Mallard/American black duck complex

The FAA database contains 52 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Mallard/American black duck complex across 28 airports; damage was indicated in 25.0% and engine ingestion in 13.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports521990–export

Airports represented28distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated25.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion13.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports13FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight6effect supplied

Reported cost$966Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Mallard/American black duck complex: 2016–2025 reporting record

Mallard/American black duck complex has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 40 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 100.0% damage

20172 · 50.0% damage

20182 · 0.0% damage

20192 · 50.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20216 · 16.7% damage

20226 · 16.7% damage

20239 · 33.3% damage

20247 · 28.6% damage

20253 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Mallard/American black duck complex: 2021–2025 by month

Mallard/American black duck complex appears in 31 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb5

Mar5

Apr4

May1

Jun3

Jul0

Aug0

Sep1

Oct2

Nov4

Dec4

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Mallard/American black duck complex: published airport records

Mallard/American black duck complex has 1 published airport combinations representing 9 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl9 reports · 44.4% damage