Merlin

The FAA database contains 283 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Merlin across 127 airports; damage was indicated in 1.4% and engine ingestion in 1.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2831990–export

Airports represented127distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated1.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight6effect supplied

Reported cost$703Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Merlin: 2016–2025 reporting record

Merlin has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 175 filed reports in the annual series.

20167 · 0.0% damage

20179 · 0.0% damage

201814 · 0.0% damage

201919 · 0.0% damage

202017 · 5.9% damage

202120 · 0.0% damage

202221 · 0.0% damage

202318 · 0.0% damage

202426 · 0.0% damage

202524 · 4.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Merlin: 2021–2025 by month

Merlin appears in 109 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb1

Mar3

Apr3

May4

Jun3

Jul12

Aug19

Sep28

Oct25

Nov7

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Merlin: published airport records

Merlin has 7 published airport combinations representing 87 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl27 reports · 0.0% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl17 reports · 0.0% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport8 reports · 0.0% damage PANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage