Owner type
Co-owned, fractional ownership
Serial number
680A0426
Year built
2025
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-fan
Airworthiness
Standard, transport
Airworthiness date
April 8, 2025
Certificate issued
April 1, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Mode S code
AD8C82

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.

2018In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 3 ADs
20181
20231
20261

Information bulletins that may apply

Advisory, not mandatory.

No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N972QSMatched 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 N972QSMatched 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

Service difficulty reports · 5

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR DXTA2026021906925Wire Harness · faultedDURING APPROACH, NOSE GEAR DIDN'T INITIALLY SHOW GREEN UPON BEING SELECTED DOWN. INDICATION WAS GRAY IN TRANSIT FOR AROUND 5 SECONDS. THE INDICATION THEN MOMENTARILY SHOWED GREEN AND THEN CHANGED BACK TO GRAY. THEN GREEN WOULD DISPLAY FOR LESS THAN A SECOND FOFeb 16, 2026 · N972QS · Cessna 680A · Landing Gear System WiringSDR DXTA2025072804354Hinge · damagedON THE GROUND IN VNY, WE WENT TO RAISE THE MAIN CABIN DOOR & THE MAIN CABIN LIFT MOTOR ARM CAME APART AT THE HINGE. THE BOLT & BUSHING THAT WAS FOUND ON THE RAMP PUT IN PLASTIC BAG & LEFT IN GALLEY. RE-INSTALLED UPPER HINGE PIN, WASHERS, AND RETAINER RING BACKJul 24, 2025 · N972QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage, Door HingeSDR DXTA2025061603893Connector · damagedFLOOR EMERG EXIT LIGHT: I DID MY POST FLIGHT/END OF DAY INSPECTION AND DISCOVERED THAT THE AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHT ON SEAT #3 IS OUT. NO OTHER EMER LIGHT (EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL) IS OUT. PHOTO ATTACHED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED CONNECTER FOR PC2042 IAW CE680A SJun 13, 2025 · N972QS · Cessna 680A · Light System WiringSDR DXTA2025052803635Detector · faultedBURNING SMELL UPON TAKEOFF. NOTICED WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 1500'. RECEIVED SUPPLY BLD LEAK L AMBER CAS SHORTLY AFTER NOTICING. RAN ASSOCIATED CHECKLIST AND SMELL SEEMED TO DISSIPATE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: COULD NOT DUPLICATE. RAN ENGINES AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT POWMay 25, 2025 · N972QS · Cessna 680A · Fire Protection SystemSDR DXTA2025052803636Bleed Air Sys · leakingNOTICED BURNING SMELL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. RECEIVED AMBER SUPPLY BLD LEAK L CAS THROUGH ABOUT 1500'. LEVELED OFF TO RUN ASSOCIATED CHECKLIST. DECIDED TO DIVERT AND LEAVE L BLEED AIR OFF DUE TO SMELL. CAS FLICKERED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING APPROACH EVEN WITH BLEMay 25, 2025 · N972QS · Cessna 680A · Airfoil Anti/De-ice System

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.

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