Narrative:

Landing, night VMC, full moon, calm. Student landed runway 32, rolled out. While still on runway, taxiing for midfield exit, a deer walked in front of the aircraft. Applied maximum braking. Propeller struck deer on spine ahead of rear haunches, severing spine and killing deer. Shut down aircraft and inspected for damage after clearing runway of carcass. No damage noted. Left aircraft at field for inspection by a&P and took taxi home. Recommendation: the AWOS had an alert for deer, but such alerts are extremely common this time of yr. Once the deer appeared visually in front of the aircraft (in the landing light beam) it was impossible to avoid. Turn down cockpit lights and use extreme vigilance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER A NIGHT LNDG AT OKV TAXIING TOWARD THE MIDFIELD RWY EXIT A C172 STRUCK AND KILLED A DEER WITH LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

Narrative: LNDG, NIGHT VMC, FULL MOON, CALM. STUDENT LANDED RWY 32, ROLLED OUT. WHILE STILL ON RWY, TAXIING FOR MIDFIELD EXIT, A DEER WALKED IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. APPLIED MAX BRAKING. PROP STRUCK DEER ON SPINE AHEAD OF REAR HAUNCHES, SEVERING SPINE AND KILLING DEER. SHUT DOWN ACFT AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE AFTER CLRING RWY OF CARCASS. NO DAMAGE NOTED. LEFT ACFT AT FIELD FOR INSPECTION BY A&P AND TOOK TAXI HOME. RECOMMENDATION: THE AWOS HAD AN ALERT FOR DEER, BUT SUCH ALERTS ARE EXTREMELY COMMON THIS TIME OF YR. ONCE THE DEER APPEARED VISUALLY IN FRONT OF THE ACFT (IN THE LNDG LIGHT BEAM) IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID. TURN DOWN COCKPIT LIGHTS AND USE EXTREME VIGILANCE.

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.