PA-28

The FAA database contains 2,201 filed wildlife-strike reports naming PA-28 across 644 airports; damage was indicated in 25.5% and engine ingestion in 0.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2,2011990–export

Airports represented644distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated25.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.9%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports562FAA report field

Serious / destroyed96FAA S or D level

Effect on flight679effect supplied

Reported cost$2.7Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

PA-28: 2016–2025 reporting record

PA-28 has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,284 filed reports in the annual series.

201650 · 22.0% damage

201774 · 14.9% damage

201899 · 23.2% damage

2019100 · 27.0% damage

2020111 · 21.6% damage

2021152 · 23.0% damage

2022138 · 12.3% damage

2023157 · 17.8% damage

2024190 · 18.4% damage

2025213 · 12.2% damage

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

PA-28: published airport records

PA-28 has 33 published airport combinations representing 800 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KGFKGrand Forks Intl117 reports · 14.5% damage KMLBMelbourne Intl53 reports · 24.5% damage KVRBVero Beach Municipal52 reports · 32.7% damage KSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt44 reports · 18.2% damage KFPRTreasure Coast International Airport33 reports · 36.4% damage KMKCCharles B Wheeler Downtown Arpt28 reports · 0.0% damage KDVTPhoenix Deer Valley Arpt26 reports · 11.5% damage KOUNUniv Of Oklahoma Westheimer Arpt24 reports · 4.2% damage KCMIUniv Of Illinois -Willard Arpt24 reports · 8.3% damage KFFZFalcon Field Arpt23 reports · 8.7% damage KDABDaytona Beach Intl23 reports · 17.4% damage KIWAPhoenix-Mesa Gateway22 reports · 9.1% damage KPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt20 reports · 5.0% damage KFRGRepublic Airport20 reports · 30.0% damage KRVSRichard Lloyd Jones Jr Arpt20 reports · 5.0% damage KLAFPurdue Univ Arpt19 reports · 10.5% damage KORLExecutive Arpt19 reports · 21.1% damage KDXRDanbury Municipal Arpt17 reports · 35.3% damage KFXEFort Lauderdale Executive Arpt17 reports · 5.9% damage 1G0Wood County Regional Airport16 reports · 6.2% damage KGONGroton-New London Ar16 reports · 18.8% damage KTKIMckinney National Arpt15 reports · 20.0% damage KDPADupage Airport15 reports · 46.7% damage KPDKDekalb-Peachtree Arpt15 reports · 20.0% damage KPOCBrackett Field Arpt15 reports · 6.7% damage KBDRIgor I Sikorsky Memorial14 reports · 28.6% damage KMYFMontgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport14 reports · 7.1% damage KDWHDavid Wayne Hooks Memorial Arpt14 reports · 28.6% damage KBVYBeverly Municipal Arpt14 reports · 14.3% damage KPAOPalo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County13 reports · 23.1% damage KFNLFort Collins-Loveland Muni Arpt13 reports · 15.4% damage KPMPPompano Beach Airpark13 reports · 15.4% damage KCNOChino Airport12 reports · 16.7% damage