AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSJC
The FAA database contains 318 filed reports pairing Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt (KSJC) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 8.5% and engine ingestion in 7.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports3181990–export
Damage indicated278.5% of reports
Engine ingestion247.5% of reports
Latest report2026-07-15in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSJC: 318 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSJC contains 318 filed reports; 27 indicate damage and 24 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.