RWY EXCURSION.

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APCH CTL HAD VECTORED ME TO A R BASE ENTRY TO THE APCH COURSE FOR RWY 24L; AND AFTER CLRING ME FOR THE VISUAL APCH; HANDED ME OVER TO TWR ABOUT 4 MI OUT. AFTER CALLING TWR; THE CTLR ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO LAND ON 24L HOLDING SHORT OF THE INTXN WITH RWY 36 AND STATED THAT 3100 FT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. I HAD TO WAIT TO CONTACT TWR AND THUS KNEW THAT AN SMT WAS BEING SET UP TO LAND ON RWY 36. THE WIND WAS RPTED TO BE 310 DEGS AT 13 KTS. A PROPERLY EXECUTED MAX PERFORMANCE LNDG FOR MY SMT X SHOULD USE 2000 FT OR LESS SO I DECIDED TO OBLIGE THE CTLR AND ACCEPT THE CLRNC WITH THE HOLD SHORT RESTRICTION. AS I WAS XING THE THRESHOLD WITH GLIDE ANGLE AND AIRSPD SATISFACTORY; AND IN FINAL LNDG CONFIGN; THE TWR CALLS ME WITH SOMETHING LIKE THE FOLLOWING: 'IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU STOP SHORT OF THE INTXN; THE SITUATION IS NOW CRITICAL.' I'M SURE THAT THE SMT Y WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. I TOUCHED DOWN PROBABLY SHORT OF THE NUMBERS AND APPLIED MAX BRAKING. AFTER BEING ON THE RWY FOR 1000 FT OR SO; THE PLANE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE L AND ALTHOUGH THE SPD HAD SLOWED; IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP FROM LEAVING THE RWY. I INFORMED THE TWR; AND EMER EQUIP WAS DISPATCHED AS A NORMAL PROC ALTHOUGH I TOLD THEM THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND FELT SURE THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. AS IT TURNED OUT; THE LOSS OF CTL RESULTED FROM A BLOWN L TIRE. MY SPECULATION IS THAT THE WHEEL HAD HOPPED DURING THE DECELERATION AND ALLOWED THE BRAKE TO LOCK. MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE EPISODE ARE AS FOLLOWS: FIRST; I FEEL THAT LNDGS RESTR TO HOLDING SHORT OF AN INTXN ARE INHERENTLY RISKY. THERE ARE ENOUGH VARIABLES IN THE LNDG PROCESS THAT INADVERTENT OVERRUNS CAN OCCUR. THERE ALSO IS A SUBTLE PRESSURE ON THE PLT TO ACCEPT SUCH A CLRNC TO EXPEDITE THE FLOW OF TFC. I CAN REMEMBER INSTANCES IN THE PAST WHERE SUCH CLRNCS AT A STRANGE ARPT AT NIGHT PRODUCE THE SITUATION WHERE THE PLT IS UNSURE WHERE THE INTXN IN QUESTION REALLY IS.