Lesser scaup

The FAA database contains 96 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Lesser scaup across 53 airports; damage was indicated in 38.5% and engine ingestion in 22.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports961990–export

Airports represented53distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated38.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion22.9%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports37FAA report field

Serious / destroyed13FAA S or D level

Effect on flight15effect supplied

Reported cost$405Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Lesser scaup: 2016–2025 reporting record

Lesser scaup has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 46 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 33.3% damage

20173 · 0.0% damage

20182 · 100.0% damage

20196 · 16.7% damage

20205 · 40.0% damage

20217 · 28.6% damage

20225 · 80.0% damage

20235 · 60.0% damage

20243 · 33.3% damage

20257 · 42.9% damage

03 / SEASON

Lesser scaup: 2021–2025 by month

Lesser scaup appears in 27 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb3

Mar5

Apr3

May0

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct2

Nov9

Dec5

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Lesser scaup: published airport records

Lesser scaup has no airport combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.