STC SA00953AT

Supplemental type certificate · Whelen Aerospace Technologies

Holder
Whelen Aerospace Technologies · United States
Status
Current · Reissued
Status date
January 24, 2023
Applied
January 18, 1995
Product
Aircraft · Small Airplane
Data sheet
TCDSA3SO

From FAA DRS, with our copy of the certificate PDF. DRS record last changed December 6, 2025.

What it approves

Installation of a composite 'HOWL COWL,' mod comp engine cowling w/COWL FLAPS, full length nosegear close doors, belly fairing aft of firewall to streamline forward sec of exposed belly structures 'strakes' and large access doors on both sides of cowling.

What the certificate says

From the PDF’s text layer, without the form’s printed wording. Layout and order may differ; the PDF is the record.

SA00953AT Whelen Aerospace Technologies 51 Winthrop Road Chester, CT 06412 Part 3 the Civil Air Regulations A3SO Piper PA-32R-300, PA-32RT-300, PA-32R-301 (SP) Installation of a composite "HOWL COWL'', modified composite engine cowling with "COWL FLAPS'', full-length nose gear closure doors, belly fairing aft of the firewall to streamline the forward section of the exposed belly structural "strakes" and large access doors on both sides of the cowling. The "HOWL COWL'' is installed in accordance with LoPresti Speed Merchants Master Drawing List, Report No. 34, dated June 09, 1996, or later FAA approved revision.

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 interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications will produce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft. (See continuation sheet 3 of 3) July 18, 1995 October 5, 2015; January 24, 2023 January 26, 1996 October 02, 1997 (for) Robert P. Capezzuto Acting Manager, Atlanta ACO Branch 3

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SA00953AT Date Reissued: January 24, 2023

Limitations & Conditions (Continued):

This determination should include consideration of significant changes in weight distribution such as an increase in the fixed disposable weight in the fuselage.

This Modification is applicable to aircraft that have or do not have the automatic landing gear system installed or have had the system deactivated with Piper Service Kit No.

765 199. FAA Approved Flight Manual Supplement for HOWL COWL modification, Report No. 4, dated January 26, 1996, or revision "A", dated July 01, 1996, pertinent to your modification is an inherent part of their Supplemental Type Certificate. 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.

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Approved models · 3

MakeModelData sheet
The New Piper Aircraft Inc.PA-32R-300A3SO
The New Piper Aircraft Inc.PA-32R-301(SP)A3SO
The New Piper Aircraft Inc.PA-32RT-300A3SO