# NTSB Accident LAX02LA226
> **Ayres S2R-T34** · 2002-07-13 · Firebaugh, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX02LA226
- **Event ID:** 20020723X01188
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-13
- **Location:** Firebaugh, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.849998, -120.449996
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Ayres
- **Model:** S2R-T34
- **Registration:** N4020Y
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The overload fracture and separation of the left main gear strut assembly due the left landing gear's encounter with a chuck hole in the private airstrip's asphalt pavement.  A factor in the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the airstrip's surface.

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