{"id":670,"date":"2018-04-09T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T14:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.starliteaviation.com\/training\/?post_type=aircraft&#038;p=670"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T14:00:43","slug":"piper-seneca-iii","status":"publish","type":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/www.starliteaviation.com\/training\/aircraft\/piper-seneca-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Piper Seneca III"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Piper Seneca III<\/h1>\n<p>In 1981, the PA-34-220T Seneca III was introduced, having completed certification on 17 December 1980.<sup id=\"cite_ref-A7SO1_6-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The change in model designation reflected an engine upgrade.\u00a0Continental TSIO-360-KB\u00a0engines were used which produced 220 horsepower (165\u00a0kW), although only rated as such for five minutes and then dropping to 200\u00a0hp (149\u00a0kW)).<\/p>\n<p>The horsepower increase, with the new engines&#8217; limit of 2800\u00a0rpm (up from 2575\u00a0rpm), combined for much improved climb and cruise performance. The new aircraft also incorporated a one-piece windshield and a bare metal instrument panel instead of one covered with a removable plastic fascia; some models have electrically-actuated flaps. More than 930 Seneca IIIs were built; the last 37 Seneca IIIs built had a 28-volt electrical system rather than the 14-volt system of previous aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft&#8217;s gross weight was increased to 4,750\u00a0lb (2,155\u00a0kg) for takeoff and 4,513\u00a0lb (2,047\u00a0kg) for landing.\u00a0A typical Seneca III with air conditioning and deicing equipment has a useful load of 1,377\u00a0lb (625\u00a0kg)<\/p>\n<p>*Information courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piper_PA-34_Seneca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","service":[],"brand":[42],"kind":[43,40],"fleet":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-670","aircraft","type-aircraft","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","brand-piper","kind-aeroplane","kind-twin-engine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Piper Seneca III - Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, nofollow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starliteaviation.com\/training\/aircraft\/piper-seneca-iii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Piper Seneca III - Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Piper Seneca III In 1981, the PA-34-220T Seneca III was introduced, having completed certification on 17 December 1980. 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