# N538QS: 2017 Textron 680A - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Textron 680A](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-680a) (registry code 2076814, 10 seats) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306d1) (registry code 51850) - Data sheets: [TCDS T00012WI](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/T00012WI) (Textron Aviation Inc.), [TCDS E35NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E35NE) (Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 680A0081 - Year built: 2017 - Type: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 2, 2017 - Certificate issued: July 29, 2024 - Expires: July 31, 2031 - Mode S code: A6CF94 - Owner type: Co-owned, fractional ownership - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=538QS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538QS From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 3 in force ### Matched by airframe (Textron 680A) - [AD 2026-13-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2026-13-02): Navigation · Airbus Canada Limited Partnership 18, 49-46, 80-A and 555 more. Effective Jul 1, 2026 - [AD 2023-10-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-10-02): Indicating/Recording System, Navigation · Boeing 18, 23, 35 and 1,060 more. Effective May 26, 2023 - [AD 2018-07-13](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2018-07-13): Landing Gear · Textron 510, 680 and 680A. Effective May 15, 2018 ### Matched by engine (Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D1) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations None matched to N538QS. ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to N538QS. ## Service difficulty reports (19) As reported by operators and repair stations. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DXTA2026101510178](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2026101510178), Oct 13, 2026: LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE EMER LIGHTS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PATHWAY LIGHT UNDER THE LAV WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED LIGHT. OPS C - [SDR DXTA2026040607553](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2026040607553), Apr 5, 2026: BATTERY PACK. DEFECTIVE. DURING PREFLIGHT AND PLACING EMER LTS TO ARM, NONE OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WE RAN THE QRH AND PERFORMED THE DESCRIBED RECHARGE PROCEDURE AND THEN T - [SDR DXTA2025020402197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025020402197), Feb 1, 2025: BATTERY. FAULTED. FLOOR EMERG EXIT LIGHT: EVACUATION PATH LIGHTING UNDER SEAT 3 IS NOT ILLUMINATING. PERFORMED CHARGING PROCEDURE FOR 30 MINUTES PER QRH. CHARGED ADDITIONAL 30 MI - [SDR DXTA2024051511780](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024051511780), May 15, 2024: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. MAIN DOOR: DURING TAXI OUT FOR TAKEOFF, AMBER CABIN DOOR OPEN CAS MESSAGE APPEARED. STOPPED AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED QRH N1 PROCEDURE, AMBER CABIN DOOR OPEN CAS M - [SDR DXTA2024042911616](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024042911616), Apr 27, 2024: DIODE. FAILED. THE LAVATORY FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOP. IT DOES NOT COME ON IN EITHER THE ARM (NO POWER ON AIRCRAFT) OR IN THE ON POSITION. RE SPLICED THE DIODE. OPS CHECK - [SDR DXTA2023122110386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023122110386), Dec 20, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. DURING CLIMBOUT, RECEIVED A PRI STAB TRIM FAIL CAS MESSAGE. TRIM SWITCH ON PILOT'S YOKE WOULD NOT ACTUATE TRIM. AFTER APPROX 10 SECS, STAB TRIM STARTED OPERATIN - [SDR DXTA2023110299560](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023110299560), Nov 1, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. AFTER LEFT AND RIGHT BATTEY SWITCHES TURNED OFF SOME OF THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM REMAIN ILLUMINATED (SEATS 3, 7, 9, AND - [SDR DXTA2023053187560](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023053187560), May 31, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. MAIN EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: EXIT SIGN LIGHT OVER MAIN CABIN DOOR AND FLOOR LIGHT BASE OF SEAT 10 WILL NOT EXTINGUISH WITH POWER REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT. GAINED ACCESS T - [SDR DXTA2022121476120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022121476120), Dec 13, 2022: SEAL. LEAKING. DURING CRUISE, AT FL430 HYD VOLUME LOW AMBER CAS ILLUMINATED. HYD FLUID CAN BE SEEN DRIPPING FROM RT ENGINE DRAIN MAST. INSPECTED RT ENG HYD PUMP & FOUND FLUID - [SDR DXTA2022120675580](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022120675580), Dec 5, 2022: G SWITCH. TRIPPED. 5G SWITCH ACTIVATED. EXIT LIGHT OVER MAIN CABIN DOOR REMAINS ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH MAIN CABIN DOOR LOWER EXIT LIGHTS AND FLOOR LIGHT AT SEAT 10 WITH ALL POWER - [SDR DXTA2022091970670](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022091970670), Sep 17, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: WITH THE BATTERIES OFF AND THE EMER LIGHTS OFF THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN (WHITE) OVER THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS ILLUMINATED. ALSO THE 2 EXIT SIGNS - [SDR DXTA2022083169320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022083169320), Aug 30, 2022: NONE. NONE. EMERG EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS LATCHED ON. - [SDR DXTA2022072866890](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022072866890), Jul 27, 2022: G SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: AFTER POWERING DOWN AND BOTH BATTRIES DISCONNECTED THE MAIN EMG EXIT SIGN AND PATH LIGHT UNDER SEAT 10 STAYS ILLUMINATED // SIGNOFF// RE•SET - [SDR DXTA2022040759880](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022040759880), Apr 7, 2022: NONE. NONE. