claritystorm/faa-wildlife-strikes

---
license: other
license_name: us-government-works
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- tabular-regression
tags:
- aviation
- wildlife
- safety
- faa
- birdstrike
- geospatial
pretty_name: FAA Wildlife Strikes 1990-Present
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
---

# FAA Wildlife Strikes 1990–Present

**341,090 wildlife strike reports** from the FAA National Wildlife Strike Database (NWSD) — every reported strike since 1990. 113 fields including species, damage severity, aircraft type, phase of flight, airport, cost of repairs, and ClarityStorm-computed risk tiers.

**This repository contains a 1,000-row sample (public domain).**
Full dataset (341K records, CSV + Parquet) → **[claritystorm.com/datasets/faa-wildlife-strikes](https://claritystorm.com/datasets/faa-wildlife-strikes)**

## Quick Start

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("claritystorm/faa-wildlife-strikes")

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("sample_1000.csv")
print(df["damage_label"].value_counts())
print(df["species_risk_tier"].value_counts())
```

## Tags

- aviation, wildlife, birdstrike, FAA, safety, geospatial, species, risk-scoring

## Schema (selected fields)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| record_id | int | FAA unique strike record identifier |
| incident_date | string | Date of strike (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| incident_year | int | Year (1990–2026) |
| incident_month | int | Month (1–12) |
| season | string | Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall (computed) |
| airport_id | string | FAA airport identifier (ICAO) |
| airport | string | Airport name |
| state | string | US state abbreviation |
| faa_region | string | FAA region code |
| faa_region_name | string | FAA region full name (computed) |
| aircraft | string | Aircraft make/model |
| ac_class | string | Aircraft class code (A=Airplane, B=Helicopter, etc.) |
| ac_class_label | string | Aircraft class full label (computed) |
| engine_type | string | Engine type code |
| engine_type_label | string | Engine type full label (computed) |
| phase_of_flight | string | Phase of flight at time of strike |
| height_agl_ft | float | Height above ground level in feet |
| speed_kts | float | Aircraft speed in knots |
| species_id | string | FAA species identifier |
| species | string | Wildlife common name |
| wildlife_size | string | Small / Medium / Large |
| damage | string | Damage code (N/M/S/D) |
| damage_label | string | None / Minor / Substantial / Destroyed (computed) |
| damage_severity_tier | int | 0=None, 1=Minor, 2=Substantial, 3=Destroyed (computed) |
| species_risk_tier | string | Low / Medium / High / Critical (computed) |
| species_risk_score | float | Risk score = mean_severity × log(strike_count) (computed) |
| is_migratory_species | bool | Whether species is typically migratory (computed) |
| cost_repairs_infl_adj_usd | float | Repair cost (inflation-adjusted USD) |
| cost_bucket | string | Cost bucket: None / <$1K / $1K–$10K / etc. (computed) |
| num_injuries | int | Number of human injuries |
| num_fatalities | int | Number of fatalities |
| any_engine_ingestion | bool | Whether any engine ingested wildlife (computed) |
| has_damage | bool | Whether strike caused aircraft damage (computed) |
| pilot_warned | bool | Whether pilot was warned of wildlife |
| airport_latitude | float | Airport latitude (WGS 84) |
| airport_longitude | float | Airport longitude (WGS 84) |

## Dataset Stats

- **Records**: 341,090 strike reports
- **Years**: 1990–2026
- **Species**: 952 distinct wildlife species
- **Airports**: 2,764 US and international airports
- **States/Territories**: 67

## Damage Distribution

| Level | Count |
|-------|-------|
| None | 198,447 |
| Minor | 8,762 |
| Substantial | 4,388 |
| Destroyed | 88 |

## ⬇️ Get the Full Dataset

| Tier | Price | Includes |
|------|-------|----------|
| Sample | Free | 1,000 rows, public domain (this repo) |
| Complete | $99 | All 341K records, CSV + Parquet, commercial license |
| Annual | $199/yr | Complete + annual updates |

👉 **[Purchase at claritystorm.com/datasets/faa-wildlife-strikes](https://claritystorm.com/datasets/faa-wildlife-strikes)**

## Source

FAA National Wildlife Strike Database (NWSD) — Federal Aviation Administration.
FAA data is a US federal government work in the **public domain** (17 U.S.C. 105).
Source: https://wildlife.faa.gov/

Processed and enriched by [ClarityStorm Data](https://claritystorm.com).