C402 captain reported a deer strike during a night landing.

Attributes
ACN	1605746
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird

Narrative:

Landing on runway xx at ZZZ on my last flight of the night; I was on my ground rollout between 50-60 knots. I noticed ahead of us there were at least 3 deer running out on the runway. I had little time to react; and I engaged maximum braking in an attempt to avoid making direct contact with them.one of the deer was struck directly by the nose gear at a speed of approximately 30-40 knots. The deer appeared to go under the aircraft's left front side; without making contact with either of the propellers. The aircraft came to a complete stop; and was shutdown on the runway. No passengers or crew were injured in the incident. The plane was deboarded on the runway. The passengers were shuttled to the terminal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C402 Captain reported a deer strike during a night landing.

Narrative: Landing on runway XX at ZZZ on my last flight of the night; I was on my ground rollout between 50-60 knots. I noticed ahead of us there were at least 3 deer running out on the runway. I had little time to react; and I engaged maximum braking in an attempt to avoid making direct contact with them.One of the deer was struck directly by the nose gear at a speed of approximately 30-40 knots. The deer appeared to go under the aircraft's left front side; without making contact with either of the propellers. The aircraft came to a complete stop; and was shutdown on the runway. No passengers or crew were injured in the incident. The plane was deboarded on the runway. The passengers were shuttled to the terminal.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.