# ReleasableAccidents

BARDID: 2009-NC-0033
Date: 2009-06-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 04:35:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE
NearestCityTown: ROANOKE RAPIDS
County: HALIFAX
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 6/2/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30AM VESSEL #1, NC 9675 WG, WAS TRAVELING UPSTREAM WEST ON ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE.  THERE WERE (3) PERSONS ON BOARD.  THE VESSEL HAD JUST LEFT THE THELMA ACCESS AREA BOAT RAMP.  THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS WERE EN ROUTE TO THE GASTON DAM AREA TO CATCH BAIT.  APPROXIMATELY 350 YARDS FROM THE RAMP THE OPERATOR MISJUDGED HIS POSITION ON THE LAKE AND TURNED TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORELINE.  THE VESSEL STRUCK THE SOUTH SHORELINE (SEE DIAGRAM) AND CONTINUED UP ONTO THE SHORELINE APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT.  THE AREA OF IMPACT WAS NOT A STEEP SLOPE AND IS FREE OF HARWOODS OR ROCKS.  AT THE POINT OF IMPACT THE GROUND AND SUBRATE IS MARSH LIKE AND WEEDY UNDERBRUSH.  THE VESSEL IS EQUIPPED WITH A 60 HP TILLER HAND MOTOR AND THE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE REAR SEAT.  OCCUPANT1 WAS SEATED NEXT TO HIM ON THE PORT SIDE REAR SEAT.  OCCUPANT2 WAS SEATED ON THE EDGE OF FRONT DECK, PORT SIDE AND WAS FACING TOWARD THE STERN (WITH HIS FEET IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT).  THE OPERATOR AND THE REAR PASSENGER WERE WEARING THEIR PFD'S.  THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.  UPON IMPACT ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE THROWN FORWARD IN THE BOAT.  WHEN THE BOAT CAME TO REST, THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS LAYING ON THE FRONT DECK.  BOTH OF THE REAR PASSENGERS WERE LAYING IN THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT FORWARD OF THE BEAM.  THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN TO HIS RIBS AND RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.  ONE OF THE SUBJECTS CALLED SUBJECT OF ROANOKE RAPIDS TO ASSIST AND COME OUT AND GET VICTIM.  SUBJECT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND TWO PEOPLE ASSISTED VICTIM.  VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE RAMP AND ATTENDED AND TREATED BY HALIFAX EMS.

VICTIM WAS TREATED FOR BROKEN RIBS ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.  TWO OCCUPANTS STAYED WITH THE BOAT.  SEVERAL VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ASSISTED THEM IN RECOVERING THE BOAT.  THE BOAT WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE WATER.  THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE USE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AND NO EVIDENCE OF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0034
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE
NearestCityTown: HUNTERSVILLE
County: MECKLENBURG
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 2, 2009 AROUND 7:00PM, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS HEADING NORTH ON THE MAIN CHANNEL OF MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE APPROACHING THE VOCE THAT LEADS TO NECK ROAD ACCESS AREA.  AT THE SAME TIME, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS HEADING OUT OF THE NECK ROAD ACCESS AREA COVE AND INTO THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE LAKE TO THE SOUTH.  VESSEL #1 WAS APPROACHING THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #2 AS VESSEL #2 ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THEMAIN CHANNEL OF THE LAKE.  AS THE TWO VESSELS MET ON A COLLISION COURSE, VESSEL #1 DID NOT SEE VESSEL #2 UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE IMPACT, THEN TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION.  THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #1 HIT THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  BECAUSE VESSEL #1 WAS APPRACHING VESSEL #2'S PORT SIDE, HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN WAY.  VESSEL #1 HAD EXTRA TYPE IV PFD'S BUT NOT ENOUGH WEARABLE TYPE.  VESSEL #2 WAS EQUIPPED WITH ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0035
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: MTN ISLAND LAKE
NearestCityTown: CHARLOTTE
County: MECKLENBURG
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING UNDER HWY 16 BRIDGE TOWARDS THE EAST.  VESSEL1 OPERATOR WAS BY HIMSELF.  AS VESSEL #1 CLEARED THE BRIDGE AND WAS COMING OUT OF THE NO WAKE ZONE HE THROTTLE UP.  HE STATED THAT HE LOOKED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER BOATS.  VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WEST TOWARDS VESSEL #1 AND STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THAT THE OPERATOR WASN'T ON PLANE YET AND OUT OF VIEW.  OPERATOR2 LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND WAS DRIFTING.  HE ALSO STATED THAT AS VESSEL #1 WAS GETTING CLOSE, HE PUT HIS BOAT IN REVERSE TO AVOID A COLLISION.  ABOUT THE TIME VESSEL #1 GOT TO PLANE THE OPERATOR COULD SEE VESSEL #2 AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE SMAE TIME AS IMPACT.  THE UPPER PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #1 STRUCK THE UPPER STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2 THUS CRACKING IT'S HULL AND SCRAPED DOWN THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #1.  THE TWO VESSELS DRIFTED APART FOR SEVERAL YARDS AND THEN THEY CAME BACK TOGETHER AND EXCHANGED INFORMATION.