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN WITH SHIP BATTERIES DISCONNECTED AND EMER LTS SWITCH IN OFF, CABIN ENTRY EXIT SIGN AND FLOOR LIGHT BENEATH SEAT 10 REMAIN - [SDR DXTA2021112252290](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2021112252290), Nov 21, 2021: NONE. NONE. MAIN DOOR: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE MAIN CABIN DOOR FROM OUTSIDE, THE OUTSIDE MAIN DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT GO FLUSH WITH THE DOOR( ABOUT A 2" GAP). DOOR SEEMS SECU - [SDR DXTA2020121604473](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2020121604473), Dec 16, 2020: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. PICKING UP AIRCRAFT DURING PRE-FLIGHT WHILE TESTING THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM. NONE OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WORK. ALL FOUR BATTERY PACKS ARE DEAD. VERIFIED - [SDR 2020F00273](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020F00273), May 14, 2020: SKIN. CORRODED. HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN DAMAGE ENGINEERING MEMO DQ25723M1 DATED MAY 12,2020. - [SDR DXTA2019122313235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2019122313235), Dec 21, 2019: ACTUATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. GEAR DISAGREE R AMBER CAS ILLUMINATED - GEAR DISAGREE AMBER CAS ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. COMPLIED WITH QRH X2 WHICH LED TO ABNORMAL TAB N2 LDG GE - [SDR DXTA2019110103010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2019110103010), Nov 1, 2019: WIRE HARNESS. DAMAGED. GEAR DISAGREE R AMBER CAS ILLUMINATED - AIRCRAFT SAT OVERNIGHT IN COLD TEMPERATURE AROUND 10 F. IN THE MORNING THE AIRCRAFT WAS COVERED WITH ICE AND FROST AND H ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (16) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Textron 680A) - [STC ST04765NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04765NY): Unprepared (Grass/Sod) Runway Operations. Textron Aviation Inc - [STC ST00885LA](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST00885LA): Installation of fire extinguisher cartridges as replacements for Pacific Scientific fire extinguisher cartridges in fire extinguisher bottles. AMETEK AMERON, LLC d/b/a MASS Systems - [STC ST12344IB](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST12344IB): Replacement of the Halon Type 1211 portable fire extinguisher with Halotron BrX portable fire extinguisher with Halotron BrX portable fire extinguisher. Cessna Duesseldorf Citation Service Center GmbH - [STC ST122244IB](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST122244IB): Installation of Gogo Galileo system, including HDX Antenna. Alamo Engineering GmbH - [STC ST03885AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST03885AT): Installation of an Avionica, Inc. avCM Cellular Module. Aircraft Systems and Manufacturing Inc - [STC ST11983SE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST11983SE): Installation of Starlink Aviation System. AeroMech Incorporated - [STC ST02472AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST02472AT): Installation of a mini Quick Access Recorder (QAR) model MKI, MKII, or MKIII. Aircraft Systems and Manufacturing Inc - [STC ST01117DE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST01117DE): Installation of the Gogo ATG C1. Peregrine - [STC ST02037WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST02037WI): Installation of Gogo Business Aviation AVANCE L5 System with MB 13 Antennas. Duncan Aviation Inc - [STC ST04736NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04736NY): True Blue TS28 Emergency Battery Power Supply Replacement. Aerospace Design and Compliance LLC - [STC ST01936WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST01936WI): Installation of LED lights. AeroLED's Holdings LLC - [STC ST04575AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04575AT): Installation of the Rockwell Collins ALT-1000+/ -4000+ with 5G Filtering. Chippewa Aerospace Inc - [STC ST04367CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04367CH): Installation of a Medical Interior in accordance with LifePort Master Data List EGR-887-000-001, Revision (B), dated April 18, 2019 or later FAA approved revision and LifePort Master Drawing List MDL-887-00, Revision (D), dated April 11, 2019 or later FAA approved revision.". LifePort LLC - [STC ST01027DE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST01027DE): Installation of MarathonNorco Aerospace Inc Nickel Cadmium battery in place of existing Nickel Cadmium main aircraft battery/batteries. MarathonNorco Aerospace Inc - [STC ST11071SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST11071SC): Demonstration of aircraft critical equipment and antenna systems tolerance of radio frequency interference (RFI) from intentional or spurious transmissions from certain Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). Liberty Partners Inc - [STC ST11168SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST11168SC): Installation of a Pratt & Whitney Flight Data Acquisition, Storage, and Transmission System (FAST). Pratt & Whitney Engine Services Inc ## Related - Other Textron 680A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-680a/aircraft.md - The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D1 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306d1.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.