# STC SA9203SC-D

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Amended
- Holder: L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP, United States
- Description: Installation of Mission Communication Systems (MCS) upgrades under the Defense Emergency Recovery Fund (DERF)
- Applied: August 20, 2004
- Status date: March 22, 2013
- Product: Aircraft, Large Airplane
- Certification basis: Part 21, Part 25, Part 121, Part 129
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/60/37/6037d1ff89e7705bb97f2ccf38026309ff60d63c0cd1ef0ca6e1d20d80f499ff
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/779027BEE71EE52E86257B4B00495E82.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA9203SC-D

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (1)

- The Boeing Company DC-9-32 (VC-9C) ([TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE))

## 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 SA9203SC-D This Certificate issued to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P.

10001 Jack Finney Blvd.

Greenville, TX 75402 Part 4b of the Civil Air Regulations.

Original Product Type Certificate Number: A6WE *SEE PAGE 3 Make : McDonnell Douglas Model : DC-9-32 (VC-9C) Description of Type Design Change: Installation of Mission Communication Systems (MCS) upgrades under the Defense Emergency Recovery Fund (DERF) in accordance with (1) L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Sealed Drawing List SDL 6526-2, Revision NC dated 13 September 2004 and (2) L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, “Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-32 (Military Designation C-9C), DAS- 750173-SW STC P/N 6526-2, Revision NC dated 14 September 2004,” or later FAA approved revisions of (1) or (2).

Date of application: 20 August 2004 Date reissued :

Date of issuance : 20 September 2004 Date amended : 22 March 2013 – Amdt 1 By direction of the Administrator

(Signature) Michael E. Hopper ODA-750173-SW Administrator, Alternate

(Title)

Transfer the ownership of Supplemental Type Certificate Number

to (Name of transferee) (Address of transferee) (Number and street)

(City, State, and Zip code) from (Name of grantor) (Print or type) (Address of grantor) (Number and street)

(City, State and Zip code) Extent of Authority (if licensing agreement):

Signature of grantor (In ink):

FAA Form 8110-2-1(10-69) Page 3 of 3

Number SA9203SC-D Amendment 1 Date of Issuance: 22 March 2013

Limitations and Conditions: (Continued)

1. Partial installation of STC SA9197SC -D is a prerequisite for this STC.

2. Compatibility of this design change with previously approved modifications must be determined by the installer.

3. 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.

4. Based on 14 CFR §§ 21.115 and 21.101, the certification basis for the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft is as follows:

a. The type certification basis for McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 series airplanes is shown on TCDS A6WE for parts not changed or not affected by the change.

b. The certification basis for parts changed or aff ected by the change since the reference date of application, 20 August 2004, is as shown in TCDS A6WE with the following additional 14 CFR §§ 25 paragraphs: 25.853(b) amendment 25-32, 25.869(a) amendment 25-72, 25.981(a)(3) amendment 25-102 and 25.1529.

4. This STC (defined by Sealed Draw ing List 6526-2) is limited to the VC-9C aircraft serial numbers 47668, and 47671.

5. Use of this STC is limited to the L-3/IS Greenville Repair Station L30R385X. Any follow on production efforts performed per this STC engineering data package must be performed by Repair Station L30R385X.

6. When installed, airplanes with this STC are limited to operations excluding those of an Air Carrier.

Specifically, no operations under 14 CFR 121, 14 CFR 129 or any foreign Air Carrier are permitted.

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## Every issue (1)

- March 22, 2013: Amended, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/60/37/6037d1ff89e7705bb97f2ccf38026309ff60d63c0cd1ef0ca6e1d20d80f499ff)

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