AC90 pilot reported a nose gear tire failed after landing; resulting in a fire in the nose gear area...

Attributes
ACN	1213146
Time
Date	201410
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	Rockwell Aero Commander Single-Engine Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing Taxi
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 8700 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Upon roll out after landing nose tire deflated and started a fire causing minor damage to the nose gear area of the airplane. Tower was advised of the fire. Fire trucks were dispatched. Aircraft fire extinguisher was emptied on nose tire and extinguished fire. Fire trucks continued with foam to keep tire from reigniting. No injuries. Tires were inspected prior to flight. Tire was in good condition.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AC90 pilot reported a nose gear tire failed after landing; resulting in a fire in the nose gear area.

Narrative: Upon roll out after landing nose tire deflated and started a fire causing minor damage to the nose gear area of the airplane. Tower was advised of the fire. Fire trucks were dispatched. Aircraft fire extinguisher was emptied on nose tire and extinguished fire. Fire trucks continued with foam to keep tire from reigniting. No injuries. Tires were inspected prior to flight. Tire was in good condition.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.