# STC SH5249NM

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Air Methods Corporation, United States
- Description: Installation of Spectrolab SX-16 nightsun searchlight.
- Applied: January 22, 1992
- Status date: July 9, 2008
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/38/ad/38ad6b85e3d1b1d11e31f5ec6a64ba4fb19f8d66e4990e8e02107fe1d4aaca84
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1B9B5572CEA03EDD862574910055F044.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH5249NM

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (3)

- Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 A-1 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))
- Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 A-3 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))
- Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 B-1 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))

## What the certificate says

This is OCR from the scanned FAA certificate. OCR can misread letters and numbers.

United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number: SH5249NM This certificate issued to: Air Methods Corporation 7301 South Peoria Street Englewood, Colorado 80112 Part 29 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

H13EU Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GMBH MBB-BK117 A-1, A-3, A-4, B-1 Installation of Spectrolab SX-16 Nightsun or SX-5 Starburst Searchlight per Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc.

Master Drawing List MDL-032092, Rev. A2, dated September 6, 1994 or later FAA approved revisions.

1. Approval of this change in type design applies to the above model rotorcraft only. 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 aircraft.

2. A copy of this certificate, and FAA Approved Flight Manual Supplement dated September 6, 1994 or later FAA Approved revision must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified rotorcraft.

Date of Application: January 22, 1992 Date Reissued: 3/16/95, July 9, 2008 Date of Issuance: May 8, 1992 Date Amended: September 7, 1994 FEDERAL AVIATION Du dinection of the strinistrator. 1554 aadow Melissa Sandow (Signature) ADMINIST RATION Senior Engineer Northwest Mountain Region Denver Aircraft Certification Office (Title)

## Every issue (1)

- July 9, 2008: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/38/ad/38ad6b85e3d1b1d11e31f5ec6a64ba4fb19f8d66e4990e8e02107fe1d4aaca84)

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