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Flight crew of a super MD80 felt nosewheel vibration during landing retraction after takeoff and found one of the tires damaged after landing with crash fire rescue equipment personnel standby.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 451711 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 451711 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : nose wheel vibrationupon retraction other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During gear retraction after takeoff nosewheel vibration and smell of rubber made us suspect possible damage to a nosewheel tire. Advised dispatch and had den check runway 17L for debris on runway. No debris found. Burned additional fuel by continuing to ord for lighter landing weight. As a precaution, had crash fire rescue equipment personnel available on landing at ord. Found left nose tire damaged on arrival.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A SUPER MD80 FELT NOSEWHEEL VIBRATION DURING LNDG RETRACTION AFTER TKOF AND FOUND ONE OF THE TIRES DAMAGED AFTER LNDG WITH CFR PERSONNEL STANDBY.
Narrative: DURING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TKOF NOSEWHEEL VIBRATION AND SMELL OF RUBBER MADE US SUSPECT POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO A NOSEWHEEL TIRE. ADVISED DISPATCH AND HAD DEN CHK RWY 17L FOR DEBRIS ON RWY. NO DEBRIS FOUND. BURNED ADDITIONAL FUEL BY CONTINUING TO ORD FOR LIGHTER LNDG WT. AS A PRECAUTION, HAD CFR PERSONNEL AVAILABLE ON LNDG AT ORD. FOUND L NOSE TIRE DAMAGED ON ARR.
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.