Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1.8; Flight Crew Total 395; Flight Crew Type 395
Distraction; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Procedure; Aircraft; Airport; Human Factors
The flight involved a short trip to a new airport for a short weekend visit.... The flight concluded with a hard landing; which resulted in inappropriate braking and a blown left main tire. As the approach unfolded; the correct answer was to go around and set up with less energy. I was aware of that alternative and decided at the time that it was less desireable than proceeding with the landing; as I felt the airspeed was close enough that I could handle the landing. However; the plane continued to float and I had reservations about aborting in a full flap condition at low airspeed; so I continued the landing and tried to get the plane on the ground prematurely; which is a recipe for bouncing in a tricycle geared airplane.The runway does have a 1.3% slope in the the direction of the landing. Glide slope indicators had been NOTAM'd Out of Service (OTS). The 4;000 foot x 75 feet runway should not have been uncomfortably short or narrow for me landing a Bonanza F33; with proper energy management. No one was injured and there is no other apparent damage to the airplane other than the tire. It is difficult to single out a single causal factor for this poor landing; but the prominent one probably was lack of recent flying experience.... I was legally current; but not as proficient as I could have been or should have been for flying a high-performance; complex airplane into an unfamiliar airport like the incident airport.I; like others who have been legally current but not sufficiently proficient because of inactivity; usually do not have a problem; unless there are other contributing; or I would prefer to say complicating; factors. There were several here; and that's perhaps the biggest lesson:  yes; you can fly with relatively low recent experience--if there are no other contributing; or complicating; factors.... Looking back; I should have canceled this flight before it began. One check ride was not enough to give me a good margin of safety for a trip such as this; especially considering my mentally tired condition....
General Aviation Pilot experienced a hard landing and blown tire after floating results from excessive speed on approach to a down-sloping runway.