Asteroid making a hole through the crust

How plausible would it be for an asteroid impact to create a hole through the Earth's crust into the mantle? What sort of traces would such an impact leave behind? Would it be survivable by at least some animals and plants?

Let's assume that we are dealing with Earth, or the third planet in a solar system roughly identical to our own, although the specific asteroid responsible doesn't have to really exist. Let's also assume the asteroid itself ends up embedded in the mantle, none of it remains on the crust.

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