Gadwall

The FAA database contains 126 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Gadwall across 47 airports; damage was indicated in 34.1% and engine ingestion in 23.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1261990–export

Airports represented47distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated34.1%of filed reports

Engine ingestion23.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports43FAA report field

Serious / destroyed10FAA S or D level

Effect on flight16effect supplied

Reported cost$13.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Gadwall: 2016–2025 reporting record

Gadwall has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 57 filed reports in the annual series.

20168 · 12.5% damage

20173 · 0.0% damage

20185 · 40.0% damage

20197 · 57.1% damage

20203 · 33.3% damage

202110 · 30.0% damage

20225 · 20.0% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

20247 · 57.1% damage

20256 · 16.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Gadwall: 2021–2025 by month

Gadwall appears in 31 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan3

Feb1

Mar3

Apr4

May2

Jun3

Jul1

Aug2

Sep0

Oct5

Nov5

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Gadwall: published airport records

Gadwall has 4 published airport combinations representing 52 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSLCSalt Lake City Intl25 reports · 40.0% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport9 reports · 33.3% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl9 reports · 22.2% damage KSMFSacramento Intl9 reports · 33.3% damage