Sandhill crane

The FAA database contains 216 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Sandhill crane across 73 airports; damage was indicated in 36.1% and engine ingestion in 12.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2161990–export

Airports represented73distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated36.1%of filed reports

Engine ingestion12.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports78FAA report field

Serious / destroyed20FAA S or D level

Effect on flight49effect supplied

Reported cost$489Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Sandhill crane: 2016–2025 reporting record

Sandhill crane has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 90 filed reports in the annual series.

20169 · 33.3% damage

201711 · 36.4% damage

20187 · 14.3% damage

20199 · 33.3% damage

202011 · 0.0% damage

20219 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 20.0% damage

202311 · 45.5% damage

202413 · 53.8% damage

20255 · 40.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Sandhill crane: 2021–2025 by month

Sandhill crane appears in 43 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb3

Mar6

Apr4

May2

Jun2

Jul10

Aug3

Sep5

Oct3

Nov1

Dec3

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Sandhill crane: published airport records

Sandhill crane has 4 published airport combinations representing 102 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KMCOOrlando Intl50 reports · 36.0% damage KISMKissimmee Gateway Arpt25 reports · 40.0% damage KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt16 reports · 43.8% damage KSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt11 reports · 18.2% damage