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

This 1981 Piper Seneca III, registered as N838RJ, presents a well-equipped piston twin with 4,419 total hours on the airframe. It features a Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) certification with a pneumatic deicing system for the wing and stabilizer leading edges, an electrothermal propeller deicing system, a heated windshield, and a heated pitot head. The aircraft's avionics suite was newly installed as of April 2023 and is centered on Garmin products, including dual GTN Xi-series navigators (a GTN 750 Xi and a GTN 650 Xi), a GTX 345 transponder, a GI 275 multi-function display, and a GEA 12 blind encoder, supported by a Flight Stream 510...

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
Recreational

Hours, Logs & Inspections

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

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GTX 750 Xi - GTX Nav/Com/GPS, GTX Nav/Com/GPS, MFD GA GPS Antenna GEA Encoder

Comms

Garmin GTX 750 Xi - GTX Nav/Com/GPS, GTX Nav/Com/GPS

AP

King KFC 200

Weather

Insight SF-2000 - Strikefinder Digital Weather Avoidance System

Traffic

Garmin GTX 345 - GTX Transponder

ADSB

Garmin GTX 345 - GTX Transponder

PFD

Garmin GI 275 - GI MFD Ind.

EMS

JPI EDM-760 - JPI Twin Engine Analyzer

Additional Equipment

Ice Protection System

McCauley Propeller Deicing System - FIKI Wing Leading Edges Stabilizer Leading Edges Windshield Heating Unit Heated Pitot Head Light Heated Stall Warning

Oxygen System

Scott Aviation Ambassador MK III - Fixed Oxygen System MK III System. Oxygen Regulator Overhauled January 13, 2025. Oxygen Tank Overhauled January 2026.

Engine Heater

Tanis Heater - Right Engine

Wastegate Control

Merlyn Automatic Wastegates - I.e. Turbocharger Differential Pressure Control System

Bluetooth Adapter

Flight Stream 510 - Bluetooth Adapter

USB Charger

GSB 15 - GSB USB Charger/Data Port

Charger Port

Stratus Power 153010–00029 - Charger Port

Noise Cancellation System

Quiet Flight - Aircraft Noise, Cancellation System

Strobe Lights

Whelen - Strobe Lights (Wing Tip)

Vortex Generators

Covers

Bruce Canopy Cover, Bruce Insulated Engine Covers (New)

Sunvisors

Rosen - Cockpit Sunvisors

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
Engine Make
Continental
Engine Model
LTSIO360E
Propeller Model
McCauley 3AF32C508, McCauley 3AF32C509

Asking Price

$245,000

Aircraft Location

Bozeman, MT, USA

Listing Details

Used
For Sale

Price History

Mar 19, 2026: $245,000 - controller

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First Seen: Mar 19, 2026

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