I have over 2000 hrs in Senecas . They are easy to fly and very docile forgiving aircraft.
Most of those hours have been in seneca fives with the wastegated intercooled engines which perform better than the earlier engines.
I have had a grosse weight engine failure at 200 feet in the climb out and very few piston twins do a good job on one but is there any indication that this was an engine problem?
They will let you get away with murder and are well tried and tested aircraft.
I am afraid that all aircraft crash. Is there some statistics that Senecas have worse safety records than other twins. I doubt it.
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