Narrative:

After pushback during disconnect; ramp crew notified crew that left tire looked low. PIC queried first officer who stated everything looked good on walkaround. Crew thanked ramp crew and elected to continue. After takeoff; heard an abnormal noise in wheel well. As we switched to socal approach; they passed on PIREP of something trailing the aircraft. Returned for a low pass gear inspection with tower. Tower reported gear down; locked and straight; with something like a ribbon trailing the nose gear. Crew returned for normal ILS/visual approach to runway 26L and landing. On rollout; noticed noise from nosewheel; sounded like a flat tire. Rolled off at taxiway F past hold short line. Parked and normal shutdown. Postflt inspection revealed left nosewheel was carcass only; tread was completely removed. Aircraft sustained minor damage from tire FOD. During postflt debriefing; captain and first officer had different impressions of which tire was reported low. Although the low tire report may have had nothing to do with the blown tire on takeoff; the most appropriate course of action in the future would be to return to the gate for a direct inspection by the PIC. At a minimum; the PIC should have requested more information about the appearance and disposition of the tire from the rampers; to make a more informed decision. Although the crew wasn't suffering from get thereitis; the logistics of returning to the gate probably unconsciously influenced the crew's desire to continue. Paperwork for a return to gate would have been much less than paperwork post-incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CL65 FLT CREW DURING PUSHBACK ARE NOTIFIED THAT TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE LOW PRESSURE BY RAMP PERSONNEL. FLT CREW ELECTS TO CONTINUE FLT; NOSE TIRE BLOWS ON TKOF; DAMAGES ACFT ON LNDG.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK DURING DISCONNECT; RAMP CREW NOTIFIED CREW THAT L TIRE LOOKED LOW. PIC QUERIED FO WHO STATED EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD ON WALKAROUND. CREW THANKED RAMP CREW AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE. AFTER TKOF; HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE IN WHEEL WELL. AS WE SWITCHED TO SOCAL APCH; THEY PASSED ON PIREP OF SOMETHING TRAILING THE ACFT. RETURNED FOR A LOW PASS GEAR INSPECTION WITH TWR. TWR RPTED GEAR DOWN; LOCKED AND STRAIGHT; WITH SOMETHING LIKE A RIBBON TRAILING THE NOSE GEAR. CREW RETURNED FOR NORMAL ILS/VISUAL APCH TO RWY 26L AND LNDG. ON ROLLOUT; NOTICED NOISE FROM NOSEWHEEL; SOUNDED LIKE A FLAT TIRE. ROLLED OFF AT TXWY F PAST HOLD SHORT LINE. PARKED AND NORMAL SHUTDOWN. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED L NOSEWHEEL WAS CARCASS ONLY; TREAD WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED. ACFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM TIRE FOD. DURING POSTFLT DEBRIEFING; CAPT AND FO HAD DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS OF WHICH TIRE WAS RPTED LOW. ALTHOUGH THE LOW TIRE RPT MAY HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLOWN TIRE ON TKOF; THE MOST APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE TO RETURN TO THE GATE FOR A DIRECT INSPECTION BY THE PIC. AT A MINIMUM; THE PIC SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED MORE INFO ABOUT THE APPEARANCE AND DISPOSITION OF THE TIRE FROM THE RAMPERS; TO MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION. ALTHOUGH THE CREW WASN'T SUFFERING FROM GET THEREITIS; THE LOGISTICS OF RETURNING TO THE GATE PROBABLY UNCONSCIOUSLY INFLUENCED THE CREW'S DESIRE TO CONTINUE. PAPERWORK FOR A RETURN TO GATE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS THAN PAPERWORK POST-INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.