Narrative:

Upon takeoff from cleveland's burke lakefront airport, we were given an assigned heading of 020 degrees and told to maintain 2000 ft. As we lifted off there was a very loud rumble coming from the nose wheel well of our aircraft. This greatly distraction my first officer and broke up the flow and routine of our normal takeoff procedures. (As it turned out an internal rubber tire weight had separated from the tire.) I quickly explained to the first officer what I thought the problem was. We both noticed at this time that we were about to climb through our assigned altitude, but at our high climb rate I was not able to level off in time. We reached an altitude of 2600 ft before quickly returning to our assigned altitude of 2000 ft. This was noticed by ATC who mentioned that we were assigned 2000 ft. I acknowledged and continued on our way with no further incident. The obvious contributing factor was the separation of the nosewheel weight but the human factor was to fly and control the aircraft. Departing bkl is generally a very tight climbing turn to a low altitude leveloff requiring concentration and fairly quick redirection of power. A more thorough predep briefing is required when departing this airport in the future. This is the third failure of nose tire weights in as many tires.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LEAR 55 ON INITIAL CLB OVERSHOT THE ASSIGNED ALT DUE TO DISTR OF LOUD NOISE CAUSED BY NOSE TIRE BAL WT DEPARTING THE ACFT.

Narrative: UPON TKOF FROM CLEVELAND'S BURKE LAKEFRONT ARPT, WE WERE GIVEN AN ASSIGNED HDG OF 020 DEGS AND TOLD TO MAINTAIN 2000 FT. AS WE LIFTED OFF THERE WAS A VERY LOUD RUMBLE COMING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WELL OF OUR ACFT. THIS GREATLY DISTR MY FO AND BROKE UP THE FLOW AND ROUTINE OF OUR NORMAL TKOF PROCS. (AS IT TURNED OUT AN INTERNAL RUBBER TIRE WT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE.) I QUICKLY EXPLAINED TO THE FO WHAT I THOUGHT THE PROB WAS. WE BOTH NOTICED AT THIS TIME THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO CLB THROUGH OUR ASSIGNED ALT, BUT AT OUR HIGH CLB RATE I WAS NOT ABLE TO LEVEL OFF IN TIME. WE REACHED AN ALT OF 2600 FT BEFORE QUICKLY RETURNING TO OUR ASSIGNED ALT OF 2000 FT. THIS WAS NOTICED BY ATC WHO MENTIONED THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED 2000 FT. I ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONTINUED ON OUR WAY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE OBVIOUS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE SEPARATION OF THE NOSEWHEEL WT BUT THE HUMAN FACTOR WAS TO FLY AND CTL THE ACFT. DEPARTING BKL IS GENERALLY A VERY TIGHT CLBING TURN TO A LOW ALT LEVELOFF REQUIRING CONCENTRATION AND FAIRLY QUICK REDIRECTION OF PWR. A MORE THOROUGH PREDEP BRIEFING IS REQUIRED WHEN DEPARTING THIS ARPT IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE OF NOSE TIRE WTS IN AS MANY TIRES.

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.