Common grackle

The FAA database contains 426 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Common grackle across 123 airports; damage was indicated in 2.3% and engine ingestion in 4.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4261990–export

Airports represented123distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.3%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.2%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports10FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight10effect supplied

Reported cost$39Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Common grackle: 2016–2025 reporting record

Common grackle has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 233 filed reports in the annual series.

201621 · 0.0% damage

201720 · 5.0% damage

201819 · 0.0% damage

201924 · 0.0% damage

202011 · 0.0% damage

202121 · 0.0% damage

202227 · 0.0% damage

202337 · 2.7% damage

202428 · 0.0% damage

202525 · 4.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Common grackle: 2021–2025 by month

Common grackle appears in 138 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan5

Feb4

Mar11

Apr3

May45

Jun26

Jul14

Aug9

Sep3

Oct2

Nov6

Dec10

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Common grackle: published airport records

Common grackle has 13 published airport combinations representing 195 filed reports that met the publication threshold.