House sparrow

The FAA database contains 672 filed wildlife-strike reports naming House sparrow across 187 airports; damage was indicated in 0.7% and engine ingestion in 1.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports6721990–export

Airports represented187distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports5FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight8effect supplied

Reported cost$55Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

House sparrow: 2016–2025 reporting record

House sparrow has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 419 filed reports in the annual series.

201633 · 3.0% damage

201730 · 0.0% damage

201842 · 0.0% damage

201946 · 0.0% damage

202032 · 0.0% damage

202139 · 0.0% damage

202246 · 2.2% damage

202349 · 0.0% damage

202457 · 0.0% damage

202545 · 2.2% damage

03 / SEASON

House sparrow: 2021–2025 by month

House sparrow appears in 236 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan6

Feb2

Mar3

Apr17

May20

Jun41

Jul50

Aug34

Sep16

Oct25

Nov17

Dec5

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

House sparrow: published airport records

House sparrow has 16 published airport combinations representing 276 filed reports that met the publication threshold.