Common loon

The FAA database contains 56 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Common loon across 38 airports; damage was indicated in 50.0% and engine ingestion in 12.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports561990–export

Airports represented38distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated50.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion12.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports28FAA report field

Serious / destroyed14FAA S or D level

Effect on flight14effect supplied

Reported cost$4.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Common loon: 2016–2025 reporting record

Common loon has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 25 filed reports in the annual series.

20164 · 50.0% damage

20172 · 50.0% damage

20186 · 16.7% damage

20193 · 33.3% damage

20202 · 50.0% damage

20211 · 100.0% damage

20223 · 66.7% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

20241 · 100.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Common loon: 2021–2025 by month

Common loon appears in 8 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr2

May2

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct0

Nov4

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Common loon: published airport records

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