A CL65 encounters a deer on the runway during a night landing at swf, ny.

Attributes
ACN	486138
Time
Date	200009
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : swf.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	486138
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	486617
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : animal other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 4
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Airport
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

Operating flight cvg-swf we were cleared for the visual to runway 28. A normal descent to landing was made and upon the landing flare a deer was illuminated in the landing lights. Due to the night conditions I did not have sufficient time to miss the deer. The deer was struck on the right inbound flap. The remainder of the landing and rollout was uneventful. I do not know what could have been done to prevent this occurrence, wildlife is part of our world and there were fences around the airport boundary.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 ENCOUNTERS A DEER ON THE RWY DURING A NIGHT LNDG AT SWF, NY.

Narrative: OPERATING FLT CVG-SWF WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 28. A NORMAL DSCNT TO LNDG WAS MADE AND UPON THE LNDG FLARE A DEER WAS ILLUMINATED IN THE LNDG LIGHTS. DUE TO THE NIGHT CONDITIONS I DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO MISS THE DEER. THE DEER WAS STRUCK ON THE R INBOUND FLAP. THE REMAINDER OF THE LNDG AND ROLLOUT WAS UNEVENTFUL. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT THIS OCCURRENCE, WILDLIFE IS PART OF OUR WORLD AND THERE WERE FENCES AROUND THE ARPT BOUNDARY.

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.