AN EMBRAER 145 ON TKOF ROLL HAD #1 MAIN TIRE FAIL INCURRING DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS AND INGESTION OF TREAD INTO #1 ENG.
Synopsis
AN EMBRAER 145 ON TKOF ROLL HAD #1 MAIN TIRE FAIL INCURRING DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS AND INGESTION OF TREAD INTO #1 ENG.
Narrative
FLT XXX ACFT XYZ ORD-GSP. WAITED 2 1/2 HRS TO DEPART DUE TO WX IN AREA. ON TKOF; DURING ROTATION; EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION ON L SIDE OF ACFT WITH SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. DETERMINED WE HAD PROBABLE TIRE FAILURE. AT 700 FT AGL; WE DECLARED EMER; ELECTED TO FLY WITH GEAR DOWN. GOT FLAP FAIL MESSAGE AT THIS TIME. PROC CALLED FOR PULLING AND RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKERS. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CAUSING FLAP ASYMMETRY; SO ELECTED TO LEAVE GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. CONFIRMED WITH FLT ATTENDANT FOR PAX TO BRACE ON LNDG AND NOT EXPECTING EVAC. ON LNDG AND ROLLOUT; NO UNUSUAL PULLING OR DIRECTIONAL CHANGES. NO DIFFICULTY ON BRAKING. LANDED ON RWY 14L; PULLED OFF INTO HOLDING PAD. CFR AND MECHS INSPECTED ACFT AND FOUND #1 (L OUTBOARD) MAIN TIRE WAS MISSING MOST OF ITS TREAD. AFTER WE SECURED ACFT AT HOLDING PAD; WE DEPLANED PAX WITH CFR ASSISTANCE. WE THEN TAXIED BACK TO GATE. AT GATE; VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED OUTER GEAR DOOR DAMAGE -- A BIG CHUNK OUT OF THE TOP; DENTS ON TRAILING EDGE OF FLAP; RUBBER MARKS ON #1 ENG NACELLE UNDERSIDE; RUBBER MARKS 15 INCHES BY 20 INCHES ON INSIDE OF ANTI-ICE LIP (OUTBOARD SIDE); RUBBER MARK ON #19 N1 BLADE MID CHORD; 2/3 OF THE DISTANCE FROM HUB. MAINT INFORMED US BY PHONE THAT A PORTION OF TREAD WENT THROUGH ENG N1 AND BYPASS; CAUSING DAMAGE TO N1 FAN GUIDE VANES AND STATORS (CVG). TIRE WAS NOT A RETREAD.
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