B747-200 aircraft taxiing at foreign airport with first officer taxiing, turned too short and hit taxi light resulting in blown tire. The exploding tire also drove taxi light glass into lower fuselage air conditioning pack access panel.

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Attributes
ACN	396931
Time
Date	199803
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rop
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 98 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1418
ASRS Report	396931
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxiing around the corner we hit a taxi light with the #1 tire, which exploded. After taxiing back in, we changed #1 and #2 tires. We also found that when the tire exploded it caused some blue glass from the taxi light to be propelled at a high speed causing small punctures in the #2 air conditioning pack access panel, which is forward and inward from the tire. Chain of events: the first officer was taxiing, and only had a small amount of taxi experience with a B747. I was not paying close attention to the path of the aircraft around the corner. I had seen this first officer taxi before, and he seemed to be doing a good job, therefore, I let my attention wander to other tasks while the first officer was taxiing. After returning to the blocks the first officer said that he had reverted back to just taxiing on the yellow line and not thinking about the main tires 83 ft behind the nose tires.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747-200 ACFT TAXIING AT FOREIGN ARPT WITH FO TAXIING, TURNED TOO SHORT AND HIT TAXI LIGHT RESULTING IN BLOWN TIRE. THE EXPLODING TIRE ALSO DROVE TAXI LIGHT GLASS INTO LOWER FUSELAGE AIR CONDITIONING PACK ACCESS PANEL.

Narrative: ON TAXIING AROUND THE CORNER WE HIT A TAXI LIGHT WITH THE #1 TIRE, WHICH EXPLODED. AFTER TAXIING BACK IN, WE CHANGED #1 AND #2 TIRES. WE ALSO FOUND THAT WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED IT CAUSED SOME BLUE GLASS FROM THE TAXI LIGHT TO BE PROPELLED AT A HIGH SPD CAUSING SMALL PUNCTURES IN THE #2 AIR CONDITIONING PACK ACCESS PANEL, WHICH IS FORWARD AND INWARD FROM THE TIRE. CHAIN OF EVENTS: THE FO WAS TAXIING, AND ONLY HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF TAXI EXPERIENCE WITH A B747. I WAS NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTN TO THE PATH OF THE ACFT AROUND THE CORNER. I HAD SEEN THIS FO TAXI BEFORE, AND HE SEEMED TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB, THEREFORE, I LET MY ATTN WANDER TO OTHER TASKS WHILE THE FO WAS TAXIING. AFTER RETURNING TO THE BLOCKS THE FO SAID THAT HE HAD REVERTED BACK TO JUST TAXIING ON THE YELLOW LINE AND NOT THINKING ABOUT THE MAIN TIRES 83 FT BEHIND THE NOSE TIRES.

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.