An airbus 300 cabin attendant reports concern on an aborted takeoff due to loss of power and blown t...

Attributes
ACN	535897
Time
Date	200112
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 1 flight attendant time total : 1 flight attendant time type : 7
ASRS Report	535897
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After about 1 hour delay, we finally were ready for takeoff. We were about 1/2 way down the runway and all of a sudden all of the lights went off and about 2 seconds later we slammed on the brakes and I heard a loud bang. I thought we ran into something. Then about 10 seconds later the captain came on the PA system and told us that all was well. A few mins later we taxied off the runway and were told that we lost power and aborted takeoff and blew a tire.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 300 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS CONCERN ON AN ABORTED TKOF DUE TO LOSS OF PWR AND BLOWN TIRE INCIDENT.

Narrative: AFTER ABOUT 1 HR DELAY, WE FINALLY WERE READY FOR TKOF. WE WERE ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER WE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I THOUGHT WE RAN INTO SOMETHING. THEN ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER THE CAPT CAME ON THE PA SYS AND TOLD US THAT ALL WAS WELL. A FEW MINS LATER WE TAXIED OFF THE RWY AND WERE TOLD THAT WE LOST PWR AND ABORTED TKOF AND BLEW A TIRE.

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.

An airbus 300 cabin attendant reports concern on an aborted takeoff due to loss of power and blown tire incident.