# Incident 19860706052269I: Piper PA24, Belle Fourche, SD, July 6, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1986, 16:15 local time
- Place: Belle Fourche, SD
- Airport: Bus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6638° N, 103.8591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belle Fourche, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6638&lon=-103.8591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6058P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6058P-1989-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 796 total, 218 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860706052269I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AFTER PILOT CHANGED FUEL TANKS IN PATTERN. STRUCK DIRT MOUND IN FIELD. FUEL SELECTOR IN OFF POSITION.

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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