Craig Ellison BEARHAWK FOUR
N953CN is a Craig Ellison BEARHAWK FOUR, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sandpoint, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 10, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 5, 2026.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Craig Ellison
- Model
- BEARHAWK FOUR
- Serial number
- 443-87/88
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2026
- Kit
- AVIPRO AIRCRAFT LTD BEARHAWK FOUR
- Transponder code
- AD400B (octal 53240013)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 10, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 5, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01528260
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ellison Craig
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 85 Corbett Gln
Sandpoint, ID 83864-0598
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N953CN, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Ellison Craig, an individual, certificate issued March 10, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 5, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 443-87/88 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N953CN according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N953CN: Accident on May 13, 2026 at Sandpoint, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Craig Ellison BEARHAWK FOUR · operated under 091
On May 12, 2026, about 1940 Pacific daylight time (PDT), an experimental amateur-built Bearhawk Four airplane, N953CN, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Olmstead Sky Ranch in Sandpoint, Idaho. The pilot was uninjured, and the passenger sustained a minor injury. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot and a pilot-rated passenger were landing at the conclusion of the second test flight of the tailwheel-equipped airplane. The pilot reported that after the airplane touched down he noticed the right brake…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data