On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:57:00 GMT, Ken Reed wrote:

I may go look at a 1977 Seneca II later this week. What are specific
areas to evaluate more closely on pre-buy and overall things to look for ?

Thanks -

KR

I agree with most of what Nathan has said, but out of the 3 seneca
ll's that I have flown, 2 had club seating and they didnt seem to
bother me at 6'1" 225 lbs. I liked the club seating personally, It
seemed to give a little more room for the passengers. I also think
that they are a good family plane. They are affordable at 24 gallons
an hour and I plan for around 170 true. For most flights, it gets you
to where you want to go fairly cheaply and at a nice pace. The only
other thing that I can add to as far as what to lok for is to make
sure that the trunnion AD has been done, which I believe they cost
around 3500.00 each X 2. Also, if the tanks have bladders in them,
make sure that they are in good shape. I have never had an issue with
any of the seneca's eating cylinders, and we are pretty hard on one of
our planes putting around 400 hours on them just in the last year.


Scott D.