B737 flight crew reports tire failure during takeoff roll and low speed abort. It was later discover...

Narrative:

[We] successfully performed an uneventful abort at less than 50 KIAS for suspected tire failure on runway 12 mia. We exited runway and tire failure was confirmed by mia dade (airport) representative. Company maintenance was informed and tow-in to gate was requested and received. Damage was later discovered by mia dade to a temporary taxi light positioned near the centerline taxiway at approach end of runway 12 which was a possible source of damage to the failed tire. Please note that the temporary taxi lights appeared to be arranged in an extremely haphazard and erratic fashion and were obscured by moderate to heavy rain at the time of the incident. Also there was extreme urgency by the tower to rush the takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reports tire failure during takeoff roll and low speed abort. It was later discovered that a temporary taxi light at the end of Runway 12 had been damaged likely causing the tire failure.

Narrative: [We] successfully performed an uneventful abort at less than 50 KIAS for suspected tire failure on Runway 12 MIA. We exited runway and tire failure was confirmed by MIA Dade (Airport) Representative. Company Maintenance was informed and tow-in to gate was requested and received. Damage was later discovered by MIA Dade to a temporary taxi light positioned near the centerline taxiway at approach end of Runway 12 which was a possible source of damage to the failed tire. Please note that the temporary taxi lights appeared to be arranged in an extremely haphazard and erratic fashion and were obscured by moderate to heavy rain at the time of the incident. Also there was extreme urgency by the Tower to rush the takeoff.

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.

Attributes
ACN	884791
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

B737 flight crew reports tire failure during takeoff roll and low speed abort. It was later discovered that a temporary taxi light at the end of runway 12 had been damaged likely causing the tire failure.