Mallard

The FAA database contains 1,465 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Mallard across 246 airports; damage was indicated in 16.7% and engine ingestion in 8.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,4651990–export

Airports represented246distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated16.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion8.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports244FAA report field

Serious / destroyed68FAA S or D level

Effect on flight126effect supplied

Reported cost$25.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Mallard: 2016–2025 reporting record

Mallard has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 598 filed reports in the annual series.

201662 · 11.3% damage

201764 · 7.8% damage

201858 · 8.6% damage

201967 · 11.9% damage

202040 · 7.5% damage

202141 · 9.8% damage

202257 · 15.8% damage

202374 · 17.6% damage

202474 · 12.2% damage

202561 · 18.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Mallard: 2021–2025 by month

Mallard appears in 307 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan24

Feb16

Mar36

Apr43

May46

Jun27

Jul14

Aug14

Sep15

Oct25

Nov21

Dec26

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Mallard: published airport records

Mallard has 38 published airport combinations representing 1,028 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KTEBTeterboro Airport111 reports · 8.1% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt110 reports · 10.9% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl85 reports · 24.7% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl62 reports · 8.1% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)62 reports · 8.1% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl56 reports · 12.5% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl56 reports · 8.9% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt38 reports · 13.2% damage KMCOOrlando Intl33 reports · 6.1% damage KSMFSacramento Intl30 reports · 46.7% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport25 reports · 20.0% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt24 reports · 16.7% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt24 reports · 12.5% damage KBFIBoeing Field/King County Intl Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damage KMCIKansas City Intl21 reports · 33.3% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt21 reports · 14.3% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt19 reports · 31.6% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt19 reports · 0.0% damage KCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt16 reports · 12.5% damage KMEMMemphis Intl16 reports · 43.8% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl15 reports · 13.3% damage KGFKGrand Forks Intl12 reports · 25.0% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damage KGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt11 reports · 18.2% damage PANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl11 reports · 9.1% damage KBDLBradley Intl10 reports · 10.0% damage KSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damage KSTLLambert-St Louis Intl10 reports · 40.0% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damage KRNOReno Tahoe Intl10 reports · 0.0% damage KSDFMuhammad Ali International9 reports · 0.0% damage PHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport9 reports · 11.1% damage KDALDallas Love Field Arpt8 reports · 25.0% damage KFSDJoe Foss Field Arpt8 reports · 50.0% damage KRNTRenton Municipal Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage KPWMPortland Intl Jetport (Me)8 reports · 0.0% damageKPSCTri-Cities8 reports · 37.5% damage PAFAFairbanks Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage