# STC SA1608NM - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Amended - Holder: Machen Inc, United States - Description: Installation of an auxiliary fuel tank system. - Applied: November 17, 1981 - Status date: November 1, 1998 - Product: Aircraft, Small Airplane - Certification basis: Part 21 - Data sheets: [TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/22/33/2233b76e9b040d81dee666470d8ad4193fedc1a38d0d371c4f5cdc224b78bf33 - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F7E53931B803FF3885256CC100821453.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA1608NM ## ADs that name it (1) - [AD 2003-22-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2003-22-01): Auxiliary fuel transfer pumps ยท Aerostar PA-60-600 (Aerostar 600), PA-60-601 (Aerostar 601), PA-60-601P (Aerostar 601P) and 2 more. Effective Nov 17, 2003. Cited in the text ## Approved models (5) - Aerostar Aircraft Corporation PA-60-600 (Aerostar 600) ([TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE)) - Aerostar Aircraft Corporation PA-60-601 (Aerostar 601) ([TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE)) - Aerostar Aircraft Corporation PA-60-601P (Aerostar 601P) ([TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE)) - Aerostar Aircraft Corporation PA-60-602P (Aerostar 602P) ([TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE)) - Aerostar Aircraft Corporation PA-60-700P (Aerostar 700P) ([TCDS A17WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A17WE)) ## What the certificate says This is OCR from the scanned FAA certificate. OCR can misread letters and numbers. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number: SA1608NM This certificate issued to: Machen, Inc. 10555 Airport Drive Coeur d'Alene Airport Hayden Lake, ID 83835 Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, effective December 1, 1978. Original Product -Type Certificate Number: A17WE Make: Aerostar Model: PA-60-600, -601, -601P, -602P, -700P Description of Type Design Change: Installation of an auxiliary fuel tank system in accordance with Machen, Inc., Report 76-1, dated April 4, 1982, or later FAA approved revision. Limitations and Conditions: 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 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 and FAA approved Airplane Flight Manual Supplement 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. Date of Application: November 17, 1981 Date Reissued: Date of Issuance: May 5, 1982 Date Amended: June 28, 1982, February 28, 1995, November 1, 1998 FEDERA AVIATION y directises of the oldmints trator (Signature) TOMINIST RATION Acting Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (Title) ## Every issue (1) - November 1, 1998: Amended, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/22/33/2233b76e9b040d81dee666470d8ad4193fedc1a38d0d371c4f5cdc224b78bf33) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.