Narrative:

Everything was normal on preflight by first officer (first officer). Weather was clear wind 170/07 KTS temp 28C; taxi out was normal no traffic out to the runway. I didn't have to use much braking on the taxi out and we were cleared for takeoff upon arrival at runway 15L. Saber takeoff data was flaps 1; bleeds off; assumed weight 154.0; assumed temp 60C; V1 155; vr 157; V2 160. I set throttles at 40 percent and once the engines stabilized I pushed the throttles up to takeoff thrust; instruments and acceleration [was] normal. At the first officers 100 knot call I cross checked the primary and standby airspeed indicators; everything was normal so I focused my attention back out on the runway. The next thing I felt was a severe shaking like the nose tires were gone and were grinding on the pavement. I felt that the safest course of action was to perform a rejected takeoff due to the aircraft being unsafe/unable to fly. I called the reject and performed the rejected takeoff maneuver; I brought the aircraft to a stop slightly left of centerline with 3000 ft of runway remaining.the first officer called the tower and I told him to have them send the emergency vehicles. The first officer made the remain seated; remain seated PA to the passengers and crew; I called for the rejected takeoff checklist and as we were completing the checklist the first officer noticed the system a hydraulic caution lights illuminated and all of the fluid was gone; we then ran the QRH for the loss of system a hydraulics and secured the pumps. It turned out to be a tire failure or failures on the left main; we were not sure if one tire failed first followed by the other. All passengers and crew were unharmed and eventually transported to the terminal. The inflight crew did an outstanding job under a very stressful situation. My first officer also needs to be commended for his professionalism and cool under fire; he was an outstanding asset.

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Title: Air carrier flight crew reported executing a high speed rejected takeoff after left main landing gear tire(s) failed during takeoff roll.

Narrative: Everything was normal on preflight by First Officer (FO). Weather was Clear wind 170/07 KTS temp 28C; taxi out was normal no traffic out to the runway. I didn't have to use much braking on the taxi out and we were cleared for takeoff upon arrival at runway 15L. SABER takeoff data was flaps 1; bleeds off; Assumed weight 154.0; Assumed temp 60C; V1 155; VR 157; V2 160. I set throttles at 40 percent and once the engines stabilized I pushed the throttles up to Takeoff thrust; instruments and acceleration [was] normal. At the First Officers 100 knot call I cross checked the primary and standby airspeed indicators; everything was normal so I focused my attention back out on the runway. The next thing I felt was a severe shaking like the nose tires were gone and were grinding on the pavement. I felt that the safest course of action was to perform a Rejected Takeoff due to the Aircraft being unsafe/unable to Fly. I called the Reject and performed the Rejected Takeoff Maneuver; I brought the Aircraft to a stop slightly left of centerline with 3000 FT of runway remaining.The FO called the tower and I told him to have them send the Emergency Vehicles. The FO made the Remain Seated; Remain Seated PA to the passengers and Crew; I called for the Rejected Takeoff Checklist and as we were completing the checklist the FO noticed the System A Hydraulic caution lights illuminated and all of the fluid was gone; we then ran the QRH for the Loss of System A Hydraulics and secured the Pumps. It turned out to be a tire failure or failures on the left main; we were not sure if one tire failed first followed by the other. All passengers and crew were unharmed and eventually transported to the terminal. The inflight crew did an outstanding job under a very stressful situation. My First Officer also needs to be commended for his professionalism and cool under fire; he was an outstanding asset.

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.