Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4; Flight Crew Total 530; Flight Crew Type 224
Other / Unknown; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
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.
Bonanza pilot reports a hard landing causing a tire to blow and a runway excursion.