# Incident 20120810019479I: Cessna 680, Newburg, NY, August 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2012, 06:58 local time
- Place: Newburg, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341QS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N341QS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 680 (registry code 2076811, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 680
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120810019479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM GREENSBORO, NC (KGSO) AND WAS ENROUTE TO BRIDGEPORT, CT (KBDR) WHEN IT DIVERTED INTO NEWBURG, NY (KSWF) DUE TO A VIBRATION FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.  UPON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SECTIONS OF THE RIGHT LOWER COWLING HAD TORN OFF IN FLIGHT.  THE UPPER COWL HAD A SMALL SECTION RIPPED OFF ON THE AFT PORTION.  THERE WAS A SECTION OF THE COWL JAMMED UNDERNEATH THE LOWER THRUST REVERSER BUCKET.  ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE LOWER COWL ONLY HAD ONE LATCH PROPERLY ENGAGED AND THE FORWARD SECTION OF THE COWL WAS HANGING DOWN.

## Other reports on N341QS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20260302001059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260302001059I), Mar 2, 2026: Cessna 680 (N341QS), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. Bird strike with dent on the left-wing outer edge near the red nav lights.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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