Introduction; This Handbook; A Current Status; Unless Kept In - Piper SENECA III Pilot's Information Manual

PIPER
AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
SECTION I
PA-34-220T, SENECA III GENERAL
SECTION
1
GENERAL
Ll INTRODUCTION
This Pilot's Operating Handbook
is designed for maximum utilization
as an operating
guide for the
pilot.
It
includes
the
material required
to be
furnished
to the
pilot by FAR 23. It also contains
supplemental
data
supphed by the
airplane
manufacturer.
This handbook
is
not
designed
as a
substitute for adequate and
com-
petent flight instruction,
knowledge of
current
airworthiness
directives
and
applicable
federal
air regulations
or advisory
circulars.
It is
not
intended
to
be a guide for basic flight
instruction
or
a training manual and
should
not
be
used for
operational
purposes
unless kept in
a current
status.
Assurance
that the
airplane is in
an airworthy
condition is the
responsi,
bility
of the owner. The
pilot in
command is
responsible
for determining that
the airplane
is safe for flight.
The
pilot is
also responsible
for remaining
within the
operating limitations
as
outlined
by instrument
markings,
placards.
and this handbook.
Ahhough the arrangement
of this handbook
is intended
to
increase its
m-fhght
capabilities, it
should
not
be
used solely
as an
occasional operating
reference. The
pilot should study
the
entire
handbook
to
become familiar
with the limitations,
performance,
procedures
and
operational
handling
characteristics
of the airplane
before
flight,
The handbook
has been divided into numbered
(arabic)
sections,
each
provided
with
a
"finger-tip" tab
divider for quick
reference. The limi-
lations and
emergency procedures have been placed ahead
of the
normal
procedures,
performance
and other
sections
to
provide easier
access to
míormation
that may be
required in flight. The "Emergency
Procedures"
Section has been furnished
with
a
red tab
divider to present
an
instant
reference
to the section. Provisions for
expansion
of the
handbook have
been made
by the
deliberate
omission of certain
paragraph numbers, figure
numbers.
item
numbers
and
pages
noted
as
being intentionally
left blank.
ISSUED:
JANUARY
8. 1981 REPORT: VB-1110
REVISED:
AUGUST 9, 1982
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