# STC SH5120NM

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Apical Industries Inc, United States
- Description: Installation of a two-piece high/ low-back forward seat.
- Applied: December 13, 1990
- Status date: December 12, 2012
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU), [TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/bf/b7/bfb7001408f25065067b6e228d4af4a65bb7b15f5f7a7ba9ca76da1e4c94789c
- Approved model list and other attachments: [AML SH5120NM.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/3a/e3/3ae35cd5e198af409c8e661f2d072ac4e09d9a90cb8ccef40ea32074caa646f2)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/66D19E5A78836A0386257AE1005C04C5.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH5120NM

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (13)

- Eurocopter France AS-350B ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350B1 ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350B2 ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350B3 ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350BA ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350C ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350D ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS-350D1 ([TCDS H9EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9EU))
- Eurocopter France AS355E ([TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU))
- Eurocopter France AS355F ([TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU))
- Eurocopter France AS355F1 ([TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU))
- Eurocopter France AS355F2 ([TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU))
- Eurocopter France AS355N ([TCDS H11EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H11EU))

## 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 SH5120NM

This certificate, issued to Apical Industries, Inc.

2608 Temple Height Drive Oceanside, CA 92056-3512

Part * of the * Regulations.

Original Product⎯Type Certificate Number: *See Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Approved Make: Model List (AML) SH5120NM for list of approved Model: models and applicable airworthiness regulations

Description of the Type Design Change: Installation of a two-piece high-/low-back forward seat in accordance with Geneva Aviation Top Drawing List GA142, Revision K, dated July 29, 1996, or later FAA-approved revision.

Limitations and Conditions: Approval of this change in type design applies to the above model rotorcraft only.

This approval should not be extended to other rotorcraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined that the relationship between this change and any of those other changes in type design, will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that rotorcraft. A copy of this certificate, AML, and a copy of Geneva Aviation Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement GA142-3, Revision C, dated July 7, 2000, must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified rotorcraft.

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: December 13, 1990 Date reissued: December 12, 2012 Date of issuance: February 7, 1991 Date amended: April 7, 1995; December 11, 1998

(Signature) Acting Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (Title)

### AML SH5120NM.pdf

**FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) APPROVED MODEL LIST (AML) SH5120NM FOR**

INSTALLATION OF A TWO-PLACE HIGH/LOW-BACK FORWARD SEAT ISSUE DATE: December 12, 2012

Page 1 of 1

**FAA APPROVED ROTORCRAFT**

**FLIGHT MANUAL**

**SUPPLEMENT**

**FAA APPROVED MASTER**

**DRAWING LIST**

**ITEM ROTORCRAFT MAKE**

**ROTORCRAFT MODEL**

**ORIGINAL TC NUMBER**

**CERTIFICATION**

**BASIS FOR**

ALTERATION Number Revision* Drawing Revision* AML REV DATE

1. Eurocopter France AS350B AS350BA AS350B1 AS350B2 AS350B3 AS350C AS350D AS350D1 H9EU CFR 27 GA142-3 Revision C, dated 7/7/00 GA142 Revision K, dated 7/29/96

2. Eurocopter France AS355E AS355F AS355F1 AS355F2 AS355N H11EU CFR 27 GA142-3 Revision C, dated 7/7/00 GA142 Revision K, dated 7/29/96

* Or later FAA Approved Revision

FAA Approved: Original Signed By Robert H. Duffer for Acting Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office AMENDED:

REISSUED:

## Every issue (2)

- December 12, 2012: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/bf/b7/bfb7001408f25065067b6e228d4af4a65bb7b15f5f7a7ba9ca76da1e4c94789c), [AML SH5120NM.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/3a/e3/3ae35cd5e198af409c8e661f2d072ac4e09d9a90cb8ccef40ea32074caa646f2)
- December 11, 1998: Amended, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/7e/dc/7edc16c199022cd4f9ed1605e3cf957dbd3a4623d74e508e9ae08dae1d878482)

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