# STC SA5311NM-D

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Northwest Airlines Inc., United States
- Description: Installation of Hughes - Avicom APAX-150 World Link Passenger Entertainment System
- Applied: March 4, 1995
- Status date: March 21, 2001
- Product: Aircraft, Large Airplane
- Certification basis: Part 25
- Data sheets: [TCDS A22WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/17/7a/177a30e4a2affd3efbbd05c865038a6b0bcbf389bc8666a43167f8b52b54cd8e
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID151756798320260821172510.0001
- DRS record last changed: August 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA5311NM-D

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (1)

- The Boeing Company DC-10-40 ([TCDS A22WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22WE))

## 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 Number: SA5311NM-D This certificate issued to: Northwest Airlines, Inc.

5101 Northwest Drive St. Paul, MN 55111-3034 Sart 25* of the Federal Aviation Requlations. *(For Certification Basis, See T.C. Data Sheet A22WE) Original Product Type Certificate Number: A22WE Abuke: McDonnell Douglas Model: DC-10-40 Series Description of Type Design Change:

Installation of Hughes - Avicom APAX-150 World Link Passenger Entertainment System in accordance with Lockheed Aircraft Services Company Master Drawing List R53040003, Rev. -, dated March 21, 1995, and Rockwell Collins Video Entertainment System Northwest Airlines DC-10-40 Distributed Video System Drawing List.622240, Revision F, dated July 23, 1998, or later FAA Approved revisions.

Limitations and Conditions: The approval of this change in type design applied basically to McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-40. This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated, unless it has been determined by the installer that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of the aircraft. This determination should include consideration of significant changes in weight distribution such as an increase in the fixed disposable weight in the fuselage. A copy of this STC must be included in the permanent records of the aircraft. If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, the holder shall give the other person written evidence of that permission.

Lute of upplicution : March 4, 1995 Life reissued: July 31, 1998, March 21, 2001 Lutt of issmance: March 23, 1995 Lule amended: July 31, 1998. August 17, 1998 FEDERAL AVIATION By Direction of the Administrator L (Signature) TOMINISTRATOS Michael A. Murphy Manager, Technical & Administrative Branch (Title)

## Every issue (1)

- March 21, 2001: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/17/7a/177a30e4a2affd3efbbd05c865038a6b0bcbf389bc8666a43167f8b52b54cd8e)

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