# NTSB Accident MIA00LA261
> **Piper PA-34-200T** · 2000-09-01 · MERIDIANVILLE, AL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00LA261
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22035
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-09-01
- **Location:** MERIDIANVILLE, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.869312, -86.569473
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-34-200T
- **Registration:** N223S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot in command's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in hard landing on the nose landing gear and collapse of the nose landing gear.

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