# STC SA860SO

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Union Aviation LLC, United States
- Description: Installation of portable hand control
- Applied: June 20, 1975
- Status date: November 13, 2024
- Product: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/61/85/61855c1a9db02b53aa44835eea7215e8c8c31743536812a07a3f5dc8d8e3b05d
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID124546588020241115162822.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA860SO

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (14)

- Cessna Aircraft Company 172 ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172A ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172B ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172C ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172D ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172E ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172F (USAF T-41A) ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172G ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172H (USAF T-41A) ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172I ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172K ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172L ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172M ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))
- Cessna Aircraft Company 172N ([TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12))

## 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.

DUPLICATE SA860SO Union Aviation, LLC 540 Timber Run Brandon, MS 39047 Part 3 *the Civil Air "see continuation page 3 of 3."

3A12 Cessna 172, "see continuation page 3 of 3."

The approval of this change in type design applies basically to the Cessna 172 Series airplanes 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 by the the installer that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other "see continuation 3 of 3."

06/20/1975 07/07/2013 11/13/2024 10/21/1975 11/22/1976 (for) Christina M. Underwood Manager, East Certification Branch 3 Installation of portable hand control manufactured in accordance with Union Aviation, Inc.

Drawing List No. 101 dated August 27, 1975, and installed in accordance with Union Aviation, Inc. Installation Instructions dated October 15, 1975. FAA approved Supplemental Flight Manual dated October 21, 1975, is a required part of this modification.

**DUPLICATE SA860SO 11/13/2024 3**

**DUPLICATE SA860SO 11/13/2024**

*Regulations Part 3 effective November 01, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-12. "END"

Model: 172A, 172B, 172C, 172D, 172E, 172F, 172G, 172H, 172J, 172K, 172L, 172M, and 172N "END"

previously approved modification will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that aircraft. The determination should include consideration of significant change in weight distribution such as an increase in the fixed disposable weight in the fuselage. "END" 3 3 Add Page

## Every issue (2)

- November 13, 2024: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/61/85/61855c1a9db02b53aa44835eea7215e8c8c31743536812a07a3f5dc8d8e3b05d)
- July 7, 2013: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/95/80/95802a4852b9fe77562e2c845726a601a467d3075433a417f9ea85a631d5f536)

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.