Wild turkey

The FAA database contains 149 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Wild turkey across 97 airports; damage was indicated in 28.9% and engine ingestion in 5.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1491990–export

Airports represented97distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated28.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports43FAA report field

Serious / destroyed5FAA S or D level

Effect on flight39effect supplied

Reported cost$862Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Wild turkey: 2016–2025 reporting record

Wild turkey has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 68 filed reports in the annual series.

20165 · 20.0% damage

20174 · 0.0% damage

20186 · 33.3% damage

20199 · 44.4% damage

202010 · 10.0% damage

20214 · 25.0% damage

20227 · 14.3% damage

20234 · 25.0% damage

202413 · 38.5% damage

20256 · 16.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Wild turkey: 2021–2025 by month

Wild turkey appears in 34 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar4

Apr7

May4

Jun6

Jul2

Aug1

Sep8

Oct1

Nov0

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Wild turkey: published airport records

Wild turkey has no airport combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.