What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot indicated that during the takeoff sequence he experienced a sudden vibration that he believed came from the nose wheel. He called the tower and notified them of a possible problem with his nose landing wheel. He indicated that he did not request an emergency landing; however, emergency vehicles were called out for the landing. He landed the aircraft without incident. The aircraft remained on the active runway pending maintenance. I was at ADS and initiated an investigation to the cause of the tire failure. Prior to completion of the investigation and release of the aircraft I was asked to leave the scene by local law enforcement. The passenger indicated that the nose wheel was fully inflated prior to departure. The director of maintenance for this aircraft was asked to inspect the tire and inner tube and keep them available for my inspection. The next day it was discovered that the inner tube had a puncture type 1/4" cut in the inner tube sidewall with no supporting cut in the tire. The tire was in a like new condition. There was no abrasion damage to the inner tube. The innertube appears to have a manufacturing defect at the outboard sidewall all the way around. On 8/9/2011 an SAIB was released addressing goodyear innertube failures in cold weather. The week of 8/15/2011 the ifo notified this office that they had an operator with 50 tire failures that they attributed to innertube failure. On 8/24/2011 went to a maintenance facility at ADS and they had an innertube failure that morning very similar to the one experienced on this aircraft. There was no damage to the tire, but a puncture/cut to the side wall. It was not a goddyear innertube. It does not appear that this was caused by taxi-way or runway foreign object damage.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN VIBRATION THAT HE BELIEVED CAME FROM THE NOSE WHEEL. HE CALLED THE TOWER AND NOTIFIED THEM OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH HIS NOSE LANDING WHEEL. HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT REQUEST AN EMERGENCY LANDING; HOWEVER, EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE CALLED OUT FOR THE LANDING. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY PENDING MAINTENANCE. I WAS AT ADS AND INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION TO THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE FAILURE. PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION AND RELEASE OF THE AIRCRAFT I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE SCENE BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE PASSENGER INDICATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FULLY INFLATED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ASKED TO INSPECT THE TIRE AND INNER TUBE AND KEEP THEM AVAILABLE FOR MY INSPECTION. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER TUBE HAD A PUNCTURE TYPE 1/4" CUT IN THE INNER TUBE SIDEWALL WITH NO SUPPORTING CUT IN THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS IN A LIKE NEW CONDITION. THERE WAS NO ABRASION DAMAGE TO THE INNER TUBE. THE INNERTUBE APPEARS TO HAVE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AT THE OUTBOARD SIDEWALL ALL THE WAY AROUND.ON 8/9/2011 AN SAIB WAS RELEASED ADDRESSING GOODYEAR INNERTUBE FAILURES IN COLD WEATHER.THE WEEK OF 8/15/2011 THE IFO NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE THAT THEY HAD AN OPERATOR WITH 50 TIRE FAILURES THAT THEY ATTRIBUTED TO INNERTUBE FAILURE.ON 8/24/2011 WENT TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT ADS AND THEY HAD AN INNERTUBE FAILURE THAT MORNING VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE EXPERIENCED ON THIS AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, BUT A PUNCTURE/CUT TO THE SIDE WALL. IT WAS NOT A GODDYEAR INNERTUBE.IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY TAXI-WAY OR RUNWAY FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE.