# N615QS: 2021 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: 680A0267
- Year built: 2021
- Type: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 23, 2021
- Certificate issued: May 22, 2026
- Expires: May 31, 2033
- Mode S code: A802C0
- Owner type: Co-owned
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=615QS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615QS

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 N615QS.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N615QS.

## Service difficulty reports (9)

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 DXTA2025100305185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025100305185), Oct 2, 2025: BRAKE ASSY. LEAKING. AFTER LANDING AT KHND (ON-SPEED, WITH AN APPROX TAILWIND 5 KNOTS), PF REPORTED, ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE HEAVILY BUT GOT A MEDIOCRE BRAKING. AT 65 KNOTS, TOOK OVER CO
- [SDR 2025100205185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2025100205185), Oct 2, 2025: BRAKE ASSY. WEAK. AFTER LANDING AT KHND (ON-SPEED, WITH AN APPROXIMATE TAILWIND 5 KNOTS), PF REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE HEAVILY BUT GOT A MEDIOCRE BRAKING ACTION. AT 65 
- [SDR DXTA2024081900213](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024081900213), Aug 14, 2024: WIRE HARNESS. DAMAGED. MAIN DOOR: UPON ARRIVING AT AIRCRAFT FOR FIRST TIME AND OPENING MAIN DOOR, I HAD TO USE TWO HANDS TO DISLODGE IT TO MAKE IT FALL NORMALLY. WHEN BRINGING DOOR UP
- [SDR DXTA2024072412449](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2024072412449), Jul 23, 2024: PCB. DEFECTIVE. AMBER CHECK DOORS & AMBER CABIN DOOR OPEN CAS MESSAGES. ATTEMPTED TO RUN QRH BUT COULD NOT FINISH BECAUSE DOOR LIFT CANCEL BUTTON NEVER RESULTED IN OVERRIDE LIG
- [SDR DXTA2023102498700](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023102498700), Oct 24, 2023: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN POWER ON CHECKLIST WAS BEING COMPLETED. PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM PER AMM 33-50-00-710 AN
- [SDR DXTA2023102498640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2023102498640), Oct 23, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. CABIN EMERG LIGHT: EMERGENCY LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN POWER ON CHECKLIST WAS CONDUCTED. PERFORMED CHECK OPERATIONAL OF EMER LIGHTS AND EMER BATTERIES NEED
- [SDR DXTA2022032859130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2022032859130), Mar 28, 2022: DOOR. BINDING. MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. HANDLE WILL NOT STOW.//CORRECTIVE ACTION//INSPECTED DOOR LATCHES AND FOUND TOP FORWARD LATCH HARD TO MOVE. CLEAN AND 
- [SDR DXTA2021072645770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2021072645770), Jul 23, 2021: HANDLE. BINDING. MAIN DOOR HANDLE: MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MOVE TO LOCKED POSITION. IT'S MOST DIFFICULT DURING THE TOP THIRD OF TRAVEL. MOVED MCD THRU S
- [SDR DXTA2021062244040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2021062244040), Jun 21, 2021: DOOR. BINDING. MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR IS VERY HARD TO CLOSE, HANDLE FEELS LIKE IT'S BINDING ON INITIAL PULL DOWN. DOOR IS VERY EASY TO OPEN. OPS CHECKED MAIN CABIN DOOR, C

