# Service difficulty reports: N505QS

A list on [N505QS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505QS.md).

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Newest first.

- [SDR DXTA2026012106608](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2026012106608.md): Battery Pack · faulted · Jan 20, 2026 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > EMER LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON IN THE ARM POSITION ON PREFLIGHT. REMOVED NR 1 EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY AND INSTALLED A NEW #1 OUTRIGHT EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-50-06. OPS TEST IS GOOD AND NO DEFECTS NOTED.
- [SDR DXTA2025121106072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025121106072.md): Battery Pack · failed · Dec 10, 2025 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > INTERIOR REAR EMERGENCY LIGHT ON LAV BULKHEAD & EXIT LIGHT BELOW LAV SEAT INOP WHEN USING BATTERY PACK. BOTH FUNCTION ON SHIPS MAIN BATTERY POWER. POSITIONED THE ACFT INSIDE HANGAR. APPLIED POWER & ALLOWED ACFT TO BOOT UP & VERIFIED THE WRITE-UP. REMOVED THE
- [SDR DXTA2025120405949](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025120405949.md): Light · inoperative · Dec 2, 2025 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT BELOW LAV SEAT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LAV SEAT TOEKICK LIGHT ASSEMBLY IAW SPM 20-30-0A PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS YAW IAW AMM 33-50-00, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DXTA2024041711529](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024041711529.md): Battery · no test · Apr 17, 2024 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > ON PREFLIGHT EMER LIGHTS WERE ARMED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. PER MCC PROCEDURE, THE APU WAS STARTED AND GIVEN 30MIN TO CHARGE. THEN, THE AIRCRAFT POWERED DOWN AND EMER LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS 1,2,3 AND 4
- [SDR DXTA2024011110581](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024011110581.md): Battery · faulted · Jan 11, 2024 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > LAV OVERHEAD LIGHT. LAV EMER LIGHT UNDER TOILET. LAV FLOOR LIGHT. AND REAR BULKHEAD EXIT SIGN ARE ALL INOP IN ARM MODE. IN ON MODE ALL EMER LIGHTS ARE INOP. TRIED TO CHARGE SYSTEM PER NOTE WITH LIGHT SWITCH IN OFF POSITION FOR 30 MINUTES WITH NO CHANGES. REMOV
- [SDR DXTA2023120710252](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023120710252.md): Unknown · unknown · Dec 6, 2023 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting
  > UPON 1ST FLIGHT CHECKS, FOUND MULTIPLE CABIN (+ 1 EXTERIOR) EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP: EXIT SIGNS: BULKHEAD ABOVE SEAT 7, ABOVE LAV SEAT & BELOW LAV SEAT; PATH LIGHTING: BELOW SEATS 5, 8 & LAV; OVERHEAD SEAT LIGHT: LAV; EXTERIOR OVERWING LIGHT (OVER RIGHT WING). N
- [SDR DXTA2023021580530](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023021580530.md): Wire Harness · defective · Feb 14, 2023 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear System Wiring
  > NLG LANDING GEAR RETRACTION: ON APPROACH, AFTER GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED FOR A WHILE AND FLAPS HAD BEEN SELECTED TO FULL, WE GOT THE AMBER WOW MISCOMPARE CAS. WE INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH, DURING WHICH WE BROUGHT THE GEAR HANDLE UP, BUT GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.
- [SDR DXTA2022120575440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022120575440.md): Door · unknown · Dec 3, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors
  > MAIN DOOR: CABIN DOOR INTERMITTENTLY CLOSES HALF WAY THEN STOPS AND FALLS OPEN WITH EXTERIOR AMBER CHECK DOOR HANDLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TURNING DOOR SWITCH OFF, AMBER LIGHT EXTINGUISHES AND DOOR CLOSES NORMALLY. OPS CHECKED THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE WER
- [SDR 2022FA0000418](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000418.md): Skin · gouged · Jul 30, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Trailing Edge Flaps
  > R/H INBOARD FLAP HAS A GOUGE ON THE UPPER SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 14" FROM OUTBOARD EDGE AND 1" FROM TRAILING EDGE, MEASURING.5" IN LENGTH AND.03 IN WIDTH, FROM A TOOL FALLING ON THE FLAP. ACCOMPLISHED TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35433M1, DATED: JULY
- [SDR 2022FA0000417](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000417.md): Skin · gouged · Jul 30, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
  > NDI REQUIRED ON FUSELAGE SKIN SCRATCH BEHIND RH FORWARD OVER WING FUSELAGE FAIRING SPLICE STRAP AT FS 354. COMPLIED WITH TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35681M1, FUSELAGE (RIGHT SIDE) DAMAGE (SCRATCH), DATED: JULY 28, 2022.
