# STC SA281AL

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Airglas Inc., United States
- Description: Installation of large nose gear fork and 8.00-6 nose gear tire.
- Applied: May 15, 1967
- Status date: April 5, 2012
- Product: Aircraft
- Certification basis: Part 3, Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13), [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/07/81/0781beff3ffa92ced0f2ac9f401c51dd627e2300636cfbb9da3ae5c6e7572991
- Approved model list and other attachments: [AML SA281AL.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/1c/7f/1c7fe024e91b736ee36437851fcd947014a7443e6ff69c25aa616a11354f2ae1)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/6F775B064D69613A862579FE006A5945.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA281AL

## ADs that name it (1)

- [AD 75-02-03](https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-02-03): Nose Wheel Fork Assembly · Large nose gear fork and 8.00-6 nose gear tire (Airglas STC SA281AL). Named in the applicability

## Approved models (7)

- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28-140 ([TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28-150 ([TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28-160 ([TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28-180 ([TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28-235 ([TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-32-260 ([TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-32-300 ([TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO))

## 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.

This certificate issued to Airglas, Inc 3500 O’Malley Road Anchorage, AK 99507

Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations

* Refer to FAA Approved Model List (AML) No.

SA281AK, Revision IR, dated April 5, 2012, or later FAA approved revision, for approved airplane makes and models, corresponding Type Certificate numbers, and applicable Airworthiness Regulations.

Installation of large nose gear fork and 8.00-6 nose gear tire per Tibbetts-Herre Airmotive drawings PA-32-1, PA-32-2, PA-32-3, and PA-32-4.

1) Compatibility of this design change with other previously approved modifications must be determined by the installer.

2) If the certificate holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, then the holder must give the other person written evidence of such permission.

Date of application: May 15, 1967 Date reissued: February 6, 2012; March 5, 2012;

April 5, 2012 Date of issuance: June 5, 1968 Date amended: June 20, 1968

( Signature) August A. Asay Manager, Anchorage Aircraft Certification Office

( Title)

### AML SA281AL.pdf

**FAA APPROVED MODEL LIST (AML) SA281AL FOR AIRGLAS, INC.**

STC Issue date: June 5, 1968

Page 1 of 1

Airplane Make Airplane Model

Type Certificate Number Certification Basis for Alteration Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Piper PA-32-260 PA-32-300 A3SO CAR 3 FAR 43 is adequate to insure Continued Airworthiness of this modification Piper PA-28-140 PA-28-150 PA-28-160 PA-28-180 PA-28-235 2A13 CAR 3 FAR 43 is adequate to insure Continued Airworthiness of this modification

FAA APPROVED:_____________________________________ Manager, Anchor age Aircraft Certification Office Federal Aviation Administration Anchorage, Alaska

Date: April 5, 2012

## Every issue (3)

- April 5, 2012: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/07/81/0781beff3ffa92ced0f2ac9f401c51dd627e2300636cfbb9da3ae5c6e7572991), [AML SA281AL.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/1c/7f/1c7fe024e91b736ee36437851fcd947014a7443e6ff69c25aa616a11354f2ae1)
- March 7, 2012: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/c3/f6/c3f625928abedec8b39dec9f67a4e80647e32be772ab7d8109cb2156c3f8e7aa)
- February 6, 2012: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/ae/78/ae78ec331b85c64cb7320597c766b42a999cf99d4661a25bd058748c892e938f)

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