A CL65 hits and kills a coyote during an early dawn landing at avl, nc.

Attributes
ACN	536676
Time
Date	200201
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : avl.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	536676
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : animal other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

On landing in avl, struck coyote on runway at approximately 90 KTS. Crash fire rescue equipment cleared remains of animal off of runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 HITS AND KILLS A COYOTE DURING AN EARLY DAWN LNDG AT AVL, NC.

Narrative: ON LNDG IN AVL, STRUCK COYOTE ON RWY AT APPROX 90 KTS. CFR CLRED REMAINS OF ANIMAL OFF OF RWY.

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.