Bearhawk Patrol
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 Patrol is the tandem two-seat Bearhawk, a Super Cub-class steel-tube-and-fabric taildragger with a 32-inch cabin, 2,000 lb gross and a 180 hp Lycoming O-360 standard; the factory quotes 148 mph cruise, a 36 mph stall, 1,500 fpm and 850 lb of useful load, cruising at four times its stall speed.
The Patrol is for the buyer who wants Super Cub field performance with 30 mph more cruise and a wider cabin, and is prepared to accept a homebuilt: plans-built or AviPro quick-build, so welding, fabric and gear attachments are the inspection items and the builder's log is the history. Engines run from 160 to 220 hp and the factory's own figures disagree on range (600 or 810 miles depending on which part of the page you read), so the aircraft's own weight-and-balance, tanks and cruise figures are the ones to use. Big tyres and extended gear are common and change the handling and the hangar height. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; kits are in production and the type has a small but active community.
Variants of the Bearhawk Patrol
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 11.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-360/IO-360-M1A (180 hp standard; 160-220 hp; Rotax 916iS option) |
| Horsepower | 180 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 129 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 850 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,150 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 | 53 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 51 |
| Median year built | 2020 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 98.04 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 98.04 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 10 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.61 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 4 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 51 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 51 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 51 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 3 of 103 |
| Support | 3.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4.7 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 11.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- 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