Air carrier medium large transport takeoff abort when tires failed at 100 KTS.

Attributes
ACN	94445
Time
Date	198809
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ama
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 69
ASRS Report	94445
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000
ASRS Report	94314
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At 100 KTS on takeoff roll a vibration occurred, aborted takeoff was begun. A loud bang was heard, a tire was suspected to have blown. Tower was notified. Shortly thereafter the aircraft pulled right, as the other tire on the right blew. Use of rudder and nose wheel steering kept the aircraft on centerline. Reverse was used primarily for stopping, some use of brakes were applied, but minimally due to temperature 85 and possibility of blowing tires on left side runway length (13000') was not considered a factor (2500' remained at completion of stop). Fire truck was called. No fire occurred. Brake area was sprayed with dry powder. Supplemental information from acn 94314: normal egress from the aircraft after it was confirmed that no other problems existed by tower and the firemen.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TKOF ABORT WHEN TIRES FAILED AT 100 KTS.

Narrative: AT 100 KTS ON TKOF ROLL A VIBRATION OCCURRED, ABORTED TKOF WAS BEGUN. A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, A TIRE WAS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BLOWN. TWR WAS NOTIFIED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ACFT PULLED RIGHT, AS THE OTHER TIRE ON THE RIGHT BLEW. USE OF RUDDER AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING KEPT THE ACFT ON CENTERLINE. REVERSE WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR STOPPING, SOME USE OF BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT MINIMALLY DUE TO TEMP 85 AND POSSIBILITY OF BLOWING TIRES ON LEFT SIDE RWY LENGTH (13000') WAS NOT CONSIDERED A FACTOR (2500' REMAINED AT COMPLETION OF STOP). FIRE TRUCK WAS CALLED. NO FIRE OCCURRED. BRAKE AREA WAS SPRAYED WITH DRY POWDER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 94314: NORMAL EGRESS FROM THE ACFT AFTER IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT NO OTHER PROBS EXISTED BY TWR AND THE FIREMEN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.