Ducks, geese, swans

The FAA database contains 134 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Ducks, geese, swans across 62 airports; damage was indicated in 47.8% and engine ingestion in 16.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1341990–export

Airports represented62distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated47.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion16.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports64FAA report field

Serious / destroyed14FAA S or D level

Effect on flight25effect supplied

Reported cost$1.8Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ducks, geese, swans: 2016–2025 reporting record

Ducks, geese, swans has 7 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 9 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 100.0% damage

20221 · 100.0% damage

20231 · 100.0% damage

20242 · 0.0% damage

20251 · 100.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Ducks, geese, swans: 2021–2025 by month

Ducks, geese, swans appears in 5 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar1

Apr0

May0

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct0

Nov1

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Ducks, geese, swans: published airport records

Ducks, geese, swans has 2 published airport combinations representing 26 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl15 reports · 46.7% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damage