Narrative:

On takeoff at or near V1; we heard a pop sound and sounds of bits of debris hitting bottom of fuselage. In addition; we saw pieces of what appeared to be black rubber being projected in front of aircraft on runway. We continued takeoff; and at a safe altitude; we (first officer and I) conferred and determined that we may have blown or sustained damage to one or both of our nose tires. Also; during this time; I was monitoring the engines to assure that there was no indication of ingestion of the FOD. There seemed to be nothing indicating that the engines were in any way compromised as everything was normal. We contacted the tower and informed him of possible debris on the runway and asked if he could keep us apprised of any FOD found to assist us in determining problem. After a brief period of time; I spoke to the tower again and he did say that they found rubber debris on the runway. I contacted company at this time and told them that we believed that we sustained damage to one or possibly both nose tires on takeoff. I told them that the aircraft was operating normally and conferred with both maintenance and dispatch as to the necessity to divert or continue to the destination. We all (myself; the first officer; and company) agreed it would be safe to continue to destination where they would have adequate facilities to assist us. We requested enroute to have trucks standing by and declared an emergency as a precaution. The first officer and I took our time discussing the situation and made sure we were prepared for the approach and landing with possible damage. I spoke with the F/a and informed her of the situation and later also informed the passengers as to what was going on. The landing was uneventful and we maintained center line to a full stop. Emergency equipment proceeded out to the aircraft and inspected the damage. When it was determined that the tires were not flat and only damaged (the right tire had partially delaminated) and also determined that it was safe to conduct a slow taxi to the gate; we proceeded to the assigned gate where we were met by agents and maintenance personnel. Upon my inspection of the aircraft; I did see the portion of the tire that was damaged. The only other damage of note was minor damage to the trailing (attached portion) nose gear door. My crew; ATC; and airport personnel did a great job and I commend them for their assistance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-200 Captain reported partial delamination of nose gear tire on takeoff roll. They declared an emergency and continued to destination after consulting with Maintenance and Dispatch; landing without incident.

Narrative: On takeoff at or near V1; we heard a POP sound and sounds of bits of debris hitting bottom of fuselage. In addition; we saw pieces of what appeared to be black rubber being projected in front of aircraft on runway. We continued takeoff; and at a safe altitude; we (F/O and I) conferred and determined that we may have blown or sustained damage to one or both of our nose tires. Also; during this time; I was monitoring the engines to assure that there was no indication of ingestion of the FOD. There seemed to be nothing indicating that the engines were in any way compromised as everything was normal. We contacted the tower and informed him of possible debris on the runway and asked if he could keep us apprised of any FOD found to assist us in determining problem. After a brief period of time; I spoke to the tower again and he did say that they found rubber debris on the runway. I contacted company at this time and told them that we believed that we sustained damage to one or possibly both nose tires on takeoff. I told them that the aircraft was operating normally and conferred with both Maintenance and Dispatch as to the necessity to divert or continue to the destination. We all (myself; the F/O; and Company) agreed it would be safe to continue to destination where they would have adequate facilities to assist us. We requested enroute to have trucks standing by and declared an emergency as a precaution. The F/O and I took our time discussing the situation and made sure we were prepared for the approach and landing with possible damage. I spoke with the F/A and informed her of the situation and later also informed the passengers as to what was going on. The landing was uneventful and we maintained center line to a full stop. Emergency equipment proceeded out to the aircraft and inspected the damage. When it was determined that the tires were not flat and only damaged (the right tire had partially delaminated) and also determined that it was safe to conduct a slow taxi to the gate; we proceeded to the assigned gate where we were met by agents and Maintenance personnel. Upon my inspection of the aircraft; I did see the portion of the tire that was damaged. The only other damage of note was minor damage to the trailing (attached portion) nose gear door. My crew; ATC; and airport personnel did a great job and I commend them for their assistance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.