A C525's left tire failed on landing causing the aircraft to veer uncontrollably left off the runway...

Attributes
ACN	851709
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 3600 Flight Crew Type 270
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Visual approach to runway; normal profile; vref speed over the numbers; touchdown vref -10 KTS; progressive developing yaw to the left - corrected with right rudder to full deflection + small amount of right brake. Aircraft yawed left but returned on course to the runway centerline - coasted off the runway onto a adjacent taxiway and advised ATC and shut down the engines; exited the aircraft to check for damage (negative fire); visual inspection indicated catastrophic failure of the left main tire with apparent damage to the associated wheel assembly. Airport operations met us at the plane and we proceeded to get assistance in moving the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C525's left tire failed on landing causing the aircraft to veer uncontrollably left off the runway.

Narrative: Visual approach to runway; normal profile; Vref speed over the numbers; Touchdown Vref -10 KTS; progressive developing yaw to the left - corrected with right rudder to full deflection + small amount of right brake. Aircraft yawed left but returned on course to the runway centerline - coasted off the runway onto a adjacent taxiway and advised ATC and shut down the engines; exited the aircraft to check for damage (negative fire); visual inspection indicated catastrophic failure of the left main tire with apparent damage to the associated wheel assembly. Airport operations met us at the plane and we proceeded to get assistance in moving the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.