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A C172 instructor and student encountered a deer during landing flare at youngstown, oh (4g4), striking it with the left landing gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 544369 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 4g4.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 5 agl bound upper : 7 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 788 flight time type : 370 |
| ASRS Report | 544369 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : animal other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
While on an instrument training flight and after transitioning to a visual approach into youngstown elber metropolitan airport (4g4), the C172 of which I was aboard contacted a deer on the ground killing it. This contact took place at night while tracking runway centerline and while configured in the flare phase of flight. Great forward visibility did nothing to forewarn the competent private pilot at the controls of any deer that might exist in the vicinity. A DOE ran underneath the aircraft while it was about to land and died as a result of a fatal blow to its head caused by the aircraft's left landing gear strut. The aircraft was ruled airworthy and in an undamaged state by mechanic who evaluated it the following day. It is believed that as deer apparently commune near the threshold and first 1/3 of runway 10 at 4g4. Further incident at night can be avoided if runway 28 is used whenever possible, or if smaller aircraft using runway 10 simply land long.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ENCOUNTERED A DEER DURING LNDG FLARE AT YOUNGSTOWN, OH (4G4), STRIKING IT WITH THE L LNDG GEAR.
Narrative: WHILE ON AN INST TRAINING FLT AND AFTER TRANSITIONING TO A VISUAL APCH INTO YOUNGSTOWN ELBER METRO ARPT (4G4), THE C172 OF WHICH I WAS ABOARD CONTACTED A DEER ON THE GND KILLING IT. THIS CONTACT TOOK PLACE AT NIGHT WHILE TRACKING RWY CTRLINE AND WHILE CONFIGURED IN THE FLARE PHASE OF FLT. GREAT FORWARD VISIBILITY DID NOTHING TO FOREWARN THE COMPETENT PVT PLT AT THE CTLS OF ANY DEER THAT MIGHT EXIST IN THE VICINITY. A DOE RAN UNDERNEATH THE ACFT WHILE IT WAS ABOUT TO LAND AND DIED AS A RESULT OF A FATAL BLOW TO ITS HEAD CAUSED BY THE ACFT'S L LNDG GEAR STRUT. THE ACFT WAS RULED AIRWORTHY AND IN AN UNDAMAGED STATE BY MECH WHO EVALUATED IT THE FOLLOWING DAY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT AS DEER APPARENTLY COMMUNE NEAR THE THRESHOLD AND FIRST 1/3 OF RWY 10 AT 4G4. FURTHER INCIDENT AT NIGHT CAN BE AVOIDED IF RWY 28 IS USED WHENEVER POSSIBLE, OR IF SMALLER ACFT USING RWY 10 SIMPLY LAND LONG.
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.