EXPERIMENTAL

The FAA database contains 309 filed wildlife-strike reports naming EXPERIMENTAL across 226 airports; damage was indicated in 34.6% and engine ingestion in 1.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3091990–export

Airports represented226distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated34.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports107FAA report field

Serious / destroyed36FAA S or D level

Effect on flight95effect supplied

Reported cost$1.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

EXPERIMENTAL: 2016–2025 reporting record

EXPERIMENTAL has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 171 filed reports in the annual series.

201610 · 30.0% damage

201711 · 36.4% damage

201816 · 50.0% damage

201923 · 39.1% damage

202012 · 33.3% damage

202119 · 26.3% damage

202216 · 25.0% damage

202316 · 37.5% damage

202427 · 3.7% damage

202521 · 28.6% damage

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

EXPERIMENTAL: published airport records

EXPERIMENTAL has no airport combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.