Brown pelican

The FAA database contains 92 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Brown pelican across 31 airports; damage was indicated in 28.3% and engine ingestion in 12.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports921990–export

Airports represented31distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated28.3%of filed reports

Engine ingestion12.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports26FAA report field

Serious / destroyed9FAA S or D level

Effect on flight17effect supplied

Reported cost$560Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Brown pelican: 2016–2025 reporting record

Brown pelican has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 34 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20172 · 0.0% damage

20184 · 25.0% damage

20195 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 50.0% damage

20213 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 0.0% damage

20235 · 20.0% damage

20247 · 14.3% damage

20252 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Brown pelican: 2021–2025 by month

Brown pelican appears in 19 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb2

Mar0

Apr0

May2

Jun2

Jul4

Aug2

Sep1

Oct2

Nov1

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Brown pelican: published airport records

Brown pelican has 2 published airport combinations representing 40 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt27 reports · 37.0% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl13 reports · 15.4% damage