# STC SR00557DE

- Type: Supplemental type certificate
- Status: Current, Issued
- Holder: Air Methods Corporation, United States
- Description: Installation of a Spectrolab SX-5 Starburst Searchlight.
- Applied: April 16, 2004
- Status date: August 12, 2004
- Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Certification basis: Part 21
- Data sheets: [TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW)
- Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f3/a2/f3a2d0b11ce0b4297c3bc0b81025dfdec0c249e5c184ea1364279de4c91414fe
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/889D27637C1DEF3586256F20006CF2AF.0001
- DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SR00557DE

## ADs that name it (0)

None.

## Approved models (2)

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

## 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: SR00557DE This certificate issued to: Air Methods Corp.

7301 S. Peoria Englewood, CO 80112 Part 29 * of the Federal Aviation Regulations. *Certification basis is set forth in Type Certificate Data Sheet H9SW Original Product Type Certificate Number: H9SW Make: Bell Helicopter Textron Model: 222U and 230 Description of Type Design Change:

Installation of a Spectrolab SX-5 Starburst Searchlight in accordance with Air Methods Corporation Master Data Index (MDI) No. 121-9081, Revision A, dated July 23, 2004 or later FAA approved revision.

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

2. A copy of this Certificate and FAA Approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement Number 080-0309, Rev (-), dated August 12, 2004 or later FAA approved revision must be maintained as part of the permanent records for the modified rotorcraft.

3. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, Report ICA-050-0357, Rev. IR, dated June 11, 2004 or later FAA accepted revision is required for this installation.

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.

Date of Application: April 16, 2004 Date Reissued:

Date of Issuance: August 12, 2004 Date Amended:

FEDERAL AVIATION By Direction of the Administrator He litro tandow Melissa Sandow (Signature) Small Airplane Program Manager OMINISTRATION Northwest Mountain Region Denver Aircraft Certification Office (Title)

## Every issue (1)

- August 12, 2004: Issued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f3/a2/f3a2d0b11ce0b4297c3bc0b81025dfdec0c249e5c184ea1364279de4c91414fe)

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