SH261WE
Installation of an external load attachment mechanism in accordance with FAA Approved USDA Forest Service Master Drawing List and Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplements, per Approved Model List SH261WE, and all subsequent FAA approved revisions to these documents. Held by Usda Forest Service, which holds 29 approved modifications in all. Last revised August 16, 2011. System: other and general.
What it applies to
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Design holder
- Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron; Bell Helicopter Textron
- Models
- 205A, 205A-1, 210, 212, 412, 214B, 214B-1
- Type certificates
- H1SW, H1SW, H1SW, H4SW, H4SW, H6SW, H6SW
- On this site
- Bell 205 58 registered
Bell 212 59 registered
Bell 214 31 registered
Bell 412 87 registered - The FAA's record
- On the FAA's site
What an approved modification is
A supplemental type certificate is the FAA's approval of a change to a certified design: a new engine or propeller, avionics, an autopilot, floats, a parachute, a larger fuel tank, an ice-protection kit. The company holding it may sell the kit and the paperwork to owners of the listed models; the modification then becomes part of that aircraft's record. The FAA's list says what was approved and for which models, not how many aircraft carry it.
Source: FAA supplemental type certificates (Dynamic Regulatory System). Register counts from the FAA register of October 7, 2026.