- Owner type
- Co-owned, fractional ownership
- Serial number
- 680A0091
- Year built
- 2017
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- July 17, 2017
- Certificate issued
- October 10, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Mode S code
- A6E0C9
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.
| 2018 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N542QSMatched 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 N542QSMatched 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
Reports on N542QS not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N542QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Service difficulty reports · 14
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR DXTA2025062003961Elec Connector · disconnectedREADING 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 33-50-00SDR DXTA2024052211828Connector · disconnectedEMER 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.SDR DXTA2023032483160Unknown · unknownNLG 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 EXTENDEDSDR DXTA2022070565180Battery Pack · inoperativeEMERG 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 PASDR 2021F00350Engine · corrodedRH ENGINE AGB CORRODED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.SDR 2022F00038None · gougedGOUGE ON RH ENGINE UPPER FWD SIDE ENGINE BANANA MOUNT. REF. DQ32830 DATED DEC. 13, 2021.SDR 2021F00392None · gougedGOUGE ON RH ENGINE UPPER FWD SIDE ENGINE BANANA MOUNT. REF. DQ32830 DATED DEC. 13, 2021.SDR DXTR2021062801Skin · corrodedCORROSION FOUND ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT HORIZONTAL STABLIZER UPPER & LOWER SURFACES. REPAIRED IAW AQRD ERO-105005 DATED 6/28/2021SDR 2021FA0000052Brace · chafedRH 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.SDR DXTA2020112104384Motor · defectiveTHE 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.SDR DXTA2020111204339Motor · defectiveOPENED 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 DISDR 2020F00377Skin · corrodedREPAIR OF CORROSION ON RT UPPER STABILIZER SKIN. TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING REPAIR LETTER DQ26909M1 RRL DATED 09/09/2020, RRL RT STABILIZER UPPER SKIN CORROSION.SDR DXTA2020082604025Uplock Switch · out of adjustDURING GEAR RETRACTION WE RECIEVED AMBER CAS "GEAR DISAGREE N". THE GEAR SYNOPTIC ON EICAS SHOWED MAIN GEAR UP, BUT NOSE GEAR HAD A SQUARE HASHED SYMBOL. CHECKLIST COMPLETED, 3 GREEN UPON GEAR EXTENSION. SIGN OFF. FOUND NLG UPLOCK SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. SDR DXTA2018122001816Vent · out of rigPASSING THROUGH FL200 EXPERIENCED MOMENTARY SEVERE TURBULENCE FOLLOWED WITH AMBER CAS MESSAGES: CABIN DOOR OPEN AND CHECK DOORS. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO 9000 FT. ON THE GROUND RAN THE CHECKLIST AND THE CAS MESSAGES CLEARED. INTERROGATED CDMS, FO
Reports on N542QS not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N542QS, 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.
Airframe · Textron 680A
STC ST04765NYUnprepared (Grass/Sod) Runway OperationsSTC ST00885LAInstallation of fire extinguisher cartridges as replacements for Pacific Scientific fire extinguisher cartridges in fire extinguisher bottles.STC ST12344IBReplacement of the Halon Type 1211 portable fire extinguisher with Halotron BrX portable fire extinguisher with Halotron BrX portable fire extinguisher