Research aircraft has main gear tires blow just prior to V1. Takeoff aborted.

Attributes
ACN	284015
Time
Date	199409
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : psm
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	284015
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 58 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	283942
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Right main gear tires blown prior to V1 rejected takeoff initiated. Tire debris caused failure of right squat switch disabling nose wheel steering and anti-skid braking. Aircraft veered left and aircraft stopped with nose wheel off runway. Aircraft was evacuate/evacuationed with no injury. Damage was limited to both main wheel and brake assemblies.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RESEARCH ACFT HAS MAIN GEAR TIRES BLOW JUST PRIOR TO V1. TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative: R MAIN GEAR TIRES BLOWN PRIOR TO V1 REJECTED TKOF INITIATED. TIRE DEBRIS CAUSED FAILURE OF R SQUAT SWITCH DISABLING NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND ANTI-SKID BRAKING. ACFT VEERED L AND ACFT STOPPED WITH NOSE WHEEL OFF RWY. ACFT WAS EVACED WITH NO INJURY. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTH MAIN WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES.

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.