# N963QS: 2024 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: 680A0416 - Year built: 2024 - Type: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 26, 2024 - Certificate issued: January 21, 2025 - Expires: January 31, 2032 - Mode S code: AD68BA - Owner type: Co-owned, fractional ownership - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=963QS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N963QS 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 N963QS. ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Incident 20251106016529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251106016529I), Nov 6, 2025: Textron Aviation Inc 680A (N963QS), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a bird on approach to land. ## Service difficulty reports (6) 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 DXTA2025100205172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025100205172), Oct 1, 2025: DOOR. FAULTED. MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT FREEFALL OPEN. UNUSUALLY STRONG FORCE IS REQUIRED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. UNUSUALLY STRONG FORCE IS REQUIRED TO MOVE T - [SDR DXTA2025092605075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025092605075), Sep 24, 2025: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FOR THE LAST THREE MORNINGS DOWNWASH AND AISLE LIGHTS AT SEAT FOUR AND THE RT WING. INSPECTION LIGHT WILL NOT TEST WHEN THE EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH IS SELECTED O - [SDR DXTA2025081504612](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025081504612), Aug 14, 2025: DOOR. OUT OF ADJUST. ENTRY DOOR IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. HAD TO CYCLE IT COUPLE TIMES TO GET AMBER DOOR OPEN LIGHT OUT CORRECTIVE ACTION: FOUND DOOR TOO FAR FORWARD IN FRAME (0.050 FWD - [SDR DXTA2025040300914](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025040300914), Apr 2, 2025: DOOR. BINDING. MAIN CABIN DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED FROM THE OUTSIDE. FROM THE INSIDE YOU CAN JIGGLE THE HANDLE AND GET IT TO LATCH, BUT FROM THE OUTSIDE IT IS UNABLE TO ENGA - [SDR DXTA2025022802534](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025022802534), Feb 27, 2025: DOOR. BINDING. MAIN DOOR: CABIN DOOR SEEMS TO BE BINDING WHILE TRYING TO LATCH SHUT FROM BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUSIDE. IF YOU LATCH IT FROM THE INSIDE LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD TH - [SDR DXTA2025021702380](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2025021702380), Feb 14, 2025: PUSHROD. OUT OF ADJUST. MAIN DOOR: WHEN CLOSING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IT TAKES EXTRA "BUMP FORCE" ON THE HANDLE TO GET THE LIGHT TO EXTINGUISH AND THE DOOR TO LOCK. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR ## 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.