STC SA553GL

Supplemental type certificate · Jorden Alexander Grieff

Holder
Jorden Alexander Grieff · United States
Status
Current · Reissued
Status date
February 15, 2025
Applied
October 8, 1980
Product
Aircraft · Small Airplane
Data sheet
TCDS3A12

From FAA DRS, with our copy of the certificate PDF. DRS record last changed December 6, 2025.

What it approves

Remove tricycle landing gear and install conventional landing gear. (172C S/N 28000 THRU17249544 FOR ALL MODELS)

What the certificate says

From the PDF’s text layer, without the form’s printed wording. Layout and order may differ; the PDF is the record.

SA553GL Jorden Alexander Grieff 3 Central Plaza Rome, GA 30161 3 Civil Air Regulations.

3A12 Cessna 172,172A,172B, 172C (Serial Numbers 28000 - 17249544 for all models )

1. This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of this model 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.

Continued on page 3 10/8/1980 2/15/2025 8/26/1981 9/17/1990 for Paul Nguyen Manager, Central Certification Branch Compliance & Airworthiness Division

3 Remove tricycle landing gear and install conventional landing gear according to "Installation Instructions to Convert Cessna Aircraft 172 to Conventional Landing Gear Configurations Aircraft"' revised November 27, 1989; and drawing titled "Tail Cone Assembly", RevisionA, dated December 1, 1988, FAA Approved March 30, 1990, or later FAA approved revisions.

(See Type Certificate Data Sheet No. 3A12 for complete certification basis)

SA553GL 02/15/25 3

SA553GL 02/15/25 Limitations and Conditions (continued):

2. 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.

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Approved models · 4

MakeModelData sheet
Textron Aviation Inc.1723A12
Textron Aviation Inc.172A3A12
Textron Aviation Inc.172B3A12
Textron Aviation Inc.172C3A12

Every issue · 2

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DateStatusFiles
February 15, 2025Reissued, currentCertificate
September 17, 1990Amended, earlier issueCertificate