# Incident 20260916011979I: Textron Aviation Inc 680A, Missoula, MT, September 16, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2026, 14:02 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N534QS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N534QS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 680A (registry code 2076814, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-680a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D1 (registry code 51850, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 680A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306D1
- 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/20260916011979I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KMSO AFTER THE CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTICED A STRANGE SOUND. MOMENTS LATER THEY OBSERVED A NOSE GEAR DISAGREE AND NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CREW FOLLOWED QRH PROEDURES AND PULLED THE D RING WITH NO EFFECT. NEXT FOLLOWING THE QRH, THEY ATTEMPTED TO BLOW DOWN THE GEAR BUT ALSO WITH NO EFFECT.

MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT NLG DOOR BOUND AT THE MIDDLE HINGE.

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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