# STC SA5978NM

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Panasonic Avionics Corporation, United States
- Description: Installation of Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation Video Entertainment System
- Applied: July 17, 1992
- Status date: June 5, 2006
- Product: Aircraft, Large Airplane
- Certification basis: Part 21, Part 25
- Data sheets: [TCDS A1NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1NM)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/30/88/30885b560ededd7f02146e6b48847c17abd836fc9dce8bc7b428252c43c6a1bd
- Approved model list and other attachments: [AML SA5978NM.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/a9/c5/a9c579d7c4dd15f903449d890d09a368629cea76aa0ee0f5eb9250ce5fe59a05)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/BA6C1CB03A96697F86257A150072EF1A.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA5978NM

## ADs that name it (2)

- [AD 2002-26-14](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2002-26-14): In-flight entertainment (IFE) systems · Boeing 767-300 Series with STC ST01869AT-D. Effective Jan 28, 2003. Cited in the text
- [AD 2001-16-17](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2001-16-17): In-Flight Entertainment System · Boeing 767-300 Series with STC SA5765NM or SA5978NM. Effective Sep 20, 2001. Named in the applicability

## Approved models (1)

- The Boeing Company 767-300 Series ([TCDS A1NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1NM))

## 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: SA5978NM This certificate issued to: Panasonic Avionics Corporation 22333 29t Drive SE Bothell, WA 98021 Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Original Product - Jype Certificate Number: * See attached Approved Model List (AML) Number Make: SA5978NM for approved airplane models and Model: applicable airworthiness regulations.

Description of Type Design Change: Installation of Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation Video Entertainment System in accordance with TRAMCO Master Drawing List 92-113 revisions listed on the attached Approved Model List (AML) No. SA5978NM, or later FAA approved revisions of TRAMCO Master Drawing List

92-113.

Limitations and Conditions: Approval of this change in type design applies to the above model aircraft only.

This approval should not be extended to other aircraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined that the relationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications, including changes in type design, will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft. A copy of this certificate must be maintained as part of the permanent records of the modified aircraft. The approval granted by this certificate does not include the individual video monitors or associated mounting equipment.

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.

Date of Application: July 17, 1992 Date Reissued: September 17, 1993, June 5, 2006 Date of Issuance: September 1, 1992 Date Amended: February 13, 2004, June 5, 2006 FEDERAL AVIATION Administrator (Signature)

TOMINIST RATION Acting Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (Title)

### AML SA5978NM.pdf

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

APPROVED MODEL LIST (AML) NO. SA5978NM FOR Panasonic Avionies Corporation Installation of Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation (MASC) Individual Passenger Video Entertainment System Original Issue Date: July 30, 1993 Reissud Date: June 5, 2006 Item Aircraft Original Certification Installation Instructions AFM AML Make Type Basis for Supplement Amendment and Certificate Number Alteration Number Date Model Number Rev. Date Boeing AINM 14 CFR Part 25 Tramco Drawing Rev. 'C" None 7/30/1993 767-3Z9ER No. 92-113 1/22/1993 2 Boeing AINM 14 CFR Part 25 Tramco Drawing Rev. *C" None 12/21/1993 767-300 Series No. 92-113 1/22/1993 FAA Approved:

Acting Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office

## Every issue (2)

- June 5, 2006: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/30/88/30885b560ededd7f02146e6b48847c17abd836fc9dce8bc7b428252c43c6a1bd), [AML SA5978NM.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/a9/c5/a9c579d7c4dd15f903449d890d09a368629cea76aa0ee0f5eb9250ce5fe59a05)
- February 13, 2004: Amended, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/76/cb/76cbd09242461f68f82e8ec7b3825f91508468a308096945cbcd4821fc552dd7)

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