# Incident 20251029015569I: Piper PA-24, Belle Fourche, SD, October 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2025, 17:35 local time
- Place: Belle Fourche, SD
- Airport: Belle Fourche Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7346° N, 103.8618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLE FOURCHE MUNI (EFC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7346&lon=-103.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6564P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6564P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 41 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251029015569I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2025 AT 1730 A PIPER PA-24 REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT IN CLIMBOUT DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BELLE FOURCHE, SD (EFC) ON OCTOBER 29, 2025 AT ABOUT 1725.

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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