# STC SH2935SO - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Reissued - Holder: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., United States - Description: Installation of an SX-16 Nightsun searchlight on a forward quick mount kit. - Applied: October 14, 1988 - Status date: November 15, 2016 - Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft - Certification basis: Part 21 - Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f3/9f/f39f4dce3b711c520bf58283f367a2f2b941808ab2487de6e732e707887fa9ed - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/35D661644163AC6B862580B8007447C5.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH2935SO ## 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: SH2935SO 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 an SX-16 Nightsun Searchlight on a forward quick mount kit in accordance with Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Drawing List, Report No. AA-88070, Revision B, dated October 31, 1990, or later FAA approved revision. 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 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. This determination should include consideration of significant changes in weight distribution such as an increase in fixed disposable weight in the fuselage. The FAA approved Flight Manual Supplement, dated April 2, 1991, is a required part of this STC. Date of Application: October 14, 1988 Date Reissued: September 29, 2016; November 15, 2016 Date of Issuance: April 2, 1991 Date Amended: December 5, 1991 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: SH2935SO 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) - November 15, 2016: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f3/9f/f39f4dce3b711c520bf58283f367a2f2b941808ab2487de6e732e707887fa9ed) --- 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.