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 CALLED THE DAY FOLLOWING AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.  I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND HE SAID THAT NOBODY WAS INJURIED IN EITHER BOAT AND THE DAMAGE TO VESSEL #1 WAS JUST SCRAPES.  ON HIS BOAT I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS $2000.00 OR MORE IN DAMAGE.  HE REPLIED BY SAYING THAT HIS BOAT WAS NOT EVEN WORTH NEAR THAT MUCH.  I INFORMED HIM THAT I WOULD NOT BE DOING AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND NOBODY WAS INJURIED.  I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IF LATER ANYONE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION OR THE DAMAGES EXCEED #2000.00 TO CALL ME.  A FEW DAYS LATER HE CALLED AND SAID HE GOT ESTIMATES ON HIS BOAT AND IT RANGED FROM $1900 - $10,000 AND HE WANTED A REPORT.  I MET WITH IHIM AND HE FILLED OUT FORM MB 4.1 AS I LOOKED AT ESTIMATE AND CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP.  THE REPAIRMAN SAID THAT BOAT WAS TOTALED AND HE WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE TOP OFF AND REPLACE THE HULL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 CONTACTED ME BY PHONE AND GAVE ME HIS SIDE AND TOLD ME WHERE HE LIVED. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO LOOK AT HIS BOAT AND GIVE HIM A FORM MB 4.1 TO FILL OUT.  OPERATOR2 HAS CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE REPORT AND STATING THAT HE HAS BACK INJURIES NOW.  I RECEIVED THE OTHER FORM ON 5-16-09.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0036
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIWASSEE LAKE
NearestCityTown: MURPHY
County: CHEROKEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 7TH, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM, I WAS WORKING ON LAKE CHATUGE WITH OFFICER WHEN WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM OUR SGT. ABOUT A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT HAD HAPPENED ON HIWASSEE LAKE.  WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK OUR BOAT OFF CHATUGE AND HEADED TO MURPHY MEDICAL CENTER IN PEACHTREE N.C., TO MEET THE INVOLVED PERSONS.  AT THE HOSPITAL I TOOK A REPORT FROM OPERATOR, WHO WAS DRIVING THE BOAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THE HAD BEEN CAMPING WITH HIS FAMILY AT HANGING DOG CAMPGROUND THAT WEEKEND AND HAD LAUNCHED HIS BOAT FROM HANGING DOG ACCESS AREA EARILER THAT MORNING.  HE SAID THAT HE TOOK THE BOAT UP THE LAKE WHERE THE VALLEY RIVER AND THE HIWASSEE RIVER COME TOGETHER, UPSTREAM OF POINT 9.  HE THEN TOOK THE VALLEY RIVER FORK TO THE LEFT AND UNDER THE JOE BROWN HIGHWAY BRIDGE, TO SEE HOW FAR UP THE RIVER THEY COULD GO INTO TOWN.  OPERATOR SAID HE WAS PULLING TWO PEOPLE ON ONE TUBE AT THIS TIME (ABOUT 3:30PM).  AFTER THEY WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE, THEY THEN CONTINUED UNDER THE OLD RAILROAD TRESTLE TRAVELING BETWEEN 10-20 MPH.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THEY WERE, "JUST CRUISING" BETWEEN 10-20 MPH.  ABOUT 200 YARDS FARTHER UPSTREAM OPERATOR SAID HE HAD TO MAKE A TURN TO THE LEFT TO STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHANNEL.  HE SAID THAT WHEN HE MADE THE TURN, HE REALIZED THE TUBE HAD GONE OUTSIDE THE WAKE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK BACK, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS BOAT SO WELL THAT HE COULD FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BOAT'S HANDLING.  AT THAT MOMENT IS WHEN HE SAYS HE PUT THE BOAT IN NEUTRAL TO SLOW THE VESSEL.  THIS IS WHEN ONE OF THE GIRLS ON THE TUBE JUMPED OFF.  WIFE STAYED ON THE TUBE AND MADE CONTACT WITH A TREE THAT IS STANING IN THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVER OF THE LAKE.  SHE MADE CONTACT WITH THE TREE TRUNK WITH HER TORSO, FRACTURING HER RIBS AND POSSIBLY PUNCTURING A LUNG.  SHE WAS TREATED AT MURPHY MEDIAL CENTER AND SENT ON TO A HOSPITAL IN ASHVILLE FOR FURTHER OBSERVATION.  BOTH GIRLS ON THE TUBE WERE WEARING COAST GUARD APPROVED TYPE III SKI VESTS, AND THEY USED A TYPE IV THROWABLE TO FLOAT HER LEGS TO KEEP HER SPINE STRAIGHT WHILE THEY WAITED FOR THE RESCUE SQUAD TO ARRIVE WITH A BACKBOARD.  NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.  THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ONBOARD THE BOAT AND TWO BEING TOWED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS ONBOARD THE VESSEL.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST THE OWNER/OPERATOR, BECAUSE THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY NEGLIGENT BEHAVIOR, NOR WERE ANY LAWS BROKEN.  OPERATOR INATTENTION, AND FAILURE TO REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID A COLLISION ARE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT LED TO THIS ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0037
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: BEAUFORT
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR WAS FISHING IN LOWER GOOSE CREEK BETWEEN CAMPBELL'S CREEK AND SNODEN CREEK.  OPERATOR SAW THAT IT WAS GETTING CLOUDY AND DECIDED TO GO IN.  OPERATOR STARTED PULLING HIS ANCHOR LINE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STERN OF HIS VESSEL.  OPERATOR PULLED THE STERN OF HIS VESSEL DOWN AND WATER STARTED COMING IN HIS VESSEL.  OPERATOR COULDN'T GET THE ANCHOR TO BREAK LOSE.  OPERATOR THEN TRIED TO PULL THE ANCHOR BY PