# Accident 19930729026479A: Ayres S2RT34RESTD, Tulare, CA, July 29, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1993, 07:20 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Airport: Mefford Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OREG
- Location: 36.1566° N, 119.3266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEFFORD FLD (TLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1566&lon=-119.3266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4016B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4016B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES S2RT34RESTD
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,248 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729026479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. STRUT LOWER INNER TUBE ASSEMBLY BOLT HOLE CRACKED DUE FATIGUE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX93LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA306), Jul 29, 1993: Ayres S-2R-T34 (N4016B), Tulare, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the main gear inner lower tube assembly due to fatigue.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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