MD80 nose gear tire shed tread during takeoff. Emergency precautionary landing made at destination with cabin crew prepared for evacuate/evacuation. No problems experienced due to only separation of the tire tread.

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Attributes
ACN	521950
Time
Date	200108
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord.tower tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3 flight attendant time total : 3 flight attendant time type : 65
ASRS Report	521950
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Blew a nose tire on takeoff out of las. Near the end of flight, captain advised flight attendants and passenger. Said be prepared to evacuate/evacuation if necessary. Landing was smooth. No evacuate/evacuation necessary. Emergency crews met the flight on the ground. They said we only lost the tread on the tire. Taxied to gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 NOSE GEAR TIRE SHED TREAD DURING TKOF. EMER PRECAUTIONARY LNDG MADE AT DEST WITH CABIN CREW PREPARED FOR EVAC. NO PROBS EXPERIENCED DUE TO ONLY SEPARATION OF THE TIRE TREAD.

Narrative: BLEW A NOSE TIRE ON TKOF OUT OF LAS. NEAR THE END OF FLT, CAPT ADVISED FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX. SAID BE PREPARED TO EVAC IF NECESSARY. LNDG WAS SMOOTH. NO EVAC NECESSARY. EMER CREWS MET THE FLT ON THE GND. THEY SAID WE ONLY LOST THE TREAD ON THE TIRE. TAXIED TO GATE.

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.