Ruddy duck

The FAA database contains 125 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Ruddy duck across 48 airports; damage was indicated in 23.2% and engine ingestion in 8.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1251990–export

Airports represented48distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated23.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion8.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports29FAA report field

Serious / destroyed6FAA S or D level

Effect on flight11effect supplied

Reported cost$449Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ruddy duck: 2016–2025 reporting record

Ruddy duck has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 61 filed reports in the annual series.

20164 · 50.0% damage

20175 · 20.0% damage

20187 · 42.9% damage

20197 · 28.6% damage

20206 · 0.0% damage

20215 · 20.0% damage

202212 · 33.3% damage

20234 · 25.0% damage

20243 · 33.3% damage

20258 · 25.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Ruddy duck: 2021–2025 by month

Ruddy duck appears in 32 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb2

Mar5

Apr2

May1

Jun1

Jul1

Aug0

Sep4

Oct6

Nov4

Dec5

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Ruddy duck: published airport records

Ruddy duck has 3 published airport combinations representing 46 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLGALa Guardia Arpt17 reports · 0.0% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl16 reports · 43.8% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl13 reports · 15.4% damage