American white pelican

The FAA database contains 38 filed wildlife-strike reports naming American white pelican across 25 airports; damage was indicated in 63.2% and engine ingestion in 13.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports381990–export

Airports represented25distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated63.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion13.2%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports24FAA report field

Serious / destroyed11FAA S or D level

Effect on flight18effect supplied

Reported cost$19.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

American white pelican: 2016–2025 reporting record

American white pelican has 7 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 18 filed reports in the annual series.

20173 · 33.3% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20215 · 80.0% damage

20222 · 100.0% damage

20242 · 50.0% damage

20253 · 66.7% damage

03 / SEASON

American white pelican: 2021–2025 by month

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

Jan0

Feb0

Mar1

Apr2

May2

Jun2

Jul0

Aug1

Sep3

Oct1

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

American white pelican: published airport records

American white pelican has 1 published airport combinations representing 12 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSLCSalt Lake City Intl12 reports · 75.0% damage