FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES YI001PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Purple martin

The FAA database contains 408 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Purple martin across 121 airports; damage was indicated in 3.4% and engine ingestion in 2.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4081990–export
Airports represented121distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated3.4%of filed reports
Engine ingestion2.5%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports14FAA report field
Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level
Effect on flight13effect supplied
Reported cost$1.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Purple martin: 2016–2025 reporting record

Purple martin has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 236 filed reports in the annual series.

201613 · 0.0% damage
201722 · 0.0% damage
201822 · 9.1% damage
201927 · 0.0% damage
202014 · 7.1% damage
202116 · 0.0% damage
202218 · 0.0% damage
202345 · 2.2% damage
202425 · 0.0% damage
202534 · 5.9% damage
03 / SEASON

Purple martin: 2021–2025 by month

Purple martin appears in 138 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1
Feb6
Mar8
Apr20
May10
Jun18
Jul42
Aug26
Sep6
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0