# STC SH1383SO

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., United States
- Description: Manufacture of Nightscanner searchlight kit.
- Applied: April 23, 1981
- Status date: May 29, 2013
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/5f/29/5f292898a0c9da9c4d75f0eeb8a2ca7b5e081cd1d4b723d8d023ec9f0b1a7261
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/2DB46C7174CECC9786257C13005DC82B.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH1383SO

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (10)

- MD Helicopter Inc. 369D ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369E ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369F ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369FF ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369H ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369HE ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369HM ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369HS ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 500N ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 600N ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))

## 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.

N umber SH1383SO This certificate issued to

Part 6 of the Civil Air R egulations .

Original Product -- Type Certificate N umber :

Manufacture of Nightscanner™ Searchlight Kit in accordance with Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Drawing List Report No. KR-206, Revision “A”, dated September 2, 1982, or Report No. AA-88013, Revision “E”, dated March 17, 1988, or later FAA approved revisions, and installation per “Installation Instructions” listed therein.

FAA approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement, Report AA-88012, dated November 15, 1982, or Report AA-95009, dated February 6, 1995, or later FAA approved revisions, is a required part of this STC. The installer must determine whether this design change is compatible with previously approved modifications. 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.

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

441 Industrial Park Road Piney Flats, TN 37686 H3WE M ake : MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) M odel : 369H, HS, HE, HM, D, E, F, FF and 500N and 600N Date of application : April 23, 1981

Date of issuance : November 15, 1982

Date reissued : May 29, 2013

Date amended : July 26, 1988, April 8, 1992, June 16, 1998

B y direc tion of the A dministrator

(Signature) Scott A. Horn, Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Certification Office, Southwest Region

(Title)

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

## Every issue (1)

- May 29, 2013: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/5f/29/5f292898a0c9da9c4d75f0eeb8a2ca7b5e081cd1d4b723d8d023ec9f0b1a7261)

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