Snow goose/Ross's goose complex

The FAA database contains 45 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Snow goose/Ross's goose complex across 18 airports; damage was indicated in 68.9% and engine ingestion in 37.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports451990–export

Airports represented18distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated68.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion37.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports31FAA report field

Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level

Effect on flight10effect supplied

Reported cost$820Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex: 2016–2025 reporting record

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 38 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 66.7% damage

20173 · 100.0% damage

20183 · 100.0% damage

20198 · 50.0% damage

20204 · 75.0% damage

20212 · 100.0% damage

20223 · 66.7% damage

20235 · 60.0% damage

20241 · 0.0% damage

20256 · 33.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex: 2021–2025 by month

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex appears in 17 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb0

Mar0

Apr0

May0

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct1

Nov8

Dec6

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex: published airport records

Snow goose/Ross's goose complex has 1 published airport combinations representing 11 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl11 reports · 63.6% damage