FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES N5104PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

American golden-plover

The FAA database contains 355 filed wildlife-strike reports naming American golden-plover across 101 airports; damage was indicated in 1.7% and engine ingestion in 3.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3551990–export
Airports represented101distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated1.7%of filed reports
Engine ingestion3.9%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports6FAA report field
Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level
Effect on flight6effect supplied
Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

American golden-plover: 2016–2025 reporting record

American golden-plover has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 197 filed reports in the annual series.

201617 · 0.0% damage
201720 · 5.0% damage
201810 · 0.0% damage
201917 · 0.0% damage
202020 · 5.0% damage
202122 · 0.0% damage
202228 · 3.6% damage
202320 · 0.0% damage
202418 · 0.0% damage
202525 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

American golden-plover: 2021–2025 by month

American golden-plover appears in 113 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr8
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug5
Sep66
Oct25
Nov2
Dec0