# STC SR00235DE-D

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Amended
- Holder: Air Methods LLC, United States
- Description: Installation of an Articulating Patient Loading System (APLS).
- Applied: May 29, 1996
- Status date: January 5, 2025
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 29
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/03/9c/039c5fb2ec33a0396a0c4427787fde272c35ba179ab44c7601acf92e568101c4
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID144769692420250108144708.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 5, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SR00235DE-D

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (5)

- Bell Textron Canada Limited 222 ([TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW))
- Bell Textron Canada Limited 222B ([TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW))
- Bell Textron Canada Limited 222U ([TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW))
- Bell Textron Canada Limited 230 ([TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW))
- Bell Textron Canada Limited 430 ([TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW))

## 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: SR00235DE-D This certificate issued to: Air Methods, LLC 5500 South Quebec Street Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Part 22 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Original Product Type Certificate Number: H9SW Make: Bell Textron Canada Limited Description of Type Design Change: Model: 222, 222B, 222U, 230. and 430 Installation of an Articulating Patient loading System (APLS) in accordance with Air Methods Configuration Control Drawing No. 129-9026, Rev. A, dated 5/29/96, and Master Drawing List No. 121-9019, Rev. G, dated 7/21/96, or later FAA-approved revisions.

1. FAA-approved Rotorcrafl Flight Manual Supplement 080-0179, dated July 17, 1996, or later FAA-approved revision is required for installation in Bell Model 222, 222B, 222U, and 230 rotorcraft.

Limitations and Conditions: continued on Page 3)

Date of Application: 05/29/1996 Date Reissued: 01/05/2025 05/18/2007 Date of Issuance: 06/04/1996 Date Amended: 05/18/2007 02/26/1999 07/17/1996 see continuation sheet for additional dates By Direction of the Administrator Signature: ditro Title: ODA administrator, ODA-635841-NM Air Methods, LLC

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

Date o transfer:

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United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: SR00235DE-D Limitations and Conditions: (Continued):

2. FAA-approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement 080-0257, dated February 26, 1999, or later FAA-approved revision is required for installation in Bell Model 430 rotorcraft.

3. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness 050-0170, Revision A, dated January 15, 2002, FAA-accepted January 15, 2002, or later FAA-accepted revision is required for installation in Bell Model 222, 222B, 222U, and 230 rotorcraft.

4. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness 050-0273, dated January 20, 1999, FAA-accepted January 20, 1999, or later FAA-accepted revision is required for installation in Bell Model 430 rotorcraft.

5. Compatibility of this design change with previously approved modifications must be determined by installer.

6. A copy of this certificate and the FAA-approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement referenced in #1 or #2 above must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified rotorcraft.

7. 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: Amended, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/03/9c/039c5fb2ec33a0396a0c4427787fde272c35ba179ab44c7601acf92e568101c4)
- May 18, 2007: Issued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/9a/28/9a285e4deb95ed734b04f1227801810d7b32176b6dddb472e704f6a4803e3145)

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