BASIS FOR**

**ALTERATION**

**FAA SEALED**

**DRAWING LIST**

**INSTALLATION**

INSTRUCTIONS AML REV DATE Number Revision* Drawing Revision*

1. CESSNA 180 – 180K 5A6 CAR 3, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1949 96AMF005- D01 A 96AMF005000 SHEET 1, PAGE 2 OF 3 A 5/21/1999

2. CESSNA 182 – 182R 3A13 CAR 3, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1949 96AMF005- D01 A 96AMF005000 SHEET 1, PAGE 2 OF 3 A 5/21/1999

3. CESSNA 185 – A185F 3A24 CAR 3, DATED MAY 15, 1956 96AMF005- D01 A 96AMF005000 SHEET 1, PAGE 2 OF 3 A 5/21/1999 * Or later FAA Approved Revision

FAA Approved:

Acting Manager, Seattle ACO Branch AMENDED: May 26, 1999 REISSUED: October 3, 2018; January 1, 2023

## Every issue (4)

- January 1, 2023: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4a/c4/4ac4d5c8c27a98dc2a0ae360639ce32247732874e3d79a8493700a38406ea65a), [AML SA00478SE.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/25/d0/25d07d1823dd4dd9b3e2f64f28ce330431a6a194dc6212060138ea9268c66c1a)
- October 3, 2018: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f9/6b/f96b50a3efc734f932957889017e93615b1cde002d21347b682822d87bbfd056), [SA00478SE_AML.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/06/b3/06b3471b8c8b24437ecb7faa532c6936a219ab50a5e9ce98f39d9edc8c130188)
- August 17, 2018: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f9/6b/f96b50a3efc734f932957889017e93615b1cde002d21347b682822d87bbfd056)
- November 6, 1997: Issued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/bd/b5/bdb57670afadf1a9911145b4603142cc687941cfefe4858d33afeb5e4d0bb3cc)

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