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I know a guy that had the same problem with cows a few years back. Only
real difference was that he was sh#$faced drunk and landed in a farmers
field 400yds parallel to his own grass strip. Ended up hitting a cow
(killed it) and totalled a fairly nice C172. Needless to say, the FAA
determined that it would be best if he no longer held a PPL.

Another guy I know was doing a zero visibility take-off in a KingAir 200 and
clipped a deer with one of his main gear. It wouldnt retract, so he had to
orbit until the fog cleared and someone on the ground could see the damage.
He got it back down without a problem, but he refuses to do the ZVTs
anymore no matter how much the boss wants to go play golf!


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:9wAL8.204086$Po6.363692@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> Well, I finally felt bold enough to take our new bird into Amana, with its
> short, grass strip -- for a piece of home-made German Fruit pie ala mode
at
> the famous "Brick Haus" restaurant... Its always been a short hop, but
in
> the 235 its now a somewhat ridiculous 11 minutes from Iowa City; still,
the
> pie is GREAT.
>
> Anyway, Im concentrating on holding a stabilized approach, nailing the
> approach speed at a relatively slow 85 mph, with everything looking fine
as
> I turn base-to-final...
>
> ...when Mary calls out that she sees deer on the runway! Squinting
through
> the bugs on the windshield (MAN are they thick this year!), sure enough --
I
> spot not just one, but SEVEN deer on the runway. A gol-dang herd!
>
> As Im about to go around, they bolt in all directions (guess that big ol
> O-540 is pretty loud?), and Mary confirms that the runway is clear. Five
> seconds later, Im rumbling down the grass, head on a swivel, waiting...
> None popped out of the weeds, thankfully.
>
> After waddling back from our (*burp*) dessert, Mary was PIC, and she made
> sure to "trawl" up and down the runway once. As an added measure, while
she
> was pre-flighting, I had the kids run up and down the runway, shouting,
> hoping to scare any venison-on-the-hoof away from our 80 inch Gin-su
knife!
>
> It apparently worked, as all was clear -- but as we were climbing out we
> counted over a dozen deer visible in the nearby fields...
>
> Might be time to mount some deer whistles out on the wingtips? (Or maybe
a
> "dive siren" off of an old Stuka dive-bomber? :)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
>
>

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