GA pilot reported an unstabilized approach led to a failed main landing gear tire.

Attributes
ACN	1597240
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	APC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 4034 Flight Crew Type 3012
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

I was on final approach to apc VOR approach runway 06. I had the runway in sight and commenced the visual segment. Smoke generated from [a local fire] obliterated the runway at the last minute. It seemed that the color of the smoke and the runway all looked the same. The problem was slant range not vertical or horizontal range. I pulled up at the last second so as not to strike any objects. I was in a right hand climbing turn. ATC cleared me to land on an intersecting runway 36L. But I could not bleed off enough speed; and I blew a starboard main tire [after landing]. I was using climb manifold pressure and 2700 RPM when cleared to land and trying to reduce manifold pressure in order to land at 80 knots. No damage occurred to the aircraft structure or components other than the tire.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported an unstabilized approach led to a failed main landing gear tire.

Narrative: I was on final approach to APC VOR Approach Runway 06. I had the runway in sight and commenced the visual segment. Smoke generated from [a local fire] obliterated the runway at the last minute. It seemed that the color of the smoke and the runway all looked the same. The problem was slant range not vertical or horizontal range. I pulled up at the last second so as not to strike any objects. I was in a right hand climbing turn. ATC cleared me to land on an intersecting Runway 36L. But I could not bleed off enough speed; and I blew a starboard main tire [after landing]. I was using climb manifold pressure and 2700 RPM when cleared to land and trying to reduce manifold pressure in order to land at 80 knots. No damage occurred to the aircraft structure or components other than the tire.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.