N505QS

TEXTRON AVIATION INC 680A · 2016 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 10 seats · Valid Registration

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
NetJets Aviation, Inc. (DXTA)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

Accident & incident history

No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

23 reports on file, 2004-09-14 – 2026-01-20.

OTHER · 2026-01-20 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: BATTERY PACK — FAULTED (ZONE 200) · airframe 9,190 hrs · 6,064 cycles

EMER LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON IN THE ARM POSITION ON PREFLIGHT. REMOVED NR 1 EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY AND INSTALLED A NEW #1 OUTRIGHT EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-50-06. OPS TEST IS GOOD AND NO DEFECTS NOTED.

Source: SDR DXTA2026012106608
Earlier reports · 2004–2025 · 22 reports

2025

OTHER · 2025-12-10 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: BATTERY PACK — FAILED (ZONE 200) · airframe 9,038 hrs · 5,973 cycles

INTERIOR REAR EMERGENCY LIGHT ON LAV BULKHEAD & EXIT LIGHT BELOW LAV SEAT INOP WHEN USING BATTERY PACK. BOTH FUNCTION ON SHIPS MAIN BATTERY POWER. POSITIONED THE ACFT INSIDE HANGAR. APPLIED POWER & ALLOWED ACFT TO BOOT UP & VERIFIED THE WRITE-UP. REMOVED THE BATTERY PACK NR 4 DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE. INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY PACK. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, & THE RESULT WAS SATISFACTORY. ALLOWED BATTERY TO CHARGE WHILE THE GPU WAS IN USE. RETURNED ACFT TO ITS ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. DONE IAW AMM 33-50-06.

Source: SDR DXTA2025121106072
OTHER · 2025-12-02 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (ZONE 200) · airframe 9,000 hrs · 5,952 cycles

EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHT BELOW LAV SEAT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LAV SEAT TOEKICK LIGHT ASSEMBLY IAW SPM 20-30-0A PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS YAW IAW AMM 33-50-00, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

Source: SDR DXTA2025120405949

2024

NO TEST · 2024-04-17 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: BATTERY — NO TEST (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 7,189 hrs · 4,748 cycles

ON PREFLIGHT EMER LIGHTS WERE ARMED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. PER MCC PROCEDURE, THE APU WAS STARTED AND GIVEN 30MIN TO CHARGE. THEN, THE AIRCRAFT POWERED DOWN AND EMER LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS 1,2,3 AND 4. OPS CHECKS OF BATTERIES AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING GOOD AT THIS TIME. TOOK PHOTOS AS RECORD. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. REF. CE680A MM 33-50-06.

Source: SDR DXTA2024041711529
OTHER · 2024-01-11 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: BATTERY — FAULTED (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 6,937 hrs · 4,593 cycles

LAV OVERHEAD LIGHT. LAV EMER LIGHT UNDER TOILET. LAV FLOOR LIGHT. AND REAR BULKHEAD EXIT SIGN ARE ALL INOP IN ARM MODE. IN ON MODE ALL EMER LIGHTS ARE INOP. TRIED TO CHARGE SYSTEM PER NOTE WITH LIGHT SWITCH IN OFF POSITION FOR 30 MINUTES WITH NO CHANGES. REMOVED FAULTY #4 EMERGENCY BATTERY P/N CBS28-1 S/N 5663M AND INSTALLED CUSTOMER SUPPLIED REPAIRED EMERGENCY BATTERY P/N CBS28-1 S/N 4152M. OPS CHECKS GOOD. WORK DONE !AW CE-680A AMM 33-50-06.

Source: SDR DXTA2024011110581

2023

OTHER · 2023-12-06 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3350

Part: UNKNOWN — UNKNOWN (UNKNOWN) · airframe 6,811 hrs · 4,509 cycles

UPON 1ST FLIGHT CHECKS, FOUND MULTIPLE CABIN (+ 1 EXTERIOR) EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP: EXIT SIGNS: BULKHEAD ABOVE SEAT 7, ABOVE LAV SEAT & BELOW LAV SEAT; PATH LIGHTING: BELOW SEATS 5, 8 & LAV; OVERHEAD SEAT LIGHT: LAV; EXTERIOR OVERWING LIGHT (OVER RIGHT WING). NOTE: WITHOUT DC POWER APPLIED NO EMER LIGHTS COME IN WITH EMER SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND NO DEFECTS AT THIS TIME, EMERGENCY LIGHT WERE SATISFACTORY IAW MM 33-00-00

