DC9 air carrier aircraft hits deer on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	260977
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : grb
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	260977
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	260861
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

At rotation on takeoff, first officer (PF) saw 2 deer run right to left under us. We felt a slight thump from main gear. We notified tower after airborne and contacted dispatch while climbing out. No abnormal indications were seen. Grb finally found a dead deer, but no aircraft parts. By this time we were over 1/2 way to dtw and we elected to continue on. We had dispatch notify dtw to have emergency equipment stand by as a precaution. Landing was normal. At the gate, we found some blood and hair on right main gear. Only question we were worried about was whether the FAA would fault us for not returning to grb. However, we had no abnormal indications and were not even sure we had hit a deer. Also, we felt detroit could better handle an abnormal landing situation with bigger runways and more equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 ACR ACFT HITS DEER ON TKOF.

Narrative: AT ROTATION ON TKOF, FO (PF) SAW 2 DEER RUN R TO L UNDER US. WE FELT A SLIGHT THUMP FROM MAIN GEAR. WE NOTIFIED TWR AFTER AIRBORNE AND CONTACTED DISPATCH WHILE CLBING OUT. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE SEEN. GRB FINALLY FOUND A DEAD DEER, BUT NO ACFT PARTS. BY THIS TIME WE WERE OVER 1/2 WAY TO DTW AND WE ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON. WE HAD DISPATCH NOTIFY DTW TO HAVE EMER EQUIP STAND BY AS A PRECAUTION. LNDG WAS NORMAL. AT THE GATE, WE FOUND SOME BLOOD AND HAIR ON R MAIN GEAR. ONLY QUESTION WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WAS WHETHER THE FAA WOULD FAULT US FOR NOT RETURNING TO GRB. HOWEVER, WE HAD NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS AND WERE NOT EVEN SURE WE HAD HIT A DEER. ALSO, WE FELT DETROIT COULD BETTER HANDLE AN ABNORMAL LNDG SIT WITH BIGGER RWYS AND MORE EQUIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.