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Piper PA-34 Seneca

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1967· business and personal aircraft

🛩️ light / GA 2× piston
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Piper.seneca.pa34.g-elis.bristol.arp: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
  2. 2. Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III, with one piece windshield: Arthursautot· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Piper PA-34 Naples run (cropped): Sky Larson· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 612 Piper PA-34 Seneca II Guatemalan Air Force (7468462904): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. MSP016 Piper PA-34 Seneca Policia (7466398002): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. N56912 Piper PA-34 Seneca (9143336274): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. Pajper PA-34-200T Seneka: SmirnofLeary at Serbian Wikipedia· Public domain
  8. 8. Piper PA-34 Seneca (5782515999): Robert Frola· GFDL
  9. 9. Piper PA-34-200 Seneca, Aeroclube de Braganca Paulista AN1991280: Renato Spilimbergo Carvalho· GFDL 1.2
  10. 10. Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II ZS-KPJ (15448982956): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Piper PA-34 Seneca, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Wikimedia Commons· Public domain

what is it?

The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It was produced from 1971 to 2019. The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying as well as multi-engine class rating flight training.

How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.9 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 378 km/htop speed
  • range 1,611 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 5passengers
  • size 2,155 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 5,037made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 59 years ago, in 1967.
  • Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 11.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Range of 1,611 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1967-04-25
introduced
1971
number built
5,037
role
business and personal aircraft
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
Piper Aircraft
engines
2× Continental TSIO-360RB and LTSIO-360RB
passengers
5
length
8.7 m
wingspan
11.9 m
height
3 m
max take-off weight
2,155 kg
top speed
378 km/h
cruise speed
348 km/h
range
1,611 km
ceiling
7,620 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q181818, Wikipedia: Piper PA-34 Seneca (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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