ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:10 PM A BOAT OPERATED BY O1 - CARRYING THREE PASSENGERS - RAN A GROUND WHILE CRUISING FROM ONE FISHING LOCATION TO THE NEXT ON ORMAN DAM / BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR. AT THAT TIME DROUGHT CONDITIONS LOWERED THE RESERVOIRS WATER CAPACITY TO APPROXIMATELY 38 PERCENT - EXPOSING MUCH OF THE SHORELINE. THE FISHERMAN HAD LAUNCHED THE BOAT AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM. THEY HAD SPENT THE EVENING FISHING ON THE SOUTH END OF THE RESERVOIR WHEN THEY DECIDED TO FISH NEAR THE FACE OF THE DAM (LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE NEAR THE NORTH/SOUTH MIDPOINT OF THE RESERVOIR). THE BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A GPS UNIT AND O1 HAD BEEN NAVIGATING OFF THE MAP SCREEN. THE EVENING WAS VERY DARK AND CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. THE BOAT LIGHTS WERE ON BUT WHILE CRUISING TO THE DAM FACE O1 WAS NAVIGATING BY THE USE OF THE GPS MAP. THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING PARALLEL TO THE EAST SHORELINE. AS THE BOAT ROUNDED A LONG POINT (CCC POINT) THE GPS INDICATED THE SHORELINE WAS STILL SEVERAL FEET AWAY. THE BOAT RAN A GROUND AFTER ROUNDING THE POINT WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 22 MPH. WHEN O1 REALIZED THEY WERE HITTING SHORE HE THROTTLED DOWN AND TURNED THE BOAT SHARPLY TO THE PORT SIDE. O1 AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE THROWN FROM  THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BOAT. ALL BUT ONE OF THE PASSENGERS LANDED OUTSIDE THE BOAT ON THEIR FEET OR KNEES WITH NO INJURES. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS LANDED ON HER KNEES BUT INJURED HER HEAD/NECK. SHE WAS LATER TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE SPEARFISH, SD HOSPITAL WITH ONLY SORENESS. 
AFTER THE ACCIDENT O1 OPERATED THE BOAT MAKING A SHORT LOOP JUST OFF THE SHORELINE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BOAT/VESSEL.
BELLE FOURCHE                 