Air carrier small transport on takeoff roll struck deer crossing runway. Takeoff aborted.

Attributes
ACN	81149
Time
Date	198801
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cll
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 229 flight time total : 5343 flight time type : 352
ASRS Report	81149
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After being clrd for takeoff on runway 34 a deer crossed in front of our path and we ran over him with the nosewheel. We were above 60 knots. The flight was aborted and we taxied back to the terminal. We advised our operations, the tower and the passengers, (5) on board. After inspection of the aircraft we only saw where we had run over the deer with the nosewheel. No damage was noted, we continued to houston, and maintenance reviewed the aircraft, also finding no damage. The factors were obviously a deer on the runway and it was just before sun up. There should be better fences on the airport to prevent this from happening in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR SMT ON TKOF ROLL STRUCK DEER CROSSING RWY. TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative: AFTER BEING CLRD FOR TKOF ON RWY 34 A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF OUR PATH AND WE RAN OVER HIM WITH THE NOSEWHEEL. WE WERE ABOVE 60 KNOTS. THE FLT WAS ABORTED AND WE TAXIED BACK TO THE TERMINAL. WE ADVISED OUR OPERATIONS, THE TWR AND THE PASSENGERS, (5) ON BOARD. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE ACFT WE ONLY SAW WHERE WE HAD RUN OVER THE DEER WITH THE NOSEWHEEL. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED, WE CONTINUED TO HOUSTON, AND MAINT REVIEWED THE ACFT, ALSO FINDING NO DAMAGE. THE FACTORS WERE OBVIOUSLY A DEER ON THE RWY AND IT WAS JUST BEFORE SUN UP. THERE SHOULD BE BETTER FENCES ON THE ARPT TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.