Bearhawk Five
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Bearhawk Five is the six-seat stretch of the Bearhawk 4-Place, first flown in May 2020: a 34 ft wing with a Riblett aerofoil, 3,000 lb gross, a 315 hp Lycoming IO-580 with a three-blade Trailblazer, and projected figures of 160 mph cruise, a 40 mph stall and about 1,400-1,500 lb of useful load.
This is a new and still rare design, and most of the 25 registered are recent builds or kits in progress, so the figures are the designer's projections rather than fleet experience and the buyer is largely relying on the individual builder's work and test-flight data. It is a big, heavy tailwheel aeroplane with a six-cylinder engine: high-performance for endorsement purposes, expensive to insure for a low-time pilot, and with an engine overhaul bill in the same class as a Cessna 206's. In exchange it offers a six-seat bush aeroplane with a homebuilt's maintenance rules - the owner can do the work and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate. Kits are in production and factory support is current.
Variants of the Bearhawk Five
- Bearhawk Five · 2020 · 25 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 3.8 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 5–6 seat pistons (78 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-580 (315 hp; 260-350 hp range) |
| Horsepower | 315 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2020 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 139 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 35 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,488 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,512 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 | 25 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 25 |
| Median year built | 2025 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 40 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 40 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 2 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 8 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 3 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 25 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 25 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 25 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.8 of 103 |
| Support | 2.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.5 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 3.8 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 39.55 · 78 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,692.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 18.07.
- 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