Bufflehead

The FAA database contains 39 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Bufflehead across 24 airports; damage was indicated in 20.5% and engine ingestion in 2.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports391990–export

Airports represented24distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated20.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports8FAA report field

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$279Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Bufflehead: 2016–2025 reporting record

Bufflehead has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 22 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20171 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 33.3% damage

20193 · 66.7% damage

20211 · 100.0% damage

20226 · 16.7% damage

20232 · 50.0% damage

20241 · 0.0% damage

20253 · 33.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Bufflehead: 2021–2025 by month

Bufflehead appears in 13 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb2

Mar2

Apr0

May1

Jun0

Jul0

Aug1

Sep0

Oct0

Nov5

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Bufflehead: published airport records

Bufflehead has no airport combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.