# STC SA530NE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Leading Edge Group LLC, The, United States
- Description: Configuration 1: Installation of two-section auxiliary fuel tanks (total capacity 14700 lb.) in the forward and aft cargo bay compartments 
Configuration 2: 	Installation of a three section auxiliary fuel tank system (total capacity 11350 lb.) in the forward and aft cargo bay compartments
- Applied: December 11, 1986
- Status date: April 27, 2009
- Product: Aircraft, Large Multi-Engine
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/cd/23/cd23e083db13ecf5890a8fcf4e5a95c60a36e0a5088c99aefc01d26502a93e22
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3149FA0F85E0B18D8625760F00466CDD.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA530NE

## ADs that name it (1)

- [AD 2008-22-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-22-01): Auxiliary fuel tanks · Boeing 727-100 Series, 727-200 Series, 727 Series and 17 more. Effective Nov 26, 2008. Named in the applicability

## Approved models (2)

- The Boeing Company 727 ([TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE))
- The Boeing Company 727-100 Series ([TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE))

## 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

Part 4b of the Civil Air Regulations.

Configuration 1: Installation of two-section auxiliary fuel tanks (total capacity 14700 lb.) in the forward and aft cargo bay compartments in accordance with PATS, Inc. Dwg. No. 200-1-010, Installation Drawing List, Revision S, dated July 23, 1987.

OR

Configuration 2: Installation of a three section auxiliary fu el tank system (total capacity 11350 lb.) in the forward and aft cargo bay compartments in accordance with PATS, Inc. Dwg. No. 200-1-140, Installation Drawing List, Rev. C, dated August 9, 1989.

1. PATS, Inc. Airplane Flight Manual Supplement No. 11, FAA approved August 21, 1987, is required with Configuration 1.

2. PATS, Inc. Airplane Flight Manual Supplement No. 13, FAA approved August 25, 1989, is required with Configuration 2.

The Leading Edge Group, LLC 5400 Carillo Point Kirkland, WA 98033 A3WE Make: Boeing Model: 727 & 727-100 Series Date reissued: July 20, 2004, April 2, 2009, April 27, 2009

Date amended: August 29, 1989, June 7, 1990, March 11, 1991

( Signature) Anthony Socias Manager New York Aircraft Certification Office

( Title)

Date of application: December 11, 1986

Date of issuance: August 21, 1987

FAA Form 8110-2-1(10-69) Page 2 of 2

Number SA530NE Date of Reissuance: April 2, 2009, April 27, 2009

Description of Type Design Change:(Cont’d):

Configuration 3: Installation of a two section auxiliary fuel tank system (total capacity 7718 lb.) in the aft cargo bay compa rtment in accordance with PATS, Inc. Dwg. No. 200-1-141 Rev. A, Installation Drawing List, dated May 16, 1990.

Limitations and Conditions: (Cont’d):

3. PATS, Inc. Airplane Flight Manual Supplement No. 15, FAA approved June 7, 1990, is required with Configuration 3.

4. Auxiliary Fuel Tanks are life-limited to 20 years time in service.

5. PATS, Inc. (Long Range Fuel Tanks Maintenance Manual) 2 tank (is required with) Configuration 3.

6. PATS, Inc. (Long Range Fuel Tanks Maintenance Manual) 3 tank (is required with) Configuration 2.

7. PATS, Inc. (Long Range Fuel Tanks Maintenance Manual) 4 tank (is required with) Configuration 1.

8. If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter a product, the holder must give the other person written evidence of that permission.

9. The installer must determine whether this design change is compatible with previously approved modifications.

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## Every issue (1)

- April 27, 2009: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/cd/23/cd23e083db13ecf5890a8fcf4e5a95c60a36e0a5088c99aefc01d26502a93e22)

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