# STC SA3-483

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Historical, Abandoned
- Holder: Sparks Donna R, United States
- Description: Installation of Continental C85-12 engine.
- Applied: September 10, 1959
- Status date: May 21, 2024
- Product: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-803](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-803)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/df/a0/dfa04c0a91c15caffca1cd0556607b0abf41473bd80f5047286bea83653e5f8d
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID139682019020240612193517.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA3-483

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (1)

- Mooney Mite Aircraft Corporation M-18C55 ([TCDS A-803](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-803))

## 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 Effeetive Date 2/ MAY 'Abandoned STC This certificate issued to: Donna R. Sparks Number: SA3-483 COPY 2024 6414 E. 86th St.

Kansas City, MO 64138 Part 03 of thE 1V11 A1T Regulations® Original Product -Typeertificate Numben: A-803 Make: Mooney Model: M-18C 55 Description of Type Design Change: Install Continental C85-12 engine.

Bilquist data required: Copy of this Supplemental Type Certificate. Data Sheet No. 2 (2 sheets) dated March 7, 1960.

Fuel System Sketch dated March 17, 1959. Fuel System Drawing No. 2 dated March 5, 1960. Airplane Flight Manual Supplement dated February 19, 1960, revised March 15, 1960.

Limitations and Conditions: Empty weight of altered airplane must not exceed 631 lb., including 0.5 gal. unusable fuel. This approval 63t be extended ty athe should not be extended to other specific airplanes of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated, unless it is determined that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that airplane.

Date of Application: September 10, 1959 12/18/72; 3/20/84;

1/7/92 Date of Issuance: March 10, 1960 Date Amended: February 3, 1965 FEDERAL AVIATION By Direction of the Administrator pret By (Signati?

TOHNISTRATOS Lawrence A. Herron, Manager Wichita Aircraft Certification Office (Title)

## Every issue (2)

- May 21, 2024: Abandoned, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/df/a0/dfa04c0a91c15caffca1cd0556607b0abf41473bd80f5047286bea83653e5f8d)
- January 7, 1992: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/bc/44/bc443e5f626195ec9057fd25ed636c21db3381a7056a86389de654c4560197c4)

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