Source: SDR DXTA2023120710252
MULTIPLE FAILURE · 2023-02-14 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3297

Part: WIRE HARNESS — DEFECTIVE (ZONE 700) · airframe 6,422 hrs · 4,244 cycles

NLG LANDING GEAR RETRACTION: ON APPROACH, AFTER GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED FOR A WHILE AND FLAPS HAD BEEN SELECTED TO FULL, WE GOT THE AMBER WOW MISCOMPARE CAS. WE INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH, DURING WHICH WE BROUGHT THE GEAR HANDLE UP, BUT GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. WE DIVERTED TO A LONGER RUNWAY; GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDING WERE NORMAL. AT SOME POINT DURING TAXI THE WOW MISCOMPARE CAS EXTINGUISHED. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED NLG WIRE HARNESS AND INSTALLED A NEW CUSTOMER SUPPLIED NLG WIRE IAW CE680A AMM 32-20-00. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF MLG EXTENSION AND RETRACTION IN REFERENCE TO CE-680A AMM 32-30-00. OPS CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. PN ON: 8469800-2 PN OFF: 8469800-1

Source: SDR DXTA2023021580530

2022

OTHER · 2022-12-03 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5210

Part: DOOR — UNKNOWN (MAIN PAX) · airframe 6,167 hrs · 4,092 cycles

MAIN DOOR: CABIN DOOR INTERMITTENTLY CLOSES HALF WAY THEN STOPS AND FALLS OPEN WITH EXTERIOR AMBER CHECK DOOR HANDLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TURNING DOOR SWITCH OFF, AMBER LIGHT EXTINGUISHES AND DOOR CLOSES NORMALLY. OPS CHECKED THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. CALLED MCC NO PREVIOUS HISTORY ON THIS ITEM, WORK IAW AMM 52-00-00. OPS CHECK GOOD, OK TO CONTINUE.

Source: SDR DXTA2022120575440
OTHER · 2022-07-30 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5510

Part: SKIN — CORRODED (ZONE 300) · airframe 5,865 hrs · 3,897 cycles

FOUND CORROSION AT LH HORIZONTAL UPPER SKIN AT TIP CAP. COMPLIED WITH TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35708M1, 680A-0042 (N505QS) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (LEFT UPPER) SKIN DAMAGE (CORROSION).

Source: SDR 2022FA0000416
OTHER · 2022-07-30 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5330

Part: SKIN — GOUGED (ZONE 100) · airframe 5,865 hrs · 3,897 cycles

NDI REQUIRED ON FUSELAGE SKIN SCRATCH BEHIND RH FORWARD OVER WING FUSELAGE FAIRING SPLICE STRAP AT FS 354. COMPLIED WITH TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35681M1, FUSELAGE (RIGHT SIDE) DAMAGE (SCRATCH), DATED: JULY 28, 2022.

Source: SDR 2022FA0000417
OTHER · 2022-07-30 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5753

Part: SKIN — GOUGED (RT WING TE FLAP) · airframe 5,865 hrs · 3,897 cycles

R/H INBOARD FLAP HAS A GOUGE ON THE UPPER SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 14" FROM OUTBOARD EDGE AND 1" FROM TRAILING EDGE, MEASURING .5" IN LENGTH AND .03 IN WIDTH, FROM A TOOL FALLING ON THE FLAP. ACCOMPLISHED TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING ORDER, DQ35433M1, DATED: JULY 5, 2022. RIGHT WING INBOARD FLAP UPPER SKIN GOUGE REPAIR.

Source: SDR 2022FA0000418
OTHER · 2022-07-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5753

Part: SKIN — GOUGED (RT WING TE FLAP) · airframe 5,865 hrs · 3,897 cycles

R/H INBOARD FLAP HAS A GOUGE ON THE UPPER SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 14" FROM OUTBOARD EDGE AND 1" FROM TRAILING EDGE, MEASURING .5" IN LENGTH AND .03 IN WIDTH, FROM A TOOL FALLING ON THE FLAP.

