Deer crossed runway in front of a departing small transport. No fence around airport.

Attributes
ACN	218175
Time
Date	199208
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ack
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	218175
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Small transport X departed runway 15. Deer crossed right to left midway down runway 15 in front of small transport X, prior to aircraft becoming airborne. There are no fences surrounding nantucket airport to restrict deer population in a heavily wooded area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEER CROSSED RWY IN FRONT OF A DEPARTING SMT. NO FENCE AROUND ARPT.

Narrative: SMT X DEPARTED RWY 15. DEER CROSSED R TO L MIDWAY DOWN RWY 15 IN FRONT OF SMT X, PRIOR TO ACFT BECOMING AIRBORNE. THERE ARE NO FENCES SURROUNDING NANTUCKET ARPT TO RESTRICT DEER POPULATION IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA.

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.