# STC SR02671LA - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Amended - Holder: Carson Helicopters, Inc, United States - Description: Installation of a shorter composite blade - Applied: September 11, 2015 - Status date: August 7, 2018 - Product: Aircraft, Rotorcraft - Certification basis: Part 21, Part 25, Part 29 - Data sheets: [TCDS R00014LA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/R00014LA), [TCDS H2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2EA) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/41/ca/41ca3e236dafff66f9b948b7b5cfa8b42d12cd371a7e19b82e083042c74dc4ee - Approved model list and other attachments: [SR02671LA_AML.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4b/32/4b3224401256577a9a62e2958898f742b18d64c4cc33827099eecb49b8d0965a) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1484125A5C61F77E862582E90052EF52.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 6, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/SR02671LA ## ADs that name it (0) None. ## Approved models (3) - Carson Helicopters Inc. SH-3H ([TCDS R00014LA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/R00014LA)) - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61A ([TCDS H2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2EA)) - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61D ([TCDS H2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2EA)) ## 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: SR02671LA This certificate issued to: Carson Helicopters, Inc. 952 Blooming Glen Road Perkasie, PA 18944 Part 29* of the Federal Aviation Regulations. *Certification Basis on Continuation Page 3. Original Product Type Certificate Number : See attached FAA Approved Model List (AML) Number: ST02671LA Rev. NC or later FAA Make: approved revision for list of approved aircraft Model: models and applicable airworthiness regulations. Description of Type Design Change: Installation of a shorter composite blade in accordance with Carson Helicopters Inc., Master Data List (MDL), MDL-ST16384LA-R per AML SR02671LA, or later FAA approved revision. Limitations and Conditions: The installation should not be incorporated into any aircraft unless it is determined that the interrelationship between this installation and any previously approved configuration will not introduce any adverse effect upon the airworthiness of the aircraft. The approval of this modification applies to the above noted rotorcraft model series only. 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. Limitations and Conditions: continued on page 3) Date of Application: September 11, 2015 Date Reissued: Date of Issuance: March March 2018 Date Amended: August 7, 2018 By Direction of the Administrator FEDERAL AVIATION (Signature) Manager, Airframe Section TOMNISTRATIO Los Angeles ACO Branch (Title) Transfer the ownership of the Supplemental Type Certificate Number to (Name of transferee) (Address of transfer) (Number and street) (City, State, and Zip code) from (Name of grantor) (Print or type) (Address of grantor) (Number and street) (City, State, and Zip code) Extent of Authority (if licensing agreement): Signature of grantor (In ink): SR02671LA Maintain in accordance with: Carson Helicopters Inc. Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA), Report No. CHI-MR-ICA-901, per AML SR02671LA, or other FAA accepted ICA. Operate in accordance with: FAA Approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement Report No. CH-SH3-03, per AML SR02671LA, or later FAA approved revision. Based on 14 CFR ยงยง 21.115 and 21.101, and the FAA policy for significant changes in FAA Order 8110.48, the certification basis for the Carson Helicopters Inc. SH-3H and the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61A & S-61D Rotorcraft with the shorter composite blades is as follows: a. The type certification basis for parts not changed or affected by this STC for the Carson Helicopters Inc. SH-3H Rotorcraft is as listed in TCDS R00014LA and for the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61A & S-61D is as listed in TCDS H2EA. b. The certification basis for parts changed or affected by the change since the referenced date of application, September 11, 2015, is based upon 14 CFR 29 at Amendment 35 which is beyond the amendment level of both the Carson Helicopters Inc. SH-3H and the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61A & S-61D Rotorcraft. Regulations at amendment 29-0 through 29-35 29.21, 29.33, 29.45, 29.51, 29.63, 29.65, 29.67, 29.75, 29.87, 29.141, 29.143, 29.151, 29.161, 29.171, 29.173, 29.175, 29.177, 29.231, 29.235, 29.241, 29.251, 29.301, 29.303, 29.305, 29.307, 29.309, 29.321, 29.337, 29.341, 29.351, 29.391, 29.547, 29.571, 29.601, 29.603, 29.605, 29.607, 29.609, 29.610, 29.611, 29.613, 29.619, 29.623, 29.625, 29.629, 29.653, 29.661, 29.663, 29.939, 29.1529, 29.1581, 29.1583, 29.1585, 29.1587, 29.1589 Regulations above amendment 29-35 29.49 Amendment 25-39 29.64 Amendment 25-39 29.602 Amendment 25-45 - End - ### SR02671LA_AML.pdf **APPROVED MODEL LIST SR02671LA CARSON HELICOPTERS INC.** **INSTALLATION OF A SHORTER COMPOSITE BLADE** AML Original Issue Date: August 07, 2018 FAA Approved Models List (AML) No. SR02671LA, Rev. N/C Page 1 of 1 FAA Approved:__________________________________ Gregory S. Dilibero Manager, Airframe Branch Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office ITEM AIRCRAFT MAKE AIRCRAFT MODEL ORIGINAL TYPE CERTIFICATE NUMBER CERTIFICATION BASIS FOR ALTERATION INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AML AMEND-MENT DATE TITLE REVISION NO. AND DATE 1 Carson Helicopters Inc. SH-3H R00014LA 14 CFR 21.25(a)(2) effective February 1, 1965, with Amendments 21-1 through 21- 42. Type Certificate No. R00014LA issued on August 6, 2009. For parts changed or affected refer to STC for appropriate amendment level. Carson Helicopter Inc. Master Data List, MDL-ST16384LA-R Instruction for Continued Airworthiness, Report No. **CHI-MR-ICA-901** Flight Manual Supplement, Report No. CH-SH3-03 Rev. A 03/02/2018 Rev. 0 09/02/2016 Rev. IR 02/27/18 2 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-61A S-61D H2EA 14 CFR 21.25 (a) 2 effective February 1, 1965. Type Certificate No. H2EA issued April 13, 1967. For parts changed or affected refer to STC for appropriate amendment level. Carson Helicopter Inc. Master Data List, MDL-ST16384LA-R Instruction for Continued Airworthiness, Report No. **CHI-MR-ICA-901** Flight Manual Supplement, Report No. CH-SH3-03 Rev. B 07/20/18 Rev. 1 05/10/18 Rev A 07/12/2018 ## Every issue (2) - August 7, 2018: Amended, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/41/ca/41ca3e236dafff66f9b948b7b5cfa8b42d12cd371a7e19b82e083042c74dc4ee), [SR02671LA_AML.pdf](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4b/32/4b3224401256577a9a62e2958898f742b18d64c4cc33827099eecb49b8d0965a) - March 13, 2018: Issued, Historical. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/51/08/51081b3686b2af6ecde4b921abaaa9865b314cd4d2f58850e089c49fe0be8727) --- 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.