1981 PIPER SENECA III

General Specs (cont.)

Total Time:8950

Engine 1 Time:850 SMOH

Engine 2 Time:1150 SMOH

Prop 1 Time:925 SNEW

Prop 2 Time:825 SNEW

Useful Load:1905 lb

Condition:Used

Year Painted:2009

Interior Year:2023

Flight Rules:BTH

# of Seats:6

Additional Classifications

Detailed Description

1981 Piper Seneca III.  A great value on a truly sweet plane! Brand New Interior, Excellent Paint, Fresh Annual July 2023 and will come with a fresh annual, Garmin Avionics, Full De-Ice including hot-plate, Long Range Tanks, All Logs.  Twin engine redundancy and speed with the economy of a single!

Avionics / Equipment

PS Engineering 7000 Audio Panel
Garmin GNS 530 WAAS
Garmin GNS 430
Garmin GMX 200 Multi-function display
Garmin GTX 335 Transponder with ADSB-Out
Century 41 Autopilot (works perfectly)
Digital Tachometer
6 Person Intercom

Airframe

8950TTAF.  Off airport landing in 2002, over 950 hours since.  Full De-Ice in very good condition.  Paint in very good to excellent condition.  Dry-climate airplane.  See photos of last page of logbooks for each system.  All logbooks since new.

Engines / Mods / Prop

TSIO-360-KB and LTSIO-360-KB.  Counter-rotating props means there is no critical engine = safety.  New cylinder installed left engine in May.  Engines start right up, even when hot (if you use the hot start procedure), and run strong.  Hartzell three-bladed props - heated.  Left prop disassembled for full inspection and left governor overhauled in 2022.

Interior / Exterior

Brand New Leather Interior May 2023.  Gray with Charcoal accents - very nice and new-plane smell.

Paint in very good to excellent condition - a solid 8 out of 10. Plane waxed in April and beads paint.  There is a bit of ice rash on the nose, and a bit of paint crazing on the fiberglass wingtips.  See photos of both - you wouldn't notice it unless you were really close and specifically looking for it.

Remarks

Great personal, family, or business transportation.  Sips fuel for a twin - get nearly 200MPH on only 21GPH.  My son flew this bird for 200hrs at 45% power - 140kts and 15GPH - thats about the same as a C-182!!  Meets or exceed all performance in the POH - even in HOT Fresno CA.  This is a smooth, sweet, economical airplane.  If you find a Seneca III with motors below TBO, with 21st century radios and in very good condition,  for less money,  let me know.