Lom, it was a high speed taxi to start an engine,which had a bleed air valve problem,or a starter failure...never an attempt to take-off before one had checked it.Not too bad if it was an inboard(on a C130),but an outboard could be interesting..! Usually happened at night,after the freight had all been loaded,and the loaders were busy elsewhere....Have seen the end 300ft of tarmac appearing out of the dust cloud on 12000ft of runway as we coasted to a stop.....