An A300 main gear tire tread separated during takeoff and again on landing causing the #6 brake temp...

Attributes
ACN	964648
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter FOD

Narrative:

After landing the #6 brake temp gage showed 0. We wrote up the brake temperature gauge when we got to the chocks. After we got off the aircraft maintenance showed us that a piece of tread had separated and broken the lead to the brake temp gauge. We also saw some black marks on the left flap's lower surface. The captain and I discussed the fact that after we took off there was some vibration prior to retracting the gear and we attributed this to the tires being out of balance and after seeing the piece of tread gone we assumed it occurred after taking off. When I got home; later that afternoon; the duty officer contacted me and told me that the airport was upset that we had FOD'ed their runway and hadn't notified them! I relayed my account of the incident to the duty officer and figured that would be that; however; later that evening I was asked to submit a report (apparently the delaminated piece of tire caused damage to the flap).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 main gear tire tread separated during takeoff and again on landing causing the #6 Brake temperature sensor to become disconnected and the tire remains FOD'ed the landing runway.

Narrative: After landing the #6 brake temp gage showed 0. We wrote up the brake temperature gauge when we got to the chocks. After we got off the aircraft maintenance showed us that a piece of tread had separated and broken the lead to the brake temp gauge. We also saw some black marks on the left flap's lower surface. The Captain and I discussed the fact that after we took off there was some vibration prior to retracting the gear and we attributed this to the tires being out of balance and after seeing the piece of tread gone we assumed it occurred after taking off. When I got home; later that afternoon; the Duty Officer contacted me and told me that the airport was upset that we had FOD'ed their runway and hadn't notified them! I relayed my account of the incident to the Duty Officer and figured that would be that; however; later that evening I was asked to submit a Report (apparently the delaminated piece of tire caused damage to the flap).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An A300 main gear tire tread separated during takeoff and again on landing causing the #6 brake temperature sensor to become disconnected and the tire remains FOD'ed the landing runway.