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Is a High Perfomance Endorsement required?

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I  have been instructing for about 6 years now and I am truly stumped on this question and would really appreciate your opinions! The flight school that I work for has recently purchased a Seneca II PA34-200T. At sea level the engines are rated at 200hp but at 12,000' they are rated at 215hp. My thoughts on the issue is that the FAA requires a high performance endorsement for any airplane over 200 HP, but does not specify an altitude. For this reason the PA-34-200T is considered a high performance airplane?

 

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Nicholas Campbell

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  1. John D Collins on Jul 11, 2014

    I agree with your analysis. The regulation doesn’t state the altitude. The POH specifies the engines have a rated HP at 12000 feet as 215 HP. I would consider it high performance.

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  2. Sam Dawson on Jul 12, 2014

    I second John’s opinion and reading of the regulation. This is how I approached it when I taught in Seneca IIs.

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