An air carrier light transport hit a deer on the runway.

Attributes
ACN	278181
Time
Date	199407
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hts
State Reference	WV
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	278281
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3700
ASRS Report	278192
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Just as main gear touched runway surface, a deer ran from left side of runway towards center of runway directly into our path, resulting in impact with deer near left main gear. Damage to aircraft included broken hydraulic brake line on left main and flap damage. Upon rollout, noticed hydraulic warning and loss of pressure and quantity. Captain brought aircraft to stop at end of runway and waited there until ground personnel come out and towed aircraft to gate. No injuries resulted. Possible solution: better airport control of animals within boundaries of airport. Note: this is not the first time I have seen deer on the airport property in the last yr. Supplemental information from acn 278192: the left outboard brake line had been severed, the left tire had a large slash and the left inboard flap had a hole approximately 8 inches times 6 inches at the trailing edge. The deer was noticeably dead, nearly cut in half.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT HIT A DEER ON THE RWY.

Narrative: JUST AS MAIN GEAR TOUCHED RWY SURFACE, A DEER RAN FROM L SIDE OF RWY TOWARDS CTR OF RWY DIRECTLY INTO OUR PATH, RESULTING IN IMPACT WITH DEER NEAR L MAIN GEAR. DAMAGE TO ACFT INCLUDED BROKEN HYD BRAKE LINE ON L MAIN AND FLAP DAMAGE. UPON ROLLOUT, NOTICED HYD WARNING AND LOSS OF PRESSURE AND QUANTITY. CAPT BROUGHT ACFT TO STOP AT END OF RWY AND WAITED THERE UNTIL GND PERSONNEL COME OUT AND TOWED ACFT TO GATE. NO INJURIES RESULTED. POSSIBLE SOLUTION: BETTER ARPT CTL OF ANIMALS WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF ARPT. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN DEER ON THE ARPT PROPERTY IN THE LAST YR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 278192: THE L OUTBOARD BRAKE LINE HAD BEEN SEVERED, THE L TIRE HAD A LARGE SLASH AND THE L INBOARD FLAP HAD A HOLE APPROX 8 INCHES TIMES 6 INCHES AT THE TRAILING EDGE. THE DEER WAS NOTICEABLY DEAD, NEARLY CUT IN HALF.

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.