C-172

The FAA database contains 4,012 filed wildlife-strike reports naming C-172 across 851 airports; damage was indicated in 20.4% and engine ingestion in 0.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports4,0121990–export

Airports represented851distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated20.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports818FAA report field

Serious / destroyed105FAA S or D level

Effect on flight1,210effect supplied

Reported cost$3.4Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

C-172: 2016–2025 reporting record

C-172 has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,343 filed reports in the annual series.

2016137 · 22.6% damage

2017171 · 17.5% damage

2018180 · 21.1% damage

2019245 · 23.7% damage

2020225 · 15.1% damage

2021223 · 18.4% damage

2022206 · 18.0% damage

2023242 · 14.0% damage

2024377 · 18.6% damage

2025337 · 20.5% damage

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

C-172: published airport records

C-172 has 73 published airport combinations representing 2,035 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDABDaytona Beach Intl197 reports · 15.7% damage KSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt124 reports · 21.0% damage KPRCPrescott Regional Airport-Ernest A Love Field85 reports · 16.5% damage KIWAPhoenix-Mesa Gateway73 reports · 15.1% damage KAPACentennial Arpt62 reports · 17.7% damage KEVBNew Smyrna Beach Municipal Arpt53 reports · 20.8% damage KGFKGrand Forks Intl51 reports · 19.6% damage KFINFlagler County Arpt46 reports · 26.1% damage KBJCRocky Mountain Metropolitan Arpt42 reports · 14.3% damage KPAOPalo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County41 reports · 14.6% damage KORLExecutive Arpt38 reports · 13.2% damage KTMBKendall-Tamiami Executive Arpt37 reports · 18.9% damage KADSAddison Airport35 reports · 5.7% damage KFXEFort Lauderdale Executive Arpt32 reports · 3.1% damage KCCRBuchanan Field Arpt30 reports · 13.3% damage KHWONorth Perry Arpt30 reports · 16.7% damage KVNYVan Nuys Arpt30 reports · 6.7% damage KCNOChino Airport30 reports · 13.3% damage KSBASanta Barbara Municipal30 reports · 16.7% damage KHWDHayward Executive Arpt27 reports · 18.5% damage KRVSRichard Lloyd Jones Jr Arpt26 reports · 7.7% damage KDVTPhoenix Deer Valley Arpt26 reports · 7.7% damage KCRGCraig Municipal Arpt26 reports · 19.2% damage PHJRKalaeloa Arpt John Rodgers Field26 reports · 7.7% damage KLVKLivermore Municipal Arpt25 reports · 24.0% damage KLGBLong Beach-Daugh Fld25 reports · 8.0% damage KOMNOrmond Beach Municipal Arpt24 reports · 29.2% damage KOSUOhio State University24 reports · 12.5% damage KPDKDekalb-Peachtree Arpt24 reports · 4.2% damage KRHVReid-Hillview Arpt Of Santa Clara Cnty23 reports · 4.3% damage KLOUBowman Field23 reports · 4.3% damage KDPADupage Airport21 reports · 9.5% damage KPNSPensacola Intl Arpt21 reports · 4.8% damage KCMACamarillo20 reports · 10.0% damage KTKIMckinney National Arpt20 reports · 15.0% damage KCOSCity Of Colorado Springs Muni Aprt19 reports · 0.0% damage KISPLong Island Mac Arthur19 reports · 26.3% damage KAPCNapa County Arpt18 reports · 22.2% damage KGKYArlington Municipal Arpt (Tx)18 reports · 11.1% damageKSDLScottsdale Arpt18 reports · 5.6% damage KBKLBurke Lakefront18 reports · 5.6% damage KLAFPurdue Univ Arpt18 reports · 11.1% damage KSACSacramento Executive Arpt18 reports · 33.3% damage KCDWEssex County Airport17 reports · 17.6% damage KCFOColorado Air And Space Port Airport17 reports · 0.0% damage KHEFManassas Regnl Arpt/Harry P. Davis Field17 reports · 29.4% damage KOPFOpa-Locka Executive Arpt17 reports · 47.1% damage KSQLSan Carlos Arpt17 reports · 5.9% damage KRNTRenton Municipal Arpt17 reports · 29.4% damage KCPSSt Louis Downtown17 reports · 29.4% damage