Safety
NTSB: underinflated tires caused Learjet 60 crash
Greatly underinflated tires and a rejected takeoff after V1 were the probable causes of the

Greatly underinflated tires and a rejected takeoff after V1 were the probable causes of the 2008 crash of a Learjet 60 while attempting to depart the Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport (CAE) for a nighttime flight to Van Nuys, Calif., according to the NTSB.

As the tires failed in a sequence from right to left, pieces from the disintegrating tires damaged a squat switch in a wheelwell and caused the airplane’s thrust reversers to return to the stowed position.

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