BE02 crew hit a deer on go around at bhb, me.

Attributes
ACN	449293
Time
Date	199909
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bhb.airport
State Reference	ME
Altitude	agl single value : 10
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bgr.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 22
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	449293
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : animal ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : executed go around
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Airport
Primary Problem	Airport
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : bhb.airport

Narrative:

Observed deer on runway 22, bhb, while on short final. Executed go around. Contacted deer during climb out. Diverted to bgr. Requested crash equipment on standby and tower overfly for visual inspection of possible damage. None noted. Landed without incident. On ground, performed visual inspection of aircraft with maintenance personnel. No evidence of damage found. It is my personal opinion that we came out of this situation without any damage done due to nothing but blind luck. Had we not initiated a go around or had we initiated any later, damage certainly would have occurred. Fencing at the bar harbor airport is inadequate in keeping wildlife out of the airport boundary. On numerous occasions we've observed deer in the vicinity of runways and txwys. Perhaps runway sweeps prior to landing would alleviate the potential for future collision of this nature.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE02 CREW HIT A DEER ON GO AROUND AT BHB, ME.

Narrative: OBSERVED DEER ON RWY 22, BHB, WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. EXECUTED GO AROUND. CONTACTED DEER DURING CLBOUT. DIVERTED TO BGR. REQUESTED CRASH EQUIP ON STANDBY AND TWR OVERFLY FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF POSSIBLE DAMAGE. NONE NOTED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON GND, PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF ACFT WITH MAINT PERSONNEL. NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE FOUND. IT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT WE CAME OUT OF THIS SIT WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE DONE DUE TO NOTHING BUT BLIND LUCK. HAD WE NOT INITIATED A GO AROUND OR HAD WE INITIATED ANY LATER, DAMAGE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. FENCING AT THE BAR HARBOR ARPT IS INADEQUATE IN KEEPING WILDLIFE OUT OF THE ARPT BOUNDARY. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WE'VE OBSERVED DEER IN THE VICINITY OF RWYS AND TXWYS. PERHAPS RWY SWEEPS PRIOR TO LNDG WOULD ALLEVIATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE COLLISION OF THIS NATURE.

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.