# NTSB Accident NYC98LA097
> **Let L-23 SUPER BLANIK** · 1998-04-21 · PIPERSVILLE, PA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC98LA097
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09942
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-04-21
- **Location:** PIPERSVILLE, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.430625, -75.10028
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Let
- **Model:** L-23 SUPER BLANIK
- **Registration:** N298BA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude, while on an approach to an off-airport landing area, which resulted in a lack of airspeed and/or altitude to reach the intended landing area (undershoot), a stall or mush into tree(s), and collision with a barn.

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