N542QS2017 Textron Aviation INC 680A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply12 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- Certificate issued
- Oct 10, 2025
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 17, 2017
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Textron Aviation INC
- Model
- 680A
- Year
- 2017
- Serial number
- 680A0091
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A6E0C9
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Pw306d1
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 5,907 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowCo-ownerscurrent
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (1)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | Landing Gear | May 15, 2018 | Airframe (680A)Serial numbers per UTC Service Bulletins 2-1706-1-32-1 Rev 1 and 2-1675-32-2 Rev 1 (brake assembly serial numbers). Only with: Equipped with brake assembly P/N 2-1706-1 (Model 510) or P/N 2-1675-1 (Models 680/680A) with serial number listed in table 1 of the applicable UTC service bulletin. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (12)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Lights · elec connector · disconnectedJun 18, 2025
READING LIGHT OVER SEAT BEHIND MAIN CABIN DOOR INOP WHEN EMER LIGHTS ARE ON. LIGHT WORKS VIA BUTTON NEAR SEAT LIGHT CANNON PLUG DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTED AND POWERED ON AIRCRAFT OPS CHECK GOOD WORK PERFORMED IAW CE-680A AMM 33-50-00
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · connector · disconnectedMay 21, 2024
EMER EXIT LIGHT ON AFT PARTITION BEFORE ENTERING THE LAV IS NOT ILLUMINATING. GAINED ACCESS AND FOUND THE CONNECTOR TO THIE EMER EXIT LIGHT ON THE LFT AFT PARTITION NOT CONNECTED. INSTALLED CONNECTOR AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK. OPS CHECK GOOD. CLOSED UP ACCESS. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW 25-20-33.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Ice and rain protection · unknown · unknownMar 24, 2023
NLG LANDING GEAR EXTENSION: WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, NLG DID NOT EXTEND & RECEIVED GEAR DISAGREE N CAS MESSAGE. RECYCLED MLG & NLG INITIALLY DID NOT EXTEND NORMAL & RECEIVED CAS MESSAGE AGAIN. ABOUT TO EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH, WHEN NLG EXTENDED & RECEIVED DOWN & LOCKED GREEN LIGHT.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Lights · battery pack · inoperativeJul 2, 2022
EMERG LIGHT SWITCH: ON PREFLIGHT, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION. EMER LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE IN THE ON POSITION. MOST ASSOCIATED EMER LIGHTS ILLUMINATE IN THE ARM POSITION. "CORRECTIVE ACTION" REMOVED POS #1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING BATTERY PACK PN CBS28-1 SN 005404. INSTALLED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - engine · corrodedDec 15, 2021
RH ENGINE AGB CORRODED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · skin · corrodedJun 28, 2021
CORROSION FOUND ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT HORIZONTAL STABLIZER UPPER & LOWER SURFACES. REPAIRED IAW AQRD ERO-105005 DATED 6/28/2021
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · brace · chafedFeb 20, 2021
RH AND LH MLG ACTUATOR INBOARD ATTACH LUGS CHAFFED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WEAR PLATE. REFERENCE TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING MEMO DQ28985M1 DATED 19/FEB/2021.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Doors · motor · defectiveNov 21, 2020
THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WILL ONLY PARTIALLY RAISE BEFORE DISENGAGING AND OPENING AGAIN. TRIED WITH BOTH THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SWITCH WITH NO CHANGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABIN DOOR LIFT MOTOR. ALL CHECKS ARE GOOD AT THIS TIME, IAW CE680A AMM 52-15-05.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Doors · motor · defectiveNov 12, 2020
OPENED CABIN DOOR AND ON THE WAY DOWN A LOUD CRACK SOUNDED INTERNALLY. ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND THE DOOR ONLY MOVED UP TOWARDS CLOSED POSITION ABOUT TWO FEET THEN STOPS. TRIED TO DISENGAGE CLUTCH TO MANUALLY CLOSE DOOR IN ORDER TO MEL AND COULD NOT DISENGAGE CLUTCH. FOUND DOOR LIFT MOTOR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · skin · corrodedSep 10, 2020
REPAIR OF CORROSION ON RT UPPER STABILIZER SKIN. TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING REPAIR LETTER DQ26909M1 RRL DATED 09/09/2020, RRL RT STABILIZER UPPER SKIN CORROSION.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Showing the 10 most recent of 12 reports.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026