## Service difficulty reports on N615QS not matched to an aircraft (22)

They name N615QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR JGVR20171003001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/JGVR20171003001), Oct 2, 2017: SPAR CAP. CORRODED. MECHANICALLY BLENDED 5 AREAS OF CORROSION ON THE RT WING UPPER SPAR CAP AT WING STATIONS 190, 121.7, 99.7, 96.7 AND 88.7 AND 4 AREAS OF CORROSION ON THE LT WING
- [SDR JGVR20171003002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/JGVR20171003002), Sep 28, 2017: AXLE. CORRODED. NLG AXLE IS CORRODED. FOUND DURING TC-5XL-32-160207 NOSE GEAR INSPECTION. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AXLE IAW MM 32-41-01.
- [SDR DXTA2016082106289](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2016082106289), Aug 25, 2016: OIL SYSTEM. OVERSERVICED. EARLY IN THE FLIGHT AIR SMELLS NORMAL. AFTER SOME TIME, ENROUTE AND AFTER ADJUSTING BLEED AIR TO A WARMER TEMPERATURE THERE IS AN ACRID OIL BURNING ODOR COMING 
- [SDR DXTR2016012001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTR2016012001), Jan 8, 2016: CABLE. FRAYED. FOUND FORWARD ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES FRAYED. R & R FWD ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES IAW MM 27-32-02. CABLE ASSEMBLY CONSISTS OF CABLE, PN: 6660002-33, CABLE, PN: 6660002-
- [SDR DXTR2015041002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTR2015041002), Apr 3, 2015: SKIN. LOOSE. VERTICAL L/E HAS MULTIPLE LOOSE, WORKING FASTENERS. COMPLIED WITH STRUCTURES REPORT NO: S-560XL-5360/04 PRD1 REPAIR DEFINITION.
- [SDR DXTR2015041001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTR2015041001), Apr 2, 2015: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. MCD FWD MAIN FRAME CRACKED AT COUNTERBALANCE. COMPLIED WITH THE ERO-720990 , AND SRM 53-20-01.
- [SDR DXTA2014102005914](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2014102005914), Oct 19, 2014: UNKNOWN. ODOR. WITH APU RUNNING ON THE GROUND & WITH THE ENGINES OFF, HAD SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN. COMPLETED PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF APU & RELATED PLUMBING. RAN APU , CONTACT
- [SDR DXTA2014030705677](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2014030705677), Mar 6, 2014: WINDSHIELD. FAILED. COPILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. R & R THE WINDSHIELD IAW MM 56-11-00. PRESSURE CHECKED GOOD, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DXTA2013021805291](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2013021805291), Feb 15, 2013: UPLOCK SWITCH. OUT OF ADJUST. AFTER TAKEOFF LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE HYD PRESS ON LIGHT AND THE STAB MISCOMPARE LIGHT. RESETTING THE HYD PRESS CIRCUIT BR
- [SDR DXTA2012041804953](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2012041804953), Apr 17, 2012: SQUAT SWITCH. OUT OF RIG. AFTER TAKEOFF COULD NOT MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE TO RETRACT/UP POSITION. GEAR REMAINED DOWN. PRESSURIZATION DID NOT WORK. TRANSPONDER WAS INOP. ALL OTHER ACFT FUNCT
- [SDR DXTA2012041604948](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2012041604948), Apr 12, 2012: INDICATION SYS. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER GEAR SELECTED UP, GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND GREEN NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT STAYED ON AN EXTRA 3 TO 5 SECONDS BEFORE EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHING. PRIOR TO THE LIGHTS 
- [SDR DXTA2011121904827](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2011121904827), Dec 17, 2011: LANDING GEAR. OUT OF ADJUST. AFTER TAKEOFF, MLG SELECTED UP, FOLLOWED SHORTLY WITH FLAP RETRACTION. SOON AFTER, STAB MISCOMPARE ANNUNCIATOR, HYD PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR & RED MLG UNLOCK INDICA
- [SDR DXTA2011120804818](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2011120804818), Dec 7, 2011: CONNECTOR. DAMAGED. AFTER DEPARTING IN HEAVY RAIN, GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. GEAR RETRACTED BUT RED GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP BUT DID NOT RETRACT. 
- [SDR DXTA2011120104808](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2011120104808), Nov 30, 2011: LANDING GEAR. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR WAS SELECTED UP, RECEIVED THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT, GEAR WAS CYCLED AGAIN WITH SAME OUTCOME. DECIDED TO KEEP GEAR DOWN AND LOCK, AND LANDED.
- [SDR DXTA2011103104773](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2011103104773), Oct 28, 2011: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. FAILED. UPON PLACING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION, THE LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. TROUBLESHOT SYS TO FAULTY DOWNLOCK SWITCH ON LT MLG ACTUATO
- [SDR DXTA2011102604763](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2011102604763), Oct 25, 2011: TRIM SYSTEM. FROZEN. DURING CLIMB FROM FL390 TO FL400 AUTOPILOT PITCH MISTRIM ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER AUTOPILOT WAS DISCONNECTED, ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE TRIM USING ELECTRIC AND 
- [SDR DXTA2010102704275](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2010102704275), Oct 26, 2010: OIL SYSTEM. OVERSERVICED. WITH APU RUNNING & APU BLEED AIR ON, A STRONG BURNING RUBBER LIKE ODOR ENTERED CABIN ON TAXI OUT. APU BLEED AIR SELECTED OFF & ODOR WENT AWAY. INSPECTED WATER S
- [SDR DXTA200702358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA200702358), Jul 22, 2007: LAMP. BURNED OUT. THE TOP LIGHT IN THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR IS OUT.REPLACED LAMP WITH NEW IAW CE560XL MM CH-33-10-06, OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR DXTA200702114](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA200702114), Apr 17, 2007: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. AFTER TAKEOFF , THE RED GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. JACKED AIRCRAFT, INSPECTED AND CLEANED UPLOCK SWITCHES IN ALL THREE GEARS AND NO VISUAL DEFECTS 
- [SDR DXTA200702113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA200702113), Apr 16, 2007: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. AFTER TAKEOFF RED GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. FLEW FOR APPROX 1 HOUR TO GET BELOW MAX LANDING WEIGHT AND IN THAT TIME THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR CAME
- [SDR DXTA200501123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA200501123), Nov 17, 2005: FUEL FILTER. CONTAMINATED. RT ENG FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUM ON T/O ROLL AT T/O PWR EXTINGUISHED WHEN PWR REDUCED. VERIFIED RT FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMIN NEAR T/O PWR SETTINGS. 
- [SDR DXTA200501087](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA200501087), Nov 16, 2005: FUEL FILTER. BYPASSING. RIGHT ENGINE FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT TAKEOFF POWER EXTINGUISHED WHEN POWER REDUCED. OPERATED RT ENGINE AND VERIFIED RT FUEL FILT

## 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

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