# Accident 20000920036619A: Cessna 150G, Portersville, IN, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Portersville, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3908° N, 86.9296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3908&lon=-86.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4770X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4770X-2001-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920036619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. KRESS  ATTEMPTED TO LAND TO THE SOUTH (170 DEGREES) ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP NEAR PORTERSVILLE, IN. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME ARE ESTIMATED: MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FEW CLOUDS AT 4800, TEMP 84F, WINDS WERE 210/25 GUSTING TO 36. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROWN CORN STALKS IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL COMING TO REST APPROX. 25 FEET FROM THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CHI00FA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA302), Sep 20, 2000: Cessna 150G (N4770X), Jasper, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall by the pilot in command. Contributing factors were the approach airspeed not obtained/maintained by the pilot in command and the wind gusts.

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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