RV-10
Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 20300; Flight Crew Type 100
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Aircraft
Was doing a touch and go. After landing; retracted flaps and applied takeoff power. About 2 or 3 seconds later; at about 50 knots; the aircraft started turning right because of a blown right tire. I reduced the power to idle and applied full [left] rudder and brake. The aircraft left the runway onto a grass surface and stopped about 50 feet from the edge of the runway; aimed 90 degrees [to] the right of runway direction. The tail struck the ground damaging the bottom of the rudder.
RV-10 pilot reported a runway excursion and minor damage to the aircraft after the right tire blew out on the takeoff roll.