ACR MLG HITS DEER ON RWY IN A NIGHT OP. ACFT DAMAGED. FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE ANIMAL.

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WHILE OPERATING FLT FROM ORD TO PIT ON EVENING OF MAY/SUN/93 IT APPEARED A DEER STRUCK THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR UPON LNDG ROLLOUT APPROX 2000-2500 FT FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 28L. AFTER THE IMPACT THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL WITH NO ABNORMALITIES CONCERNING DIRECTIONAL CTL; BRAKING; OR ENG OP NOTED. WE EXITED RWY 28L AT TXWY C3; TURNED THE ACFT TO THE NE AND NOTIFIED THE TWR CTLR AND ASKED IF HE SAW ANY DAMAGE. HE VIEWED US WITH BINOCULARS AND NOTED NOTHING ABNORMAL. L/R HYD SYS QUANTITIES AND PRESSURES REMAINED CONSTANT AND NORMAL AS DID BRAKE PRESSURES. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS THEN SET; AND I OPENED MY CLR VIEW WINDOW AND LOOKED OUTSIDE TO NOTE ANY DAMAGE. I SAW NONE AND OBSERVING ALL OTHER ACFT SYS OPERATING NORMAL; I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO THE GATE. PRIOR TO TAXI THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX WERE INFORMED AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND OUR INTENTIONS. UPON OUR ARR AT THE GATE; THE DISPATCHER OF THE FLT WAS NOTIFIED BY MYSELF AND INFORMED OF THE DEER STRIKE AS WAS THE OPS DUTY MGR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 242833: THE DEER HIT THE L GEAR AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO FLAPS.