American alligator

The FAA database contains 36 filed wildlife-strike reports naming American alligator across 8 airports; damage was indicated in 2.8% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports361990–export

Airports represented8distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

American alligator: 2016–2025 reporting record

American alligator has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 17 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20173 · 33.3% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20192 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 0.0% damage

20221 · 0.0% damage

20231 · 0.0% damage

20243 · 0.0% damage

20252 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

American alligator: 2021–2025 by month

American alligator appears in 9 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar0

Apr0

May2

Jun1

Jul2

Aug0

Sep1

Oct0

Nov1

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

American alligator: published airport records

American alligator has 2 published airport combinations representing 29 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt19 reports · 0.0% damage KMCOOrlando Intl10 reports · 0.0% damage