Commuter aircraft loses tire tread on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	271456
Time
Date	199405
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : law
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : law tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	271456
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Shortly after landing at dallas/fort worth a vibration was noted, which appeared to be a nose wheel shimmy, maintenance was notified, after a subsequent postflt investigation, there was no evidence of a nosewheel shimmy, but a large section of the tire tread from the #3 tire had come off and when it came off, it damaged the right lower flap fairing. The flight inbound had been completely normal, and both copilot and myself were unaware of any problem. At the time we discovered the problem, we were unaware if the tire tread came off on takeoff roll at lawton, ok, or on landing roll at dallas/ft worth. Later found out it came off at lawton, ok.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT LOSES TIRE TREAD ON TKOF.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER LNDG AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH A VIBRATION WAS NOTED, WHICH APPEARED TO BE A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY, MAINT WAS NOTIFIED, AFTER A SUBSEQUENT POSTFLT INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY, BUT A LARGE SECTION OF THE TIRE TREAD FROM THE #3 TIRE HAD COME OFF AND WHEN IT CAME OFF, IT DAMAGED THE R LOWER FLAP FAIRING. THE FLT INBOUND HAD BEEN COMPLETELY NORMAL, AND BOTH COPLT AND MYSELF WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROB. AT THE TIME WE DISCOVERED THE PROB, WE WERE UNAWARE IF THE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF ON TKOF ROLL AT LAWTON, OK, OR ON LNDG ROLL AT DALLAS/FT WORTH. LATER FOUND OUT IT CAME OFF AT LAWTON, OK.

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.