An air carrier widebody transport lost the recap from one of its tires.

Attributes
ACN	248937
Time
Date	199308
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : msp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 20500 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	248937
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	248868
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other controllera other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

In sum: an air carrier widebody transport lost a recap off of one of its 18 tires at msp. The aircraft may have dropped a couple of pieces of fiberglass trim on lake street. Departure control informed the flight crew of the tire tread and fiberglass parts falling. The aircraft informed its maintenance and dispatch. The aircraft was sent on to its destination, london gatwick. The flight crew called out the emergency equipment and landed without problem. 2 holes were found in fiberglass trim and a landing gear door seal was missing. There was a dent in the horizontal tail leading edge. All 3 crew members state that they wish that they had dumped fuel and returned to land at msp. There was some confusion as to whether their aircraft had dropped the parts as another company air carrier had dropped something about the same time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB LOST THE RECAP FROM ONE OF ITS TIRES.

Narrative: IN SUM: AN ACR WDB LOST A RECAP OFF OF ONE OF ITS 18 TIRES AT MSP. THE ACFT MAY HAVE DROPPED A COUPLE OF PIECES OF FIBERGLASS TRIM ON LAKE STREET. DEP CTL INFORMED THE FLC OF THE TIRE TREAD AND FIBERGLASS PARTS FALLING. THE ACFT INFORMED ITS MAINT AND DISPATCH. THE ACFT WAS SENT ON TO ITS DEST, LONDON GATWICK. THE FLC CALLED OUT THE EMER EQUIP AND LANDED WITHOUT PROB. 2 HOLES WERE FOUND IN FIBERGLASS TRIM AND A LNDG GEAR DOOR SEAL WAS MISSING. THERE WAS A DENT IN THE HORIZ TAIL LEADING EDGE. ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS STATE THAT THEY WISH THAT THEY HAD DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND AT MSP. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER THEIR ACFT HAD DROPPED THE PARTS AS ANOTHER COMPANY ACR HAD DROPPED SOMETHING ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

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.