# STC SH601NE - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Reissued - Holder: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, United States - Description: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc. Searchlight. - Applied: March 4, 1988 - Status date: December 17, 2014 - Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft - Certification basis: Part 21 - Data sheets: [TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4f/d9/4fd9997ee8ce543cafb806d4befa81edb2a625db4fc3580451eace1ddab9f626 - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/66BC489F1F5ECFFA86257DB700517544.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SH601NE ## ADs that name it (0) None. ## Approved models (3) - Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 A-3 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU)) - Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 A-4 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU)) - Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH MBB-BK 117 B-1 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU)) ## 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 Part of the Signature Title SH601NE Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 6900 Main Street Stratford, CT 06615 Federal Aviation Regulations. 1. Configuration 1: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc., Model SX-16 Nightsun Searchlight in accordance with Keystone Helicopter Corporation Manufacturing and Installation List, Report No. 88-1, Page 1, Rev. D dated September 29, 1988. 2. Configuration 2: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc. Model SX-16 Nightsun Searchlight in accordance with Keystone Helicopter Corporation Manufacturing and Installation List, Report No. 88-1, Rev. E, dated March 15, 1989. 3. Configuration 3: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc., Model SX-5E Starburst Searchlight in accordance with Keystone Helicopter Corporation Manufacturing and Installation List, Report no. 89-8, N/R, dated April 21, 1989. (See Description of Type Design Change continued on Page 3 of 3) 1. For Configuration 3, this installation is only eligible on helicopter Serial Number 7099. 2. This approval is for non-float equipped MBB-BK 117 A-3, A-4, B-1 aircraft, and for category B operations only. 3. The only optional equipment that this approval has been found to be compatible with are listed in the limitations section of the Rotocraft Flight Manual Supplement; also note the other limitations. 4. The installer must determine whether this design change is compatible with previously approved modifications. 5. If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter a product, the holder must give the other person written evidence of that permission. Gaetano Sciortino Manager New York Aircraft Certification Office Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm MBB-BK 117 A-3, and A-4, B-1 October 1, 2011, December 17, 2014 November 4, 1988, May 11, 1989, May 15, 1989, February 22, 1991, July 10, 1991, September 27, 1994 March 4, 1988 August 19, 1988 H13EU 3 FAA Form 8110-2 (5/14) Page 2 of To (Name and address of transferee) From (Name and address of grantor) 3 SH601NE FAA Form 8110-2 (5/14) Page 3 of 3 Date Reissued: December 17, 2014 Description of Type Design Change (continued): 4. Configuration 4: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc., Model SX-16 Nightsun Searchlight in accordance with Keystone Helicopter Corporation Installation Drawing List, Report No. 88-1, Rev. H, dated February 13, 1991, and Manufacturing Drawing List Report No. 88-1, Rev. F, dated December 14, 1990. 5. Configuration 5: Installation of Spectrolab, Inc., Model SX-16 Nightsun Searchlight in accordance with Keystone Helicopter Corporation Installation Drawing List, Report No. 88-1, Rev. I, dated June 22, 1994, and Manufacturing Drawing List Report No. 88-1, Rev. G, dated June 22, 1994. 6. For Configuration 1, Keystone Helicopter Corporation Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement No. FM 88-1, FAA approved August 19, 1988 and revised November 4, 1988 is required with this modification; the original RFMS of August 19, 1988 is cancelled and superseded by Revision 1 dated November 4, 1988. 7. For Configuration 2, Keystone Helicopter Corporation Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement No. FM 88-1, Rev. 2, FAA approved May 11, 1989 is required with this modification. 8. For Configuration 3, Keystone Helicopter Corporation Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement No. FM 88-1.1, FAA approved May 15, 1989 for S/N 7099 helicopter is required with this modification. 9. For Configuration 4 & 5 Keystone Helicopter Corporation Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement No. FM 88-1, Rev. 3, FAA approved February 22, 1991 is required with this modification. ----------END---------- SH601NE ## Every issue (2) - December 17, 2014: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4f/d9/4fd9997ee8ce543cafb806d4befa81edb2a625db4fc3580451eace1ddab9f626) - October 1, 2011: Reissued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/fc/09/fc092f074e4ea2f5b8e32fb20ba4dd0bdc04870ad309db50a34b83e1c54b4c7c) --- 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.