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About the Piper PA-34 Seneca
Type certificated 1996 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet
Overview
The Piper PA-34-220T Seneca V is the current production version of Piper’s six-seat light twin, certified in 1996 and still built today. It is the fifth-generation Seneca, a line that began in 1971, pairing twin turbocharged, intercooled Continental TSIO-360-RB engines with counter-rotating propellers and a redesigned cowling. The cabin is derived from the Cherokee Six and Lance, giving the Seneca a wide cabin with club seating for the rear passengers.
The Seneca V is a step-up touring and training twin: roomier and more capable than entry-level twins, with turbocharging for high-altitude and mountain flying, but simpler and cheaper to own than a cabin-class twin. Counter-rotating propellers remove the critical-engine factor that complicates single-engine handling in most twins, which makes the type a common multi-engine trainer and family cross-country airplane. Turbocharging is what separates the Seneca V from Piper’s own Seminole: counter-rotating 220-horsepower engines give it a 25,000-foot ceiling and a 200-knot cruise the naturally aspirated trainer cannot reach, bought with higher running costs and a full-fuel payload that limits the longest legs to three or four aboard. It is the choice for a pilot who wants club-seating, turbocharged instrument travel from a current-production twin.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Counter-rotating propellers. Left and right engines turn in opposite directions, eliminating the critical engine and simplifying single-engine handling.
- Turbocharged, intercooled Continental TSIO-360-RB engines. 220 hp per side with a 25,000-foot service ceiling; 2,000-hour TBO.
- Wide club-seating cabin. The Cherokee Six and Lance fuselage gives the Seneca a wide cabin with rear club seating.
- Current production. Piper still builds the Seneca V, so factory parts and support remain available.
- Step-up trainer pedigree. Widely used for multi-engine ratings; used examples are common and mechanic familiarity is established.
Trade-offs
- Full-fuel payload. With tanks full, useful load limits the cabin to three adults and bags for longer legs.
- Turbocharged maintenance. The turbocharged engines run hotter and demand disciplined management, raising maintenance cost over a naturally aspirated twin like the Seminole.
- Control feel. Control forces are heavier than in the lightest trainer twins, in keeping with the Seneca’s greater weight.
- Acquisition cost. As the current-production twin, clean Seneca Vs command prices well above older six-place twins of similar capability.
See Also
- Piper PA-23-250 Aztec – Piper’s earlier naturally aspirated six-place twin. Compare
- Piper PA-44 Seminole – Piper’s simpler naturally aspirated multi-engine trainer. Compare
- Beechcraft Baron 58 – a faster cabin-class six-place piston twin. Compare
- Beechcraft Duchess 76 – a lighter four-place trainer twin. Compare
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Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 10 ft
- Length
- 29 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 1,643 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- 4,750 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 4,513 lbs
- Useful Load
- 1,337 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- 122 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- 200 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: manufacturer figure 204 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
- Source: manufacturer figure 164 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 90 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- 67 KIAS
- Range
- 828 NM
- Service Ceiling
- 25,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 253 - 1550 fpm
- Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
- 1,707 ft
- Landing over 50 ft obstacle
- 2,180 ft
Engines
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Piper PA-34 Seneca specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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