FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES L3103PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Sharp-tailed grouse

The FAA database contains 34 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Sharp-tailed grouse across 7 airports; damage was indicated in 2.9% and engine ingestion in 2.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports341990–export
Airports represented7distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated2.9%of filed reports
Engine ingestion2.9%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight4effect supplied
Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Sharp-tailed grouse: 2016–2025 reporting record

Sharp-tailed grouse has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 25 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage
20175 · 0.0% damage
20181 · 0.0% damage
20191 · 0.0% damage
20202 · 0.0% damage
20211 · 0.0% damage
20222 · 0.0% damage
20233 · 0.0% damage
20244 · 25.0% damage
20254 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Sharp-tailed grouse: 2021–2025 by month

Sharp-tailed grouse appears in 14 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct4
Nov3
Dec1
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Sharp-tailed grouse: published airport records

Sharp-tailed grouse has 2 published airport combinations representing 27 filed reports that met the publication threshold.