FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA AIRCRAFT FIELDPUBLIC FAA RECORD

AIRCRAFT PROFILE

DC-9

The FAA database contains 704 filed wildlife-strike reports naming DC-9 across 135 airports; damage was indicated in 5.7% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports7041990–export
Airports represented135distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated5.7%of filed reports
Engine ingestion1.8%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports40FAA report field
Serious / destroyed5FAA S or D level
Effect on flight28effect supplied
Reported cost$2Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

DC-9: 2016–2025 reporting record

DC-9 has 5 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 7 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage
20171 · 0.0% damage
20191 · 0.0% damage
20212 · 0.0% damage
20222 · 0.0% damage