Source: SDR 2022FA0000398
OTHER · 2022-05-22 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5210

Part: DOOR — BINDING (MAIN PAX) · airframe 5,720 hrs · 3,799 cycles

MAIN DOOR: UPON ARRIVAL AND WHILE DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT SELF-RELEASE WHEN DOOR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE OPEN POSITION. REPEAT WRITE UP. COMPLETED 3 OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF MAIN CABIN DOOR. FOUND TO BE ACCEPATABLE IN OPERATION WITH A SLIGHT NUDGE. NOTIFED MCC. MCC RECOMMENDED THE DOOR GAS STRUT RIGGING CHECKED. GAINED ACCESS TO GAS STRUT. FOUND THE STRUT RIGGING TO BE NOT IN A NEUTRAL POSITION PER AMM. ADJUSTED GAS STRUT TO PROPER RIGGING. C/W S DOOR OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND DOOR NOW FREE FALLS ON ITS OWN FROM CLOSED POSTION AS REQUIRED. ALL WORK PER CE680A AMM 52-10-00. CLOSE UP ACCESS AS NEEDED.

Source: SDR DXTA2022052362510
OTHER · 2022-05-22 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5210

Part: DOOR — INTERMITTENT · airframe 5,720 hrs · 3,799 cycles

MAIN DOOR: NOTICED THAT WHEN OPENING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, THE DOOR DOES NOT FREE-FALL OPEN REGULARLY ESPECIALLY FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT WILL POP THE SEAL BUT STAY IN THE SLIGHTLY AJAR POSITION. FOUND DOOR SUPPORT STRUT TO HAVE A STICKY SUBSTANCE ON IT. CLEANED SUPPORT STRUT OPS CHECKS OF THE DOOR IS GOOD AT THIS TIME ALL WORK DONE IAW CESSNA 680A AMM CHAPTER S2-10-40

Source: SDR DXTA2022052362440
OTHER · 2022-05-02 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3397

Part: WIRE — PULLED (CONNECTOR) · airframe 5,629 hrs · 3,740 cycles

LAV EMERG LIGHT: LAV EMERGENCY LIGHT BELOW TOILET INOP. FOUND THE MOLEX CONNECTOR FOR THE LAV TOE KICK LIGHTING HAD THE WIRES PULLED OUT OF IT. RECONNECTED THE WIRES TO THE MOLEX CONNECTORS AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK. WORK PERFORMED IAW CE680A AMM 30-50-00 AND CE680A 20-30-15

Source: SDR DXTA2022050261150
OTHER · 2022-01-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5210

Part: NOT REPORTED — NOT REPORTED · airframe 5,302 hrs · 3,548 cycles

MAIN DOOR: MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY AND REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO OPEN. ONCE LATCH IS RELEASED, DOOR OPENS ABOUT 3 INCHES THEN STOPS AND DOOR HAS TO BE PUSHED OR PULLED TO OPEN FULLY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: CONFIRMED DOOR SEAL WAS CAUSING THE MED TO HANG UP. REINSTALLED DOOR SEAL AND MED WAS HANGING UP AGAIN. LOOSENED UPPER CORNERS AND REINSTALLED DOOR SEAL + CLEAN & LUBRICATED DOOR SEAL AND OPENED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT AND NOW DOOR OPENS FULLY NORMALLY WITHOUT EXTRA FORCE NEEDED. OPS CHECK GOOD

Source: SDR DXTA2022012755770

2021

OTHER · 2021-01-13 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5320

Part: WEB — CRACKED (NLG WW) · airframe 4,174 hrs · 2,792 cycles

NLG WHEEL WELL WEB AND UPPER MID FRAME CRACKED. TEXTRON AVIATION STANDARD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 DATED: 6-1-2020, CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW) FRAME WEB, AND DOUBLERS FS 75. WITH FAA FORM 8100-9 DATED: 6-1-2020.

Source: SDR 2021F00009
OTHER · 2021-01-13 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5320

Part: WEB — CRACKED (NLG WW) · airframe 4,148 hrs · 2,792 cycles

REPAIR OF NLG WHEEL WELL WEB AND UPPER MID FRAME CRACKS. TEXTRON AVIATION STANDARD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 DATED 6/1/2020, CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW) FRAME WEB, AND DOUBLERS FS 75. WITH FAA FORM 8100-9 DATED 6/1/2020.

