# STC SA4-156

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Bodell M E, United States
- Description: Slightly modified Bonanza wing tips.
- Applied: January 9, 1957
- Status date: January 24, 1965
- Product: Aircraft, Single-Engine
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-766](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-766)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/5e/e3/5ee3989b607e388bcb80b0c34197100c9f7754e40dda2defbc97d17256d41d89
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/27D5D4E9E8B49C86862577110053E8DA.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA4-156

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (1)

- Swift Museum Foundation Inc. GC-1B ([TCDS A-766](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-766))

## What the certificate says

This is OCR from the scanned FAA certificate. OCR can misread letters and numbers.

FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY Supplemental Type Certificate

**1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF APPLICANT FORM APPROVED, BUDGET BUREAU NO. 04-R015**

**INSTRUCTIONS - SUBMIT IN TRIPLICATE TO LOCAL**

**FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS INSPECTOR**

**COPY WILL BE RETURNED TO APPLICANT UPON**

ISSUANCE Supplemental Type Certificate APPLIED FOR:

M. E. Bodell AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROPELLER 23804 Pennsylvania Avenue ORIGINAL MODEL DESIGNATION Torrance, California 90501 SWIFT GC-1B (Universal) NEW MODEL DESIGNATION (If desired) None

3. DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE Removal of present Swift wing tips and installation of slightly modified Bonanza wing tips.

LIMITATION OF APPLICABILITY. The approval of this change in type design applies basically to Standard Swift GC-1B model only. This approval should not be oxtended to other specific airplanes of these models 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 wodifications will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that airplane.

Certification Basis: CAR 4g.

*&. WILL DATA BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR RELEASE TO OTHER PERSONS? YES NO J. WILL PARTS BE MANUFACTURED FOR SALE (Rof. CAR 1.55)? YES · NO

5. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF APPLICANT т Е Вмя

SIGNATURE December 17, 1957 Owner Date of Application: TITLE

6. To be Completed by FAA

NATURE AND LOCATION OF DATA Preston D. Johnson Drawing No. PDJ-1 is on file with Aircrait Engineering Division, FAA, Western Region, Los Angeles, California Operating Limitations: On aircraft modified in accordance with this Supplemental Type Certificate the C.G. range is restricted as follows (wheels down):

Pwd. C.G. (+29.6) inches Aft C.G. (+33.0) inches ORIGINAL TYPE CERTIFICATE NO. FAA APPROVAL Supplemental Type Certificate NO. A-766 Rocee L. Lippis Original Signed oy Charles R. Hawke, SIGNATURE SA4-156 TE OF APPROVAL JanuBrY 9, 1957 Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division Revised: Dec. 26, 1957, July 9, 1959, Jan. 24, 1965 TITLE FAA AC 64-306 FORM FAA-2417 (5-59)

## Every issue (1)

- January 24, 1965: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/5e/e3/5ee3989b607e388bcb80b0c34197100c9f7754e40dda2defbc97d17256d41d89)

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