SH5249NM
Installation of Spectrolab SX-16 nightsun searchlight. Held by Air Methods Corporation, which holds 138 approved modifications in all. Last revised July 9, 2008. System: other and general.
What it applies to
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Design holder
- Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH; Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH; Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH
- Models
- MBB-BK 117 A-3, MBB-BK 117 A-1, MBB-BK 117 B-1
- Type certificates
- H13EU, H13EU, H13EU
- 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.