# STC SR00171DE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Reissued
- Holder: Air Methods LLC, United States
- Description: Installation of a Versa TRAC Patient Loading System
- Applied: April 22, 1994
- Status date: January 5, 2025
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 29
- Data sheets: [TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/72/60/7260f4f1cb02c07000cd1f0c69fb482e1ff350801c512981ef273e75e7ce2103
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID134876765220250108143447.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SR00171DE

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (4)

- Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) MBB-BK 117 A-1 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))
- Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) MBB-BK 117 A-3 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))
- Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) MBB-BK 117 A-4 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))
- Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) MBB-BK 117 B-1 ([TCDS H13EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H13EU))

## What the certificate says

Some pages are 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: SR00171DE This certificate issued to: Air Methods, LLC 5500 South Quebec Street Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Part 29 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Original Product Type Certificate Number: H13EU Make: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Description of Type Design Change: Model: MBB-BK 117 A-1, A-3, A-4, and B-1 Installation of a Versa TRAC Patient Loading System in accordance with Rocky Mountain Helicopter Master Drawing List MDL-050395, Revision N/C, dated May 4, 1995 or later approved revision.

1. Approval of this change in type design applies to the above model rotorcraft only. This approval should not be extended to aircraft of this model on which other previously approved modifications are incorporated unless it is determined that the inter-relationship between...

Limitations and Conditions: continued on Page 3)

Date of Application: 04/22/1994 Date Reissued: 01/05/2025 07/09/2008 Date of Issuance: 07/20/1995 Date Amended:

see continuation sheet for additional dates By Direction of the Administrator Title: ODA administrator, ODA-635841-NM Air Methods, LLC Possession of this Supplementai Type Certificate (STC) document by persons other than the STC holder does not constitute rights to the design data nor to alter an aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller.

United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number

Date o transfer:

SR00171DE 3

United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: SR00171DE Limitations and Conditions: (Continued):

1. (Ctd from p.1) ...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. FAA-approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement, No. 21, Rev. N/C, dated July 20, 1995, or later FAA-approved revision is required.

3. Installation of STC SH4476NM is required.

4. An FAA-approved Patient Litter/Restraint Harness must be used during patient transport.

5. A copy of this Certificate and FAA approved Flight Manual Supplement must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified aircraft.

6. 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.

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## Every issue (2)

- January 5, 2025: Reissued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/72/60/7260f4f1cb02c07000cd1f0c69fb482e1ff350801c512981ef273e75e7ce2103)
- July 9, 2008: Issued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/52/b0/52b0291e12141c08981c779683460c0af5be90dbeefab2487a7617dcac374516)

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