- [SDR 2022FA0000416](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000416.md): Skin · corroded · Jul 30, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure
  > FOUND CORROSION AT LH HORIZONTAL UPPER SKIN AT TIP CAP. COMPLIED WITH TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35708M1, 680A-0042 (N505QS) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (LEFT UPPER) SKIN DAMAGE (CORROSION).
- [SDR 2022FA0000398](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000398.md): Skin · gouged · Jul 26, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Trailing Edge Flaps
  > R/H INBOARD FLAP HAS A GOUGE ON THE UPPER SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 14" FROM OUTBOARD EDGE AND 1" FROM TRAILING EDGE, MEASURING.5" IN LENGTH AND.03 IN WIDTH, FROM A TOOL FALLING ON THE FLAP.
- [SDR DXTA2022052362510](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022052362510.md): Door · binding · May 22, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors
  > MAIN DOOR: UPON ARRIVAL AND WHILE DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT SELF-RELEASE WHEN DOOR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE OPEN POSITION. REPEAT WRITE UP. COMPLETED 3 OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF MAIN CABIN DOOR. FOUND TO BE ACCEPATABLE IN OPERATION W
- [SDR DXTA2022052362440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022052362440.md): Door · intermittent · May 22, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors
  > MAIN DOOR: NOTICED THAT WHEN OPENING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, THE DOOR DOES NOT FREE-FALL OPEN REGULARLY ESPECIALLY FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT WILL POP THE SEAL BUT STAY IN THE SLIGHTLY AJAR POSITION. FOUND DOOR SUPPORT STRUT TO HAVE A STICKY SUBSTANCE ON IT. CLEANED SU
- [SDR DXTA2022050261150](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022050261150.md): Wire · pulled · May 2, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Light System Wiring
  > LAV EMERG LIGHT: LAV EMERGENCY LIGHT BELOW TOILET INOP. FOUND THE MOLEX CONNECTOR FOR THE LAV TOE KICK LIGHTING HAD THE WIRES PULLED OUT OF IT. RECONNECTED THE WIRES TO THE MOLEX CONNECTORS AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK. WORK PERFORMED IAW CE680A AMM 3
- [SDR DXTA2022012755770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022012755770.md): Not Reported · not reported · Jan 26, 2022 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors
  > MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY AND REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO OPEN. ONCE LATCH IS RELEASED, DOOR OPENS ABOUT 3 INCHES THEN STOPS AND DOOR HAS TO BE PUSHED OR PULLED TO OPEN FULLY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: CONFIRMED DOOR SEAL WAS CAUSING THE
- [SDR 2021F00007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021F00007.md): Web · cracked · Jan 13, 2021 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
  > REPAIR OF NLG WHEEL WELL WEB AND UPPER MID FRAME CRACKS. TEXTRON AVIATION STANDARD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 DATED 6/1/2020, CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW) FRAME WEB, AND DOUBLERS FS 75. WITH FAA FORM 8100-9 DATED 6/1/2020.
- [SDR 2021F00009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021F00009.md): Web · cracked · Jan 13, 2021 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
  > NLG WHEEL WELL WEB AND UPPER MID FRAME CRACKED. TEXTRON AVIATION STANDARD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 DATED: 6-1-2020, CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW) FRAME WEB, AND DOUBLERS FS 75. WITH FAA FORM 8100-9 DATED: 6-1-2020.
- [SDR 2020F00249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020F00249.md): Tip Cap · eroded · Apr 24, 2020 · N505QS · Cessna 680A · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
  > REPAIR RIGHT-HAND HORIZONTAL TIP CAP DAMAGE (EROSION). TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING REPAIR LETTER DQ25536M1 DATED APRIL 22, 2020.
- [SDR DXTA2018041700850](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2018041700850.md): Strut · discharged · Apr 16, 2018 · N505QS · Cessna 680CE · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
  > NLG VIBRATION AFTER RETRACTION, AFTER START AND DURING TAXI NWS OPERATED NORMALLY. TAKEOFF ROLL AND ROTATION ALSO NORMAL. RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND IMMEDIATELY HAD A VERY PRONOUNCED 2 PER SECOND VERTICAL VIBRATION AND LOUD THUMPING NOISE. IT FELT LIKE THE

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet'
WHERE n_number = 'N505QS' AND registry_match = 'registration'
ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505QS/reports

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