An 4100 crew continues on to destination airport when blowing a tire on takeoff from rdu, nc.

Attributes
ACN	510402
Time
Date	200105
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : rdu.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 186 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2245
ASRS Report	510402
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On departure, we had indications of a tire failure. In coordination with dispatch, the decision was made to continue to phl where an emergency was declared and a landing was made without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN 4100 CREW CONTINUES ON TO DEST ARPT WHEN BLOWING A TIRE ON TKOF FROM RDU, NC.

Narrative: ON DEP, WE HAD INDICATIONS OF A TIRE FAILURE. IN COORD WITH DISPATCH, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO PHL WHERE AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND A LNDG WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.