Corp small transport blows tire on takeoff, aborts, and has runway excursion before getting stopped.

Attributes
ACN	150812
Time
Date	199007
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jbr
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : anu
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 125
ASRS Report	150812
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Right main tire blew on takeoff roll, takeoff aborted, aircraft slid off runway. Right main tire and tube replaced, flight completed as originally planned. Preflight did not show any tire problem. After incident, however, line crew informed me the tire looked low, and they had added air to it earlier in the day. Initially, during the takeoff roll, nose wheel shimmy was suspected. Applying elevator up worsened the situation. Power was brought back to idle, directional control was tried to be maintained, and was unsuccessful. Aircraft came to rest half way down the runway in the grass. No further damage. The tire may have been suspected of a possible problem before flight if the line crew had informed me that they had added air to the tire, they could have possibility have told me how low the tire was. The tire had been rotated about 12 hours before incident. The tires total time estimated at 275 hours total.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CORP SMT BLOWS TIRE ON TKOF, ABORTS, AND HAS RWY EXCURSION BEFORE GETTING STOPPED.

Narrative: R MAIN TIRE BLEW ON TKOF ROLL, TKOF ABORTED, ACFT SLID OFF RWY. R MAIN TIRE AND TUBE REPLACED, FLT COMPLETED AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. PREFLT DID NOT SHOW ANY TIRE PROB. AFTER INCIDENT, HOWEVER, LINE CREW INFORMED ME THE TIRE LOOKED LOW, AND THEY HAD ADDED AIR TO IT EARLIER IN THE DAY. INITIALLY, DURING THE TKOF ROLL, NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY WAS SUSPECTED. APPLYING ELEVATOR UP WORSENED THE SITUATION. PWR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO IDLE, DIRECTIONAL CTL WAS TRIED TO BE MAINTAINED, AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ACFT CAME TO REST HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY IN THE GRASS. NO FURTHER DAMAGE. THE TIRE MAY HAVE BEEN SUSPECTED OF A POSSIBLE PROB BEFORE FLT IF THE LINE CREW HAD INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD ADDED AIR TO THE TIRE, THEY COULD HAVE POSSIBILITY HAVE TOLD ME HOW LOW THE TIRE WAS. THE TIRE HAD BEEN ROTATED ABOUT 12 HRS BEFORE INCIDENT. THE TIRES TOTAL TIME ESTIMATED AT 275 HRS TOTAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.