# STC ST04813NY - Type: Supplemental type certificate - Status: Current, Issued - Holder: ALOFT AeroArchitects, United States - Description: Installation of Hughes Satellite Connectivity and Wifi Cabin Distribution System - Applied: May 23, 2023 - Status date: October 23, 2025 - Product: Aircraft, Large Airplane - Certification basis: Part 25 - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) - Certificate PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/1d/01/1d01b88dfaa07ddb9e4237eca9c40f4285f562f5dea08cfa8d3ce2a725ad21ec - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID111261830420251217215331.0001 - DRS record last changed: December 19, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04813NY ## ADs that name it (0) None. ## Approved models (1) - The Boeing Company 717-200 ([TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE)) ## 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: ST04813NY This certificate issued to: ALOFT AeroArchitects 21652 Nanticoke Avenue Georgetown, DE 19947 25 of Federal Aviation Regulations. Original Product Type Certificate Number: A6WE Make: Boeing Description of Type Design Change: Model: 717-200 1. Installation of Hughes Satellite Connectivity and Wifi Cabin Distribution System on Boeing 717-200 Aircraft per Installation Master Data List No. 8485-0001-MDL Rev F, or later FAA approved revision. See continuation sheet 03. 1. The installer must determine whether this design is compatable with previously approved modifications. See continuation sheets 03 through 04. Date of Application: 05/23/2023 Date Reissued: Date of Issuance: 10/23/2025 Date Amended: Title: Dan Skibinski STC Administrator, ODA-955292-NE The STC's supporting documentation (drawings, instructions, specifications, flight manual supplements, etc.) is the properly of the STC holder. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate Number: ST04813NY Effective Date: 10/23/2025 To (Name and address of transferee); Extent of Authority (if licensing agreement); The STC's supporting documentation (drawings, instructions, specifications, flight manual supplements, etc.) is the property of the STO older. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: ST04813NY Effective Date: 10/23/2025 Description of Type Design Change: (Continued) 2. ICA: Comply with ALOFT AeroArchitects Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA), documents, or later FAA-accepted revisions: TM-8485-ICAW, revision 004, dated July 21, 2025 TM-8485-ICAW-01, revision 004, dated September 22, 2025 3. ALS: Comply with the FAA-Approved Airworthiness Limitations Sections (ALS) in documents: TM-8485-ICAW, revision 004, dated July 21, 2025 with Appendix A revision 004, dated July 21, 2025, FAA-Approved October 23, 2025. TM-8485-ICAW-01, revision 004, dated September 22, 2025 with Appendix A revision 004, dated September 22, 2025, FAA-Approved October 23, 2025. 4. EWIS ICA: The FAA has reviewed the applicant's assessment of existing Electrical Wiring Interconnection System Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (EWIS ICA) and found that additional EWIS ICA tasks are required: TM-8485-EWIS, revision 003, dated July 01, 2025, FAA-Approved October 23, 2025. 5. AFMS: Comply with the FAA-Approved ALOFT AeroArchitects Airplane Flight Manual Supplement (AFMS), document: AFMS-8485-P341-001, revision 003, dated April 03, 2025, FAA-approved October 23, 2025. Limitations and Conditions: (Continued) 2. 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. be transferred or made available to third persons by licensing agreements in accordance with 14 CFR 21.47. Possession of this Supplemental Type This certificate may 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 (Continuation Sheet) Number: ST04813NY Effective Date: 10/23/2025 Limitations and Conditions: (Continued) 3. Opcrational approval to permit use of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPED) must be obtained separately from this STC. Use of FAA InFO 13010 is an acceptable means. 4. This STC is in compliance with 14 CFR 36.7, Acoustical Change for transport category large airplanes. 5. AMOC. Per FAA ACO AMOC Approval Letters: 522-25-00368 dated September 5, 2025 522-25-00423 dated October 10, 2025 The inspection program of the ICA & ALS of this STC is approved as an Alternative Method of Compliance (AMOC) to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-01-03 for the areas affected by the STC. All provisions of AD 2017-01-03 that are not specifically referenced in these ICA & ALS remain fully applicable and must be complied with accordingly. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (Continuation Sheet) Number: ST04813NY Effective Date: 10/23/2025 Certification Basis: 1. Based on 14 CPR §§21.101 and 21.115, and the FAA policy for non-significant changes in FAA Order 8110.48, the certification basis for the Boeing 717-200 for this design change modification is as follows: a. The type certification basis for this aircraft is shown on Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) A6WE for parts not altered nor affected by the design change b. The certification basis for parts altered or affected by the design change since the reference date of project application is based upon Part 25 as amended through Amendment 25-82 and Part 26 as listed in the TCDS, with the exceptions listed below. Regulations at the amendment level in TCDS: 14CFR §§ 25.29, 25.111, 25.115, 25.119, 25.121, 25.123, 25.251, 25.301, 25.303, 25.305, 25.307, 25.331, 25.333, 25.335, 25.351, 25.365, 25.561, 25.571, 25.581, 25.601, 25.603, 25.605, 25.607, 25.609, 25.611, 25.613, 25.625, 25.629, 25.771, 25.773, 25.777, 25.831, 25.841, 25.863, 25.901, 25.1301, 25.1307, 25.1309, 25.1322, 25.1351, 25.1353, 25.1357, 25.1381, 25.1401, 25.1419, 25.1431, 25.1501, 25.1519, 25.1525, 25.1529, 25.1541, 25.1581, 25.1583, 25.1585, 25.1587, H25.2, H25.4, 26.11, 26.47 Regulations above the amendment level in TCDS: 14 CFR §§ 25.853 [25-116], 25.855 [25-116], 25.869 [25-113], 25.869 [25-123], 25.899 [25-123], 25.981 [25-125] The following regulations were complied with at two amendment levels, as detailed above: 25.869 The applicant has voluntarily shown compliance with the following regulations that are not listed on the TCDS for this make and model aircraft: H25.5 [25-123] The STC's supporting documentation (drawings, instructions, specifications, flight manual supplements, etc.) is the property of the STC permission acceptable to the FAA. (Ref. 14 CFR 21.120). holder. Applicable provisions of 14 CFR part 26 included in the certification basis and listed above. For any future Part 26 amendments, the holder of this STC must demonstrate compliance with the applicable sections as listed in the TCDS. ELOS: §25.251(b) Vibration and Buffeting: ODA-GED-P341-25.251(b) ELOS: §25.773(a)(2): Pilot Compartment View: ODA-GED-P341-25.773(a)(2) END The STC's supporting documentation (drawings, instructions, specifications, flight manual supplements, etc.) is the property of the STO nolder. ## Every issue (1) - October 23, 2025: Issued, Current. [certificate](https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/1d/01/1d01b88dfaa07ddb9e4237eca9c40f4285f562f5dea08cfa8d3ce2a725ad21ec) --- 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.