Nose Gear Tire Failure Leads to Takeoff Rejection and Fire (EC-DEG)

Accident Overview and Sequence of Events During the takeoff, acceleration was normal, and no failures were detected in the engines, systems, or structures. The crew registered a strong vibration at or close to V1. The captain felt the vibration increase significantly as rotation began, leading to a rejected takeoff at a speed between VR and V2. Physical evidence indicated that the detachment of the tread of a nose gear tire began before the aircraft reached V1. The rejection occurred with 1,295 meters (4,250 feet) of runway remaining. The aircraft crossed the runway end at a speed slightly over 110 knots, colliding with an ILS concrete building, breaking the airport's metal fencing, and crossing a highway. It caused damage to three vehicles on the highway before colliding with farming construction. Engine number three detached after the impact with the ILS building. Approximately three-quarters of the right wing and the right horizontal stabilizer were detached due to the impact with the farming construction. The fuselage also ran over the construction where the right wing collided. The aircraft stopped 450 meters (1,475 feet) from the end of runway 14 and approximately 40 meters (130 feet) left of the centerline. Neither the passenger department nor the cockpit showed damage that would impede survival when the aircraft stopped. Fuel spilled from the right wing after it collided with the farming construction, and a fire began in the rear of the fuselage, completely destroying the aircraft. There were 381 passengers and 13 crew members on board. 333 passengers and 10 crew survived, while 47 passengers and three assistant crew members died as a result of the fire following the impact.