# STC SH5243NM

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Dart Aerospace USA Inc, United States
- Description: Installation of hard point for mounting of a Forward Looking Infrared imaging unit or similar external gimbal.
- Applied: December 23, 1991
- Status date: July 5, 2023
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/ea/af/eaafa63c97a3dbb6a348124a0ceb46bae2326dc51aaf7e3703619548e98ec724
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID190443448320230812023755.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH5243NM

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (6)

- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206A ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206B ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206L ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206L-1 ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206L-3 ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 206L-4 ([TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW))

## 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 (11/20) SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS EDITION United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number:

Page 1 of 2 SH5243NM Dart Aerospace USA, Inc 3845 NE 30th Avenue Hillsboro, OR 97124 Part 6* the Civil Air Regulations H2SW Bell Textron Canada Limited 206A, 206B, 206L, 206L-1, 206L-3, 206L-4 December 23, 1991 June 23, 1986; July 5, 2023 March 19, 1992 July 29, 1992; August 11, 1993; May 4, 1998; August 19, 2005 for Manager, West Certification Branch * Certification basis is set forth in Type Certificate Data Sheet H2SW Installation of hard point for mounting of a Forward Looking Infrared imaging unit or similar external gimbal per the limitations in accordance with Paravion Technology, Inc. Drawing List No. DL-206HP, dated December 6, 1991, or later FAA approved revision.

1. This STC covers installation of Hard Point Assembly for mounting of a Forward Looking Infrared imaging unit or similar external gimbal. Further approval is required for installation of controls, electrical supply, and related equipment. Installation of Bell Helicopter / Textron, Inc. P/N 206-706-031-XXX or equivalent FAA approved High Skid Gear Kit or Bell Helicopter / Textron, Inc. P/N 206-706-010-XXX or P/N 206-706-210-XXX or equivalent FAA approved Flotation Kit is required for this STC.

2. This approval should not be extended to rotorcraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined that the interrelationship between this change and any of those other previously approved modifications, including changes in type design, will introduce no adverse effect upon the airworthiness of that rotorcraft.

3. A copy of this Certificate must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified rotorcraft.

4. 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.

FAA Form 8110-2 (11/20) SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS EDITION United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number:

Page 2 of 2 SH5243NM

## Every issue (2)

- July 5, 2023: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/ea/af/eaafa63c97a3dbb6a348124a0ceb46bae2326dc51aaf7e3703619548e98ec724)
- August 19, 2005: Amended, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/b4/61/b46192094318ebd9ce2a7d8fe053d75cb31cdc6a11abc6604acb36d2d51dda8f)

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