Bonanza pilot reports a hard landing causing a tire to blow and a runway excursion.

Attributes
ACN	1034321
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4 Flight Crew Total 530 Flight Crew Type 224
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

On final approach; an early flare caused a hard landing; blowing the right tire and causing the plane to veer off the runway hitting a small sign with the left wing. No injury to pilot. No damage to runway/airport equipment; except a small sign knocked down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Bonanza pilot reports a hard landing causing a tire to blow and a runway excursion.

Narrative: On final approach; an early flare caused a hard landing; blowing the right tire and causing the plane to veer off the runway hitting a small sign with the left wing. No injury to pilot. No damage to runway/airport equipment; except a small sign knocked down.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.