Narrative:

I was instructing in a piper PA28-161 warrior. My student was making the landing rollout; completing a normal full flap night landing. He made three touch and goes and the full stop was to be our last landing of the evening. No deer were seen during any of the first three landings. Runway lights were on the medium step; and all appeared to be illuminated. The aircraft's beacon; strobes; navigation lights; and nose mounted led landing light were on and operating throughout the landing roll and at the time of the deer strike.during landing roll; at approximately mid-field on the 5;000 foot runway; the student had slowed the plane to about 20 mph a small buck deer came into view walking left to right onto the runway 30 yards ahead of us. The student in the left seat applied heavy braking. I took the controls and applied maximum braking and had slowed to about 3 miles per hour. With no way to avoid the deer; we watched as the small buck walked into the idling prop.exiting the plane; we found the dead buck laying on its right side about three feet behind the nose wheel and under the inboard portion of the right wing. It appeared as though the propeller struck the deer near the right hindquarters; breaking its back. I would estimate the weight of the animal to be about 75 pounds.no attempt was made to restart the engine; which died when the prop stopped as it hit the deer. Instead; we completed the shutdown checklist and secured the aircraft. I walked to the hangar and brought a golf cart to the aircraft. After removing the deer carcass from the runway; we towed the aircraft to its hangar with a tow bar and the golf cart.a precursory inspection in the lighted hangar revealed no visible damage to the propeller; cowling; or nose gear assembly. I stress the visual examination was precursory and in no way equaled a professional assessment by a qualified a&P mechanic. No one was injured.

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Title: PA28 pilots reported that during landing rollout; a deer walked in front of the aircraft and was struck by the propeller.

Narrative: I was instructing in a Piper PA28-161 Warrior. My student was making the landing rollout; completing a normal full flap night landing. He made three touch and goes and the full stop was to be our last landing of the evening. No deer were seen during any of the first three landings. Runway lights were on the medium step; and all appeared to be illuminated. The aircraft's beacon; strobes; navigation lights; and nose mounted LED landing light were on and operating throughout the landing roll and at the time of the deer strike.During landing roll; at approximately mid-field on the 5;000 foot runway; the student had slowed the plane to about 20 mph a small buck deer came into view walking left to right onto the runway 30 yards ahead of us. The student in the left seat applied heavy braking. I took the controls and applied maximum braking and had slowed to about 3 miles per hour. With no way to avoid the deer; we watched as the small buck walked into the idling prop.Exiting the plane; we found the dead buck laying on its right side about three feet behind the nose wheel and under the inboard portion of the right wing. It appeared as though the propeller struck the deer near the right hindquarters; breaking its back. I would estimate the weight of the animal to be about 75 pounds.No attempt was made to restart the engine; which died when the prop stopped as it hit the deer. Instead; we completed the shutdown checklist and secured the aircraft. I walked to the hangar and brought a golf cart to the aircraft. After removing the deer carcass from the runway; we towed the aircraft to its hangar with a tow bar and the golf cart.A precursory inspection in the lighted hangar revealed no visible damage to the propeller; cowling; or nose gear assembly. I stress the visual examination was precursory and in no way equaled a professional assessment by a qualified A&P mechanic. No one was injured.

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