All Goodyear
commercial aircraft tires are clearly marked with the following information:
Goodyear, size, load rating, speed rating, molded skid depth, Goodyear
part number, serial number, Goodyear plant identification and TSO
marking. In addition, Goodyear tires are marked with the ply rating
and other markings as required by airframe manufacturers or other
organizations, such as an AEA code (which defines new tire casing
and tread construction).
All TSO-C62b
qualified tires with a speed rating of 160 mph or less and all TSO-C62c
qualified tires do not require requalification to TSO-C62d unless
the tire is changed.
Tires
retreaded by all Goodyear's facilities have the following information
marked in the shoulder: the Size, Ply Rating, Speed Category, Retread
Plant and/or Country of retreading as well as retread level (R-Level),
date of retreading and retread AEA code if appropriate.
Aircraft
Tires Serial Number Codes
All commercial serial numbers will consist of eight (8) characters.
Position
1 signifies year: 6= 1996 Positions 2, 3, 4 signify day of year
(Julian Date)
For all
plants except for Danville, position 5 (a letter) identifies plant
of manufacture:
A= Akron (Technical Center)
*B= Brazil (San Paulo)
*G= Luxembourg
T= Thailand
*Goodyear
no longer manufactures commercial aircraft tires in Brazil or Luxembourg.
All remaining
characters, positions 5,6,7,8 for Danville and positions 6,7,8 for
Thailand are numeric.
| EXAMPLES |
|
|
|
| 6 019 1234 |
| 1996 |
Julian Day |
Numeric Danville |
| 6 019 T 123 |
| 1996 |
Julian Day Plant Letter |
Numeric Thailand |
Courtesy
of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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