# STC SA553WE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Brittain Industries, Inc, United States
- Description: Installation of Brittain Model B-4 Flight Control System including model PCA-1 Pitch Assist (with Altitude Hold) and model NAV-1 Navigation Coupler
- Applied: November 6, 1963
- Status date: October 28, 2013
- Product: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- Certification basis: Part 3, Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/c3/be/c3bead34c4ec1a9505b3c2ad2b0c7c244d809551b7f9c6499acc4bbd4013b9c5
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/14715E11D3BFF51A86257DCC005061FC.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA553WE

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (4)

- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-24 ([TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-24-250 ([TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-24-260 ([TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15))
- Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-24-400 ([TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15))

## 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.

Number SA553WE

This certificate issued to: Brittain Industries, Inc.

3266 N. Sheridan Road Tulsa, OK 74115

Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations.

Original Product – Type Certificate Number: 1A15

Make: Piper Model: PA-24 Series (See Limitations and Conditions)

Installation of Brittain Model B-4 Flight Control System including model PCA-1 Pitch Assist (with Altitude Hold) and model NAV-1 Navigation Coupler in accordance with Brittain Industries, Inc., Installation Manual 11928-9.

Applicable eligible airplane models and required FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual Supplement listed on sealed Master Drawing List #C-6 or later FAA approved revision.

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.

Date of application: November 6, 1963 Date reissued: October 28, 2013 11/30/65; 11/10/69; 11/2/72 Revision 3 Date of issuance: November 8, 1963 Date amended:

Signature S. Frances Cox

Title Manager, Special Certification Office, Southwest Region

FAA Form 8110-2 (8/13) Page 1

**SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE, FAA FORM 8110-2 (CONTINUED)**

To (Name of transferee)

(Address of transferee)

(Number and street)

(City, State, and ZIP Code)

From (Name of grantor)

(Address of grantor)

(Number and street)

(City, State, and ZIP Code)

FAA Form 8110-2 (8/13) Page 2

## Every issue (1)

- October 28, 2013: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/c3/be/c3bead34c4ec1a9505b3c2ad2b0c7c244d809551b7f9c6499acc4bbd4013b9c5)

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