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A DC9 on landing at bwi struck a deer with the right main landing gear. Damage was sustained to the landing gear door and trailing edge flap.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358403 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 358403 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4115 |
| ASRS Report | 358189 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On landing runway 33L (bwi) aircraft struck a deer. Damage was sustained to right main gear door and right trailing edge flap. We knew we had struck a deer and immediately informed ATC who were able to promptly close the runway so other aircraft would not be damaged by debris.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9 ON LNDG AT BWI STRUCK A DEER WITH THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE LNDG GEAR DOOR AND TRAILING EDGE FLAP.
Narrative: ON LNDG RWY 33L (BWI) ACFT STRUCK A DEER. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO R MAIN GEAR DOOR AND R TRAILING EDGE FLAP. WE KNEW WE HAD STRUCK A DEER AND IMMEDIATELY INFORMED ATC WHO WERE ABLE TO PROMPTLY CLOSE THE RWY SO OTHER ACFT WOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY DEBRIS.
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.