Flight crew of an air carrier widebody transport dumped fuel and returned to land after the tire tread came off of the left main tire during takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	397965
Time
Date	199803
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5430 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : den tower : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff cruise other
Route In Use	enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	397965
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Lost tire tread left main tire. Contacted ATC and dispatch. Dumped fuel. Returned to den for landing. Accomplished all required checklists.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN ACR WDB DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER THE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF OF THE L MAIN TIRE DURING TKOF.

Narrative: LOST TIRE TREAD L MAIN TIRE. CONTACTED ATC AND DISPATCH. DUMPED FUEL. RETURNED TO DEN FOR LNDG. ACCOMPLISHED ALL REQUIRED CHKLISTS.

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.