# STC SH189WE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Gerbino Flight Systems, United States
- Description: Installation of searchlight kit.
- Applied: May 17, 1976
- Status date: May 29, 2012
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/da/15/da159aaa5661d747441813c533c9444806c260d74a3bfa79803e7efebeeaf9d9
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/AE96FD3EBBEBD36686257A100056120A.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH189WE

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (3)

- MD Helicopter Inc. 369D ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369HE ([TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE))
- MD Helicopter Inc. 369HS ([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.

United States Of America Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate This certificate has been reissued to replace the original reported as lost.

This Certificate issued to Allen J. Gerbino Gerbino Flight Systems 2549 North Palm Drive Signal Hill, CA 90755 Part 6 of the Civil Air Regulations, dated December 20, 1956, Amend. 6-1 through 6-4 and Special Conditions dated October 2, 1962, Rev. February 8, 1966.

Original Product Type Certificate Number : H3WE Make MDHI Model 369HS, 369HE, 369D Description of Type Design Change: Installation of Searchlight Kit in accordance with FAA Approved Alexair Indentured Drawing List 751-1000 Revision E, dated March 24, 1977 or later FAA approved revisions.

Alexair FAA Approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement dated June 30, 1976, revised March 16, 1979, is required with this installation.

Limitations and Conditions : The approval of this change in type desi gn applies to the basic aircraft of the specified models that are otherwise unmodified. This a pproval should not be extended to other aircraft of these models on which other previously approve d modifications are incorporated, unless it is determined by the installer that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that ai rcraft. A copy of this STC must be included in the permanent records of the modified aircraft. 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 : May 17, 1976

Date of issuance : June 30, 1976

Date reissued : February 17, 1977, October 21, 1977, May 29, 2012

Date amended : Oct. 26, 1976, Feb. 17, 1977, April 14, 1977, Oct. 25, 1977, Mar. 16, 1979 By direction of the Administrator

( Signature) Haifa Haj-Eid Supervisor, Technical & Administrative Support Staff Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office __ (Title)

Transfer the ownership of Supplemental Type Certificate Number

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Signature of grantor (In ink):

U.S. GPO 1987-763-28

## Every issue (1)

- May 29, 2012: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/da/15/da159aaa5661d747441813c533c9444806c260d74a3bfa79803e7efebeeaf9d9)

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