# Service difficulty reports: N544QS A list on [N544QS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544QS.md). Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Newest first. - [SDR 2026FA0000823](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000823.md): Spar Cap · corroded · Oct 7, 2026 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Wing Spar > CORROSION FOUND ON LT WING AFT SPAR LOWER CAP. ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL OF CORROSION AND NDT TO VERIFY NO CRACKS PRESENT AND DETERMINE THE REMAINING MATERIAL THICKNESS. TREATED AND INSTALLED A REPAIR DOUBLER AND RESTORED SURFACE FINISH. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW E - [SDR DXTA2025092205009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025092205009.md): Battery Pack · inoperative · Sep 18, 2025 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting > AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT CHECK OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO ARM, NO EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SHOULD ALL ILLUMINATE WITH NO MAIN DC POWER. SWITCH TO EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON, ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND PAX SAFETY ILLUMINATED. ALSO WITH POWER ON AND AP - [SDR DXTA2024073000043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024073000043.md): Battery · no test · Jul 29, 2024 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting > DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST DISCOVERED INOP EMER LIGHTS AT THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS OVERHEAD LIGHT AT LAV FLOOR LIGHT AT LAV EXIT SIGN ABOVE SEAT 7 EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS CONSIDERED INOP REMOVED #4 EMERGENCY BATTERY AS REQUIRED PN CBS 28-1 SN 005169 INSTA - [SDR DXTA2024071512342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024071512342.md): Battery · discharged · Jul 12, 2024 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency Lighting > EMERGENCY LIGHTING: EXIT LIGHT OVER SEAT 7 DOES NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN EMER LIGHTS ARE IN ARM AND MAIN BATTERIES ARE OFF. RAN QR PROCEDURE. LIGHT COMES ON FOR A SHORT TIME THEN GOES OUT DURING OPS CHECK. LIGHT ITSELF WORKS(BATTERIES ON, EMER ARM, PAX SAFETY SELEC - [SDR DXTA2024031411201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024031411201.md): Gsd · faulted · Mar 14, 2024 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear Position and Warning > DURING FLIGHT HAD AN AMBER GSD 2 FAIL. THE QRH HAD US PERFORM A BLOW DOWN OF THE LANDING GEAR. REMOVED GSD41 DUE TO FAILURE AND INSTALLED REPAIRED GSD41 PN 011-01457-01 SN 2JH007449 REPAIRED BY MANUFACTURER. INSTALLED IAW MM 31-40-10. LOADED SOFTWARE, ANDOPER - [SDR DXTA2023121510340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023121510340.md): Uplock Switch · failed · Dec 14, 2023 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear Position and Warning > GEAR DISAGREE NOSE APPEARED IN CRUISE WITH LOUD BANG & HASH MARKS ON NOSE GEAR INDICATION. TOOK OFF FROM KPGD NORMALLY AND ALL GEAR RETRACTED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. CLIMBING THROUGH 39300 FOR 40000 FT FOR CRUISE, HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE NOSE & THE HASH - [SDR DXTA2022101372020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022101372020.md): Connector · dirty · Oct 12, 2022 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Door System Wiring > MAIN DOOR: AMBER DOOR OPEN LIGHT WILL NOT EXTINGUISH. CABIN DOOR OPEN CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED ALSO. RAN THE CHECKLIST AND COULD NOT GET THE " CHECK HANDLE/PUSH TO OVERRIDE LIGHTS " TO FLASH. VERIFIED THE SQUAWK, CAS MESSAGE IN VIEW AND WOULD NOT RESET. ACCES - [SDR DXTA2022081267810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022081267810.md): Pawl · out of adjust · Aug 12, 2022 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors > MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR AMBER CAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED AFTER CLOSING DOOR. RESET PROCEDURE IS NOT WORKING.//CORRECTIVE ACTION// POWERED AIRCRAFT AND CLOSED CABIN DOOR WHICH WAS HARD FAULTED AND THE ARES LIVE DATA WAS SAYING THE PAWL SWITCH WAS NOT MAKING: CL - [SDR DXTA2022063065010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022063065010.md): Proximity Sensor · out of adjust · Jun 29, 2022 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors > MAIN DOOR: MAIN DOOR ONLY OPENS AN INCH WHEN DOOR HANDLE IS LIFTED. YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE DOOR THEN IT WILL OPEN. SEEMS TO BE A CATCH. // SIGNOFF // DURING T/S NOTICE THE RUB BLOCK ON THE FORWARD PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS RUBBING ON DOOR REMOVED 1 SHIM AND MESSURE - [SDR 2022FA0000207](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000207.md): Elevator · gouged · Apr 12, 2022 · N544QS · Gulstm 680 · Elevator Structure > 8 