Narrative:

During the takeoff roll from [runway] xxr in ZZZ; the aircraft glareshield began shaking as if there was nosewheel shimmy and the captain (pilot monitoring) held the glareshield to stop the vibration. Almost simultaneously at the rotate callout; there was a load bang heard just beneath the flight deck. First officer (pilot flying) suspected a nosewheel tire blowout and elected to leave the landing gear down. Pilot monitoring asked tower if there was debris on the runway and they did confirm there was tire debris on the runway. We received vectors to the west and were assigned to hold at blond to burn fuel and to discuss a plan of action.we took off with 36;400 pounds of fuel; so we had over 20;000 pounds of fuel to burn to be under maximum landing weight. With the landing gear down; flaps 5 at 6;000 feet and 230 knots; it would have taken over 2 and a half hours of holding to burn the fuel. While holding; we discussed our plan with dispatch to return to ZZZ. We elected to conduct a low approach at ZZZ to see if the tower could verify which tire had failed; however; they were unable to see which tire had failed. We then returned to holding at blond to finalize our plan and to burn more fuel. In agreement with the dispatcher and the [chief pilot]; we elected to accept an overweight landing on [runway] 1L at ZZZ. The plan was to make a full stop on the runway and have crash rescue assess the status of the aircraft and to have the aircraft towed from the runway to prevent any further damage to the nose gear or engines. The captain (pilot monitoring) elected that he would land the aircraft due to the potential for loss of directional control since he had the tiller. The landing weight of the aircraft was 136;300 pounds and was an uneventful landing to a full stop with no loss of directional control. Crash fire rescue initially stated that they did not see anything wrong with the tire; however; we asked them to take a close look; at which time they noticed the right main tire was missing the tread. At this time; we shut down the engines and were towed from the runway to the pad where the passengers were offloaded onto buses and returned to the terminal. Upon inspection; the failed tire caused damage to some support brackets and wiring on the aft side of the nosewheel and the undercarriage of the aircraft had several dents from the tread that came off.

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Title: B737-700 flight crew reported a failure of their nosewheel on takeoff.

Narrative: During the takeoff roll from [Runway] XXR in ZZZ; the aircraft glareshield began shaking as if there was nosewheel shimmy and the Captain (Pilot Monitoring) held the glareshield to stop the vibration. Almost simultaneously at the rotate callout; there was a load bang heard just beneath the flight deck. First Officer (Pilot Flying) suspected a nosewheel tire blowout and elected to leave the landing gear down. Pilot Monitoring asked Tower if there was debris on the runway and they did confirm there was tire debris on the runway. We received vectors to the west and were assigned to hold at BLOND to burn fuel and to discuss a plan of action.We took off with 36;400 pounds of fuel; so we had over 20;000 pounds of fuel to burn to be under maximum landing weight. With the landing gear down; flaps 5 at 6;000 feet and 230 knots; it would have taken over 2 and a half hours of holding to burn the fuel. While holding; we discussed our plan with Dispatch to return to ZZZ. We elected to conduct a low approach at ZZZ to see if the Tower could verify which tire had failed; however; they were unable to see which tire had failed. We then returned to holding at BLOND to finalize our plan and to burn more fuel. In agreement with the Dispatcher and the [Chief Pilot]; we elected to accept an overweight landing on [Runway] 1L at ZZZ. The plan was to make a full stop on the runway and have Crash Rescue assess the status of the aircraft and to have the aircraft towed from the runway to prevent any further damage to the nose gear or engines. The Captain (Pilot Monitoring) elected that he would land the aircraft due to the potential for loss of directional control since he had the tiller. The landing weight of the aircraft was 136;300 pounds and was an uneventful landing to a full stop with no loss of directional control. Crash Fire Rescue initially stated that they did not see anything wrong with the tire; however; we asked them to take a close look; at which time they noticed the right main tire was missing the tread. At this time; we shut down the engines and were towed from the runway to the pad where the passengers were offloaded onto buses and returned to the terminal. Upon inspection; the failed tire caused damage to some support brackets and wiring on the aft side of the nosewheel and the undercarriage of the aircraft had several dents from the tread that came off.

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