AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLGB
The FAA database contains 87 filed reports pairing Long Beach-Daugh Fld (KLGB) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 9.2% and engine ingestion in 10.3%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports871990–export
Damage indicated89.2% of reports
Engine ingestion910.3% of reports
Latest report2025-04-07in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLGB: 87 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLGB contains 87 filed reports; 8 indicate damage and 9 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.