Private pilot of a beech sundowner BE23 struck a deer during a night landing causing damage to the a...

Attributes
ACN	386872
Time
Date	199711
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : afj
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 2 agl bound upper : 2
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : tpa
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Baron 55/Cochise
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 725 flight time type : 233
ASRS Report	386872
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Incident being reported is a deer strike involving beech sundowner, model C23 at afj, PA, on nov/xa/97 at approximately SB40. Conditions were VFR, visibility exceeding 15 mi, light southwest winds, approximately 4 KTS. I was completing a night landing on runway 27 at approximately 2 ft AGL when I struck a deer standing just right of centerline with my right main landing gear. The ELT was immediately activated, and I continued the landing uneventfully. I first contacted altoona FSS and alerted them that an ELT signal they were receiving from afj was not an aircraft accident but was an apparent deer strike. Next, I proceeded to deactivate the ELT and returned to the beginning of the runway to confirm that it was in fact a deer, which it was. I contacted altoona FSS again and requested that they put a NOTAM out for a dead deer in the first quarter of runway 27 at afj. Upon inspection of the aircraft, there is some wrinkling of the skin starting at the leading edge about 3 ft out from the wing root on the right side of the aircraft. This did not involve a propeller strike. There were no injuries in the aircraft and no loss of control. A report is being filed with the local FSDO office and my insurance carrier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF A BEECH SUNDOWNER BE23 STRUCK A DEER DURING A NIGHT LNDG CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ACFT'S R WING AND LNDG GEAR.

Narrative: INCIDENT BEING RPTED IS A DEER STRIKE INVOLVING BEECH SUNDOWNER, MODEL C23 AT AFJ, PA, ON NOV/XA/97 AT APPROX SB40. CONDITIONS WERE VFR, VISIBILITY EXCEEDING 15 MI, LIGHT SW WINDS, APPROX 4 KTS. I WAS COMPLETING A NIGHT LNDG ON RWY 27 AT APPROX 2 FT AGL WHEN I STRUCK A DEER STANDING JUST R OF CTRLINE WITH MY R MAIN LNDG GEAR. THE ELT WAS IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATED, AND I CONTINUED THE LNDG UNEVENTFULLY. I FIRST CONTACTED ALTOONA FSS AND ALERTED THEM THAT AN ELT SIGNAL THEY WERE RECEIVING FROM AFJ WAS NOT AN ACFT ACCIDENT BUT WAS AN APPARENT DEER STRIKE. NEXT, I PROCEEDED TO DEACTIVATE THE ELT AND RETURNED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE RWY TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS IN FACT A DEER, WHICH IT WAS. I CONTACTED ALTOONA FSS AGAIN AND REQUESTED THAT THEY PUT A NOTAM OUT FOR A DEAD DEER IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF RWY 27 AT AFJ. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, THERE IS SOME WRINKLING OF THE SKIN STARTING AT THE LEADING EDGE ABOUT 3 FT OUT FROM THE WING ROOT ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. THIS DID NOT INVOLVE A PROP STRIKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THE ACFT AND NO LOSS OF CTL. A RPT IS BEING FILED WITH THE LCL FSDO OFFICE AND MY INSURANCE CARRIER.

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.

Private pilot of a beech sundowner BE23 struck a deer during a night landing causing damage to the aircraft's right wing and landing gear.