GOUGES FOUND ON LH ELEVATOR AND LH HORIZONTAL STAB TRAILING EDGE LOCATED AT TRIM TAB PUSH ROD STRUCTURE AREA. REFERENCE CESSNA STRUCTURES ENGINEERING MEMORANDUM REF. DQ34316M1 REV. 1 DATED 10APR22. - [SDR 2022FA0000206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000206.md): Thrust Reverser · corroded · Apr 12, 2022 · N544QS · Gulstm 680 · Engine Thrust Reverser > UPON REMOVAL OF RH ENGINE, FOUND RH LOWER BOTTOM THRUST REVERSER FLANGE CORRODED C/T ENGINE OUTER BYPASS. REFERENCE TEXTRON AVIATION LETTER FF220401 DATED APRIL 1, 2022. - [SDR 2022FA0000158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000158.md): Attach Fitting · corroded · Mar 20, 2022 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Attach Section > UPON REMOVING NLG ACTUATOR, FOUND ACTUATOR ATTACH FITTING PITTED AND CORRODED AROUND OUTBOARD SIDES OF LUGS AND BORE (ID).TEXTRON AVIATION INC. STANDARD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-33739 FAA FORM 8100-9 SUBMITTAL LETTER NO. 22-0001 DATE: 2/25/2022.REMOVED AFT NLG ACT - [SDR DXTA022220213841](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA022220213841.md): Strut · defective · Feb 19, 2021 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors > MAIN DOOR: REPEAT WRITE-UP. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY FALL UPON OPENING THE DOOR. CREW HAD TO PUSH ON IT TO GET THE DOOR TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. WE CLOSED THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND TRIED OPENING AND THE DOOR POPPED OUT OF THE FRAME BUT D - [SDR DXTA2021021504726](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2021021504726.md): Static Inverter · defective · Feb 12, 2021 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Pitot/Static System > SMOKE IN COCKPIT / CABIN: FIRST NOTICED ACRID BURNING SMELL IN BAGGAGE AREA BUT WAS QUICKLY APPRENT IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. WE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN APU. JUST PRIOR TO THIS, WE NOTICED THAT THE COFFEE MAKER WOULD NOT POWER ON. WE RE-CYCLED THE INTERIOR MASTER B - [SDR DXTA2020122004504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2020122004504.md): Door · binding · Dec 20, 2020 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew Doors > MAIN ENTRY DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY UPON LIFTING SILVER RELEASE HANDLE. CREW HAD TO PUSH ON DOOR FROM INSIDE IN ORDER TO OPEN MAIN ENTRY DOOR. DOOR HARD TO OPEN. AIRCRAFT NOT PRESSURIZED ON GROUND. PERFORMED GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE MAIN EN - [SDR 2020FA0000337](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020FA0000337.md): Support Web · cracked · Jul 17, 2020 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure > STANDARD REPAIR - CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW), FRAME, WEB, AND DOUBLERS, FS 75. FIELD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 REV- DATED 6/1/2020 WITH FAA FORM 8100-9. - [SDR DXTR2019091901](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTR2019091901.md): Skin · corroded · Sep 19, 2019 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin > CORROSION ON TRAILING EDGE OF LT HORIZONTAL INBD OF ELEVATOR LOCATED @ APPROXIMATELY FS 708.9 & LBL 10.0 THRU 15.0. REPAIRED IAW NJA RFTS-103563. - [SDR DXTA2019062602536](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2019062602536.md): Uplock Switch · defective · Jun 25, 2019 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System > GEAR DISAGREE R AMBER CAS ILLUMINATED - UPON SELECTING GEAR DOWN, AN AMBER "X" APPEARED IN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR POSITION ALONG WITH AN AMBER "GEAR DISAGREE R" CAS. WE RAN QRH R1, AND N1 RESULTING IN GEAR BLOWDOWN. LANDING WAS NORMAL. ENGINES WERE - [SDR DXTA2019051502396](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2019051502396.md): Wire Harness · defective · May 14, 2019 · N544QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear System Wiring > LEFT MLG LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DID NOT RETRACT - LEFT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS REMAINED YELLOW DOWN, ADC SSEC MISSCOMPARE EICAS MESSAGE CAME ON. RAN CHECK LIST GEAR CAME DOWN 3 GREEN THEN EICAS MESSAGE WENT AWAY, LANDED NORMAL. - [SDR DXTA20171012544](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA20171012544.md): Coffeemaker · odor · Oct 9, 2017 · N544QS · Cessna 680CE · Buffet/Galleys > SMOKE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, DESCENDING THROUGH 14,000 FT AND DISSIPATED AROUND 4,000 FT. NOTICEABLE SOOTING AT LEFT AND RIGHT GENERATORS. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DURING THESE FIRE EVENTS. INSPECTED ENTIRE AIRCRAFT FOR SMOKE ODOR IN FLIGHT DECK & CABIN AREAS, RAN B ## 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 = 'N544QS' AND registry_match = 'registration' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544QS/reports --- 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.