Northern pintail

The FAA database contains 283 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Northern pintail across 57 airports; damage was indicated in 44.2% and engine ingestion in 29.3%. 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 represented57distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated44.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion29.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports125FAA report field

Serious / destroyed28FAA S or D level

Effect on flight50effect supplied

Reported cost$14.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Northern pintail: 2016–2025 reporting record

Northern pintail has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 137 filed reports in the annual series.

20166 · 50.0% damage

201714 · 50.0% damage

201815 · 53.3% damage

201921 · 33.3% damage

20206 · 0.0% damage

202115 · 46.7% damage

20225 · 60.0% damage

202314 · 57.1% damage

202415 · 53.3% damage

202526 · 23.1% damage

03 / SEASON

Northern pintail: 2021–2025 by month

Northern pintail appears in 75 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan8

Feb7

Mar6

Apr1

May2

Jun0

Jul1

Aug1

Sep3

Oct11

Nov15

Dec20

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Northern pintail: published airport records

Northern pintail has 3 published airport combinations representing 193 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl152 reports · 42.1% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl26 reports · 42.3% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)15 reports · 53.3% damage