AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KSBA
The FAA database contains 16 filed reports pairing Santa Barbara Municipal (KSBA) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 6.2% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports161990–export
Damage indicated16.2% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2024-06-16in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KSBA: 16 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KSBA contains 16 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.