[Phil P]

Hi

My opinion is it wasn’t FOD or a curb strike. I would lean towards a manufacturing defect. I would not think it would be under pressure maybe over pressure but the way the tire is made it would have to be way way over pressure so I doubt that.

When I did the aircraft tires I would report like I did this to you all and if the powers to be considered it prudent they would have me ship them the tire. I commonly never heard any more about it.

A lot of the large aircraft tires are inflated too much higher pressures than the truck tire. We had some failures while inflating them after installation. Inflation was performed with the tire and wheel in a substantial enclosure with vents at the roof line and was constructed so as to keep personnel completely out of the danger area. There wasn’t even a way to see the tire during inflation.

Phil P