# STC SA3-179

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: F.Atlee Dodge Aircraft Services, United States
- Description: Installation of Wipaire Skis Inc. Model A-3500A or A-2500A (Aircraft Skis) (FluiDyne) (Federal) Main and NA-1200A Nose skis
- Applied: August 19, 1966
- Status date: February 9, 2023
- Product: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/03/ca/03ca4b16724c396a60c2a26a3450d9d21aa7527f2b2b50cbd751e0ddaf376b80
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID174919250120230613133604.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA3-179

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (3)

- Textron Aviation Inc. 172 ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Textron Aviation Inc. 172A ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Textron Aviation Inc. 172B ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))

## 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 F. Atlee Dodge Aircraft Services 6672 Wes Way Anchorage, AK 99518

Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations. (See Type Certificate Data Sheet No. 3A12 for complete certification basis.)

Original Product--Type Certificate Number: 3A12 Make : Cessna Model :

172, 172A, 172B Description of Type Design Change:

Installation of Wipaire Skis Inc. Model A-3500A or A-2500A (Aircraft Skis) (FluiDyne) (Federal) Main and NA-1200A Nose skis according to Drawing 11R1548, Rev. C (supersedes Drawing 11R1279), or later FAA approved revisions.

This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of these models 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 introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft.

Date of application : August 19, 1966

Date reissued : December 3, 1964; May 21, 1991;

February 16, 1993; February 9, 2023 Date of issuance : February 18, 1958 Date amended : February 21, 1967

(Signature) Paul (Vu) Nguyen Manager, Central Certification Branch Compliance & Airworthiness Division Aircraft Certification Service

(Title)

Transfer the ownership of Supplemental Type Certificate Number

to (Name of transferee)

(Address of transferee) (Number and street)

(City, State, and ZIP code)

from (Name of grantor) (Print of type)

(Address of grantor) (Number and street)

(City, State, and ZIP code)

Signature of grantor (In ink):

## Every issue (2)

- February 9, 2023: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/03/ca/03ca4b16724c396a60c2a26a3450d9d21aa7527f2b2b50cbd751e0ddaf376b80)
- February 16, 1993: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/66/5c/665c4ecd42d6982da3ae47b1e46657823b2729d93d2d2257003f10935c1cda4d)

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