Bearhawk Companion
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The Bearhawk Companion is the side-by-side two-seat Bearhawk introduced in 2021, built on the Patrol's wing and tail with a 43-inch cabin, a large baggage area or a two-person jump seat, 2,200 lb gross and 160-220 hp Lycomings; the factory quotes 138 mph cruise, a 39 mph stall and 1,550 fpm.
It is the newest Bearhawk and the only one with side-by-side seats, so the nine on the register are recent builds with little fleet history; the figures are the factory's for a prototype and each aircraft's weight-and-balance and test cards are the numbers that matter. The factory's own page gives two different empty weights and two ranges, which is itself a reminder that these are early figures. Otherwise it is a Bearhawk: welded steel tube and fabric from plans or a quick-build kit, a tailwheel, an engine choice that spans 60 hp, and an owner who may maintain it with an A&P or the repairman certificate doing the condition inspection. Kits and factory support are current.
Variants of the Bearhawk Companion
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-360/IO-390 (160-220 hp) |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2021 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 120 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,550 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 34 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,000 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,200 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,200 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 9 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 9 |
| Median year built | 2024 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 1.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30