Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
General Maintenance Action
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Upon landing both the captain and I noticed the plane shaking/vibrating quite a bit. After slowing the plane down to a normal taxi speed; the vibrating ceased; however both the captain and I knew something was not exactly right with some part of the landing gear. The captain mentioned taking extra care when looking at the landing gear on the post flight walk around. Before exiting the plane; a passenger had mentioned that he saw the some of the tire shred off on the takeoff roll. Upon exiting the aircraft; I immediately noticed the left main inboard tire had something wrong with it. After looking at the tire more closely; we noticed half of the tire tread had shredded off the tire completely. Some of the debris damaged one of the rear wheel well doors and the gear fairing.
After landing and once at the gate; during the post flight walk-around we found that the left inboard main tire had blown and had caused damage to the aft gear door and landing gear fairing. As passengers were leaving the aircraft; a passenger had mentioned to the First Officer that on takeoff roll the inboard tire was wobbling. As I reflect back; I do recall a small amount of vibration during rotation; but nothing that raised alarm. The touchdown was normal with a little bit of vibration at which point I mentioned to the First Officer that we'll have to check during the post flight walk-around to see if there are any abnormalities. It was brought to my attention that the tire that had blown was a retread tire. While I am not an expert on tires; it was explained to me that this appears to be a trend with re-treaded tires.
DHC8-400 flight crew experiences vibration during landing roll. Upon arrival at the gate it is discovered that one of the left main tires has shed half of its tread. A passenger volunteers that he saw something fly off the tire during takeoff.