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1981 Piper Seneca IIIMulti-Engine Piston Aircraft • Bozeman, MT, USA

This 1981 Piper Seneca III, registration N838RJ, is a well-equipped piston twin based in Bozeman, Montana, with a total airframe time of 4,419 hours. The airframe features a comprehensive LoPresti speed modification package including cowling nose bowls, landing gear fairings, a speed splitter, flap bracket fairings, and flap gap seals, as well as vortex generators. It is equipped with a Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) system, featuring a pneumatic deicing system for the wing and stabilizer leading edges, along with electrothermal propeller deicing, a heated windshield, heated pitot head, ice light, and heated stall warning.

The aircraft is...

Year
1981
Make
Piper
Series
PA-34 Seneca
Model
Seneca III
Tail #
N838RJ
Serial #
34-8133089

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Specifications

Category
Multi-Engine Piston
Intended Use
Business, Recreational

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time
4,419 hrs
Engine 1 Time
146 hrs
Engine 2 Time
1,317 hrs
Prop 1 Time
177 hrs
Prop 2 Time
1,177 hrs
Inspection Status
Last Annual January 26, 2026

Avionics

Comms

Garmin GTX 750 Xi - All the are products: GTX Nav/Com/GPS, GTX Nav/Com/Gps, GA 35 GPS Antenna

GPS

Garmin GTX 750 Xi - All the are products: GTX Nav/Com/GPS, GTX Nav/Com/Gps, GA 35 GPS Antenna

ADSB

Garmin GTX 345 - GTX Transponder

ADS-B In

Garmin GTX 345 - GTX Transponder

Transponder

Garmin GTX 345 - GTX Transponder

MFD

Garmin GI 275 - G.I. MFD ind.

AP

King KFC 200 - Right Tso 177 Left Tso 1176

Weather

Insight SF-2000 Strikefinder - Digital Weather Avoidance System

EMS

JPI EDM-760 - JPI Twin Engine Analyzer

Additional Equipment

Oxygen System

Scott Aviation Ambassador MK III - Fixed Oxygen System MK III System

Noise System

Quiet Flight Aircraft Noise Cancellation System

Strobe Lights

Whelen - Wing Tip Strobe Lights

Sun Visors

Rosen - Cockpit Sunvisors

Engine Heater

Tanis - Heater

Bluetooth Adapter

Flight Stream 510 - Bluetooth Adapter

USB Charger

GSB 15 - GSB USB Charger/Data Port

Stratus Power

Stratus Power 153010-00029 - Charger Port

Intercooler

ACD - ACD Corporation Intercooler Systems On Both Engines

Prop Deice

McCauley - Propeller System

Pitot Heat

Heated Pitot Head

Stall Warning

Heated Stall Warning

Wastegate

Merlyn - Automatic Wastegates Turbocharger Differential Pressure Control System

Engine Primer

Right Engine Optional Engine Primer System

Blind Encoder

Garmin GEA 12 - GEA Blind Encoder

Antenna

Garmin GA 35 - GA GPS Antenna

Oxygen Regulator

Oxygen Regulator Overhauled January 13, 2025

Oxygen Tank

Oxygen Tank Overhauled January 2026

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year
2002
Paint Year
2000
Interior Notes
Interior Re-upholstery January 2002
Exterior Notes
Exterior Repaint In October 2000

Engine & Propeller

Engine Type
Piston
Engine Count
2

Asking Price

$219,000

Aircraft Location

Bozeman, MT, USA

Listing Details

Used
For Sale

Price History

Apr 22, 2026: $219,000(-$26,000) - controller

Mar 19, 2026: $245,000 - controller

Contact Seller

First Seen: Mar 19, 2026

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$219,000