Source: SDR 2021F00007

2020

OTHER · 2020-04-24 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5512

Part: TIP CAP — ERODED (RT HORIZ STAB) · airframe 3,497 hrs · 2,369 cycles

REPAIR RIGHT-HAND HORIZONTAL TIP CAP DAMAGE (EROSION). TEXTRON AVIATION ENGINEERING REPAIR LETTER DQ25536M1 DATED APRIL 22, 2020.

Source: SDR 2020F00249

2018

VIBRATION/BUFFET; WARNING INDICATION · 2018-04-16 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3222

Part: STRUT — DISCHARGED (NLG) · airframe 1,551 hrs · 1,047 cycles

NLG VIBRATION AFTER RETRACTION, AFTER START AND DURING TAXI NWS OPERATED NORMALLY. TAKEOFF ROLL AND ROTATION ALSO NORMAL. RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND IMMEDIATELY HAD A VERY PRONOUNCED 2 PER SECOND VERTICAL VIBRATION AND LOUD THUMPING NOISE. IT FELT LIKE THE NOSE GEAR HUNG UP IN THE WHEEL WELL. AFTER 5 SECONDS, EXTENDED THE GEAR AND VIBRATION AND NOISE STOPPED AND DISPLAYED 3 GREEN. RETURNED FOR LANDING WHICH WAS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT TAXIS NORMALLY. NOTICED A WOW MISCOMPARE CAS DURING THE EMERGENCY RETURN. NO DAMAGE FOUND ON POST FLIGHT. FOUND NOSE GEAR STRUT TO BE UNDERSERVICED. SERVICED THE STRUT IAW MM 12-20-15. PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS ALL OPS CHECKED GOOD.

Source: SDR DXTA2018041700850

2005

WARNING INDICATION · 2005-01-15 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5320

Part: BLANKET — LOOSE (FUSELAGE) · airframe 7,926 hrs · 5,440 cycles

FIVE SECONDS AFTER ADDING TAKEOFF POWER REAR BAY OVERHEAT LOOKUP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT WENT OUT TWO SECONDS AFTER THROTTLE REDUCED TO IDLE. RAN ENGINES. CHECKED FOR LEAKS, NO LEAKS FOUND AT THIS TIME. FOUND HEAT BLANKET NOT SECURE ON EXPANSION PIPE OUTBOARD TEMP CONTROL VALVE. RADIATING HEAT ON OVERHEAT LOOP. SECURED BLANKET. RAN UP FULL POWER 30 SEC 3 TIMES WITH NO OVERHEAT LIGHT IAW HAWKER 1000 M/M 26-13-00.

Source: SDR DXTA200500535

2004

SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2004-12-08 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2120

Part: ODOR — DETECTED (CABIN) · airframe 7,856 hrs · 5,393 cycles

AT FL370 A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED, LASTING ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES. ANOTHER DIFFERENT BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED PASSING 15,000 FEET IN THE DESCENT, IT LASTED UNTIL THE BLEED AIR WAS TURNED OFF PASSING 10,000 FEET. RAN ENGINES AND CHECKED OIL LEVEL. NR 2 ENGINE WAS .25 INCH FROM THE TOP. NR 1 ENGINE .75 INCH FROM THE TOP. RAN ENGINES AGAIN AT ALL POWER LEVELS AND INDIVIDUALLY ONE AT A TIME FOR AN HOUR. CONSECUTIVELY RAN ALL AVIONICS AND BLEED AIR ITEMS. NO ODOR. SHUT DOWN AND DESERVICED APPROX 1 PINT ENGINE OIL FROM NR 2 ENGINE. RAN AGAIN FOR 30 MINUTES. NO ODOR AT THIS TIME.

Source: SDR DXTA200400472
SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS · 2004-09-14 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2170

Part: COALESCER BAG — DIRTY (CABIN AIR) · airframe 7,710 hrs · 5,277 cycles

ON DESCENT WITH POWER LEVERS AT IDLE NOTICED EXHAUST FUME ODOR IN CABIN. REMOVED COALESOR SOCK AND INSTALLED NEW IAW MFG M/M CHAPTER 21-50-13. RAN AIRCRAFT AND LEAK CHECKED, NO LEAKS NOTED, COULD NOT DUPLICATE SMELL AT IDLE ON GROUND.

Source: SDR DXTA200400391