FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES N6002PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Spotted sandpiper

The FAA database contains 59 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Spotted sandpiper across 32 airports; damage was indicated in 1.7% and engine ingestion in 6.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports591990–export
Airports represented32distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated1.7%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.8%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight2effect supplied
Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Spotted sandpiper: 2016–2025 reporting record

Spotted sandpiper has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 33 filed reports in the annual series.

20164 · 0.0% damage
20172 · 0.0% damage
20184 · 0.0% damage
20192 · 0.0% damage
20203 · 0.0% damage
20213 · 0.0% damage
20221 · 0.0% damage
20237 · 0.0% damage
20243 · 0.0% damage
20254 · 25.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Spotted sandpiper: 2021–2025 by month

Spotted sandpiper appears in 18 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May4
Jun0
Jul5
Aug2
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Spotted sandpiper: published airport records

Spotted sandpiper has 1 published airport combinations representing 15 filed reports that met the publication threshold.