Owner type
Co-owned, fractional ownership
Serial number
680A0149
Year built
2018
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-fan
Airworthiness
Standard, transport
Airworthiness date
August 15, 2018
Certificate issued
December 12, 2024
Expires
December 31, 2031
Mode S code
A67928

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 3

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

2018In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 3 ADs
20181
20231
20261

Information bulletins that may apply

Advisory, not mandatory.

No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N516QSMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Textron 680A aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N516QSMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Textron 680A aircraft

Service difficulty reports · 6

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

SDR DXTA2026011206491Squat Switch · faultedNOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED AFTER LANDING. STOPPED ON RUNWAY, NO RESPONSE FROM RUDDER OR TILLER. DIFF BRAKING GOT US ENOUGH DEFLECTION TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY. STEERING RETURNED AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY WITH THE BRAKE SET. TRIED MOVING AND IT FAILED AGAIN ALMOST IJan 8, 2026 · N516QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear Steering SystemSDR DXTA2025070304103Yoke · out of adjustCAPTAIN CONTROL YOKE: IN THE AIR WHEN THE YOKE IS CENTERED, THE AIRPLANE WILL TURN TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE AIRPLANE IS CENTERED THE YOKE IS OFF TO THE RIGHT. THERE IS A SPLIT BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT YOKE. THE LEFT YOKE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. FOUND LEFT YOKE TJun 30, 2025 · N516QS · Cessna 680A · Control Column SectionSDR DXTA2025061803937Battery · failedDURING THE INTERIOR PREFLIGHT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT OVER SEAT 3 WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE DURING THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS CHECK. WE ATTEMPTED TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WITH THE EMER LTS SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION AND IT STILL WOJun 17, 2025 · N516QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency LightingSDR DXTA2023092696500Unknown · unknownWHILE CLOSING THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR FROM INSIDE, THE DOOR CLOSED HALFWAY UP AND STOPPED, RETURNED TO FULL OPEN. THIS HAPPENED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE DOOR CLOSING EACH TIME AFTER THE EVENT. ARRIVED AT AIRCRAFT AND OPERATED DOOR 25 TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLSep 26, 2023 · N516QS · Cessna 680A · Entrance StairsSDR DXTR20220826Panel · elongatedVERTICAL STABILIZER HAS AN ELONGATED FASTENER HOLE AT THE 341CL PANEL (LH SIDE). RESOUTION: ACCOMPLISHED MAJOR REPAIR IAW AQRD ERO-106773 DATED 8/17/22Aug 26, 2022 · N516QS · Cessna 120 · Standard Practices/StructuresSDR DXTA2021020804686Door · unknownMAIN DOOR: WITH THE CABIN DOOR IN THE FULLY CLOSED AND LOCKED IE SILVER HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE MESSAGES AMBER CABIN DOOR OPEN AND AMBER CHECK DOORS IS DISPLAYED. IN ADDITION . IN ADDITION THE SILVER DOOR HANDLE CAN BE MOVED TO THE UP UNLOCKED POSITIOFeb 5, 2021 · N516QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors
Reports on N516QS not matched to an aircraft · 8

They name N516QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

STCs that may be installed · 16

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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