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{{Aircraft infobox
| name = Piper PA-34 Seneca
| image = Piper PA-34 Naples run (cropped).jpg
| caption = Piper PA-34 Seneca. Photo: Sky Larson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via [[commons:File:Piper PA-34 Naples run (cropped).jpg|Wikimedia Commons]]
| make = Piper
| type = Business and personal aircraft
| origin = United States
| first_flight = 25 April 1967
| produced = 1971–2019
| number_built = 5,037
| faa_registered = 971 (FAA register, October 30, 2026)
| seats = One, Five or six passengers
| engine = 2 × Continental TSIO-360RB and LTSIO-360RB, 220 hp
| cruise = 188 kn (PA-34-220T Seneca V)
| range = 870 nmi (PA-34-220T Seneca V)
| ceiling = 25,000 ft (PA-34-220T Seneca V)
| gross_weight = 4,750 lb (PA-34-220T Seneca V)
| developed_from = Piper Cherokee Six
| category = Piston twins
}}

The '''Piper PA-34 Seneca''' is a twin-engine light airplane built by Piper Aircraft from 1971 to 2019. It is used mainly for personal and business flying and for multi-engine training.<ref name="wp"/> In the U.S. there are 971 with a valid registration.<ref name="faa"/>

== History ==
The Seneca was developed as a twin-engine [[Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six and Saratoga|Cherokee Six]]. The test airplane was a Cherokee Six with engines added on the wings while keeping its nose engine, so it first flew as a three-engine airplane. Piper dropped the three-engine idea, and the twin PA-34-180 Twin Six prototype (N3401K) first flew on April 25, 1967.<ref name="wp"/>

Production versions followed as the PA-34-200 Seneca, the turbocharged PA-34-200T Seneca II, and the PA-34-220T Seneca III, IV and V. Embraer also built it in Brazil as the EMB-810.<ref name="wp"/> The Seneca II is the most common on the U.S. register today.<ref name="faa"/>

== Registered in the United States ==
The FAA register lists '''971''' of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.<ref name="faa"/>
<div class="aw-wide">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! FAA model name !! Registered
|-
| PA-34-200T || 552
|-
| PA-34-220T || 246
|-
| PA-34-200 || 168
|-
| PA-34 || 5
|}
</div>

== Specifications (PA-34-220T Seneca V) ==
<div class="aw-wide">
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! PA-34-220T Seneca V
|-
| Crew || One
|-
| Passengers / capacity || Five or six passengers
|-
| Length || 28 ft 7.44 in
|-
| Wingspan || 38 ft 10.87 in
|-
| Height || 9 ft 10.8 in
|-
| Wing area || 208.7 sq ft
|-
| Empty weight || 3,212 lb
|-
| Maximum takeoff weight || 4,750 lb
|-
| Engine || 2 × Continental TSIO-360RB and LTSIO-360RB, 220 hp (6-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally-opposed piston engine)
|-
| Maximum speed || 204 kn
|-
| Cruise speed || 188 kn
|-
| Stall speed || 61 kn
|-
| Never-exceed speed || 204 kn
|-
| Range || 870 nmi
|-
| Service ceiling || 25,000 ft
|-
| Rate of climb || 1,550 ft/min
|}
</div>
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.<ref name="wp"/>

{{Owner notes}}

== Photos ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="170">
File:Piper.seneca.arp.750pix.jpg|Piper Seneca PA-34 at Bristol Airport, Bristol, England. Photo: Adrian Pingstone - Arpingstone (talk)., Public domain
File:Piper Seneka At Centennial.jpg|Piper Seneca at Centennial Airport with engine maintenance in process. Photo: Avitya at English Wikipedia, Public domain
File:Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III, with one piece windshield.jpg|Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III, showing the single piece windshield. Photo: Arthursautot, CC BY-SA 4.0
</gallery>
All photos are from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]; click a photo for its full credit and license.

== Buying a Piper PA-34 Seneca ==
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== Sources ==
<references>
<ref name="wp">Wikipedia, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-34_Seneca Piper PA-34 Seneca]", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.</ref>
<ref name="faa">Federal Aviation Administration, [https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download Releasable Aircraft Database], file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.</ref>
</references>

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