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A medium large transport 2 turbojet engine, after parking at gate it was discovered to have incurred damage from a right main gear tire thrown tread.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 457602 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 9200 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 457602 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Tire tread separated from tire, damaging right inboard wing flap, top of right wing and tire spray deflector. Damage was discovered at completion of flight from dfw to atl. No unusual flight characteristics noted. No reports of FOD from any ATC. No indication of noises from cabin. Tire did not deflate. It is not known whether damage occurred on takeoff or landing roll. Takeoff, touchdown, and landing rollout were all normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MEDIUM LARGE TRANSPORT 2 TURBOJET ENG, AFTER PARKING AT GATE IT WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE INCURRED DAMAGE FROM A R MAIN GEAR TIRE THROWN TREAD.
Narrative: TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, DAMAGING R INBOARD WING FLAP, TOP OF R WING AND TIRE SPRAY DEFLECTOR. DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AT COMPLETION OF FLT FROM DFW TO ATL. NO UNUSUAL FLT CHARACTERISTICS NOTED. NO RPTS OF FOD FROM ANY ATC. NO INDICATION OF NOISES FROM CABIN. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER DAMAGE OCCURRED ON TKOF OR LNDG ROLL. TKOF, TOUCHDOWN, AND LNDG ROLLOUT WERE ALL NORMAL.
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.