# STC SH2543SO

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., United States
- Description: Installation of FLIR Systems, Inc. Model 2000/2500/3000 Series Thermal Imager System on Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Nose Quick Mount & IDP Mount Kits
- Applied: May 26, 1988
- Status date: July 12, 1995
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/dd/c4/ddc4b8705e8fa73baa42111a89b905de202d7a29ffce42bd348d307e8dd902a5
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1CDA76F472879B64862580B80073D882.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH2543SO

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (9)

- 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))

## 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.

FAA Form 8110-2 (5/14) Page 1 of 2

Number: SH2543SO

Part 6 of the Civil Air Regulations.

Original Product – Type Certificate Number: H3WE Make: McDonnell Douglas Model: 369 H/HE/HM/HS/D/E/F/FF, 500N Description of Type Design Change:

Installation of FLIR Systems, Inc. Model 2000/2500/3000 Series Thermal Imager System on Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Nose Quick Mount & IDP Mount Kits in accordance with Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Drawing List Report No. AA-88022, Revision D, dated April 14, 1989, and Installation Instructions Report No. AA-88023, Revision B, dated April 6, 1989, or later FAA approved revisions.

This approval should not be extended to other rotorcraft of this model on which other previously approved 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 produce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that rotorcraft. FAA approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement dated April 21, 1989, or later FAA approved revision, is a required part of this STC.

Date of Application: May 26, 1988 Date Reissued: September 29, 2016; November 15, 2016 Date of Issuance: April 21, 1989 Date Amended: December 5, 1991; July 12, 1995

Signature

Title S. Frances Cox Manager, Delegation Systems Certification Office, Southwest Region Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

441 Industrial Park Road Piney Flats, TN 37686

FAA Form 8110-2 (5/14) Page 2 of 2

Transfer the ownership of Supplemental Type Certificate Number: SH2543SO

To (Name and address of transferee)

From (Name and address of grantor)

United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: ST10813SC

FAA Form 8110-2 (5/14) Page 3 of 3

## Every issue (1)

- July 12, 1995: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/dd/c4/ddc4b8705e8fa73baa42111a89b905de202d7a29ffce42bd348d307e8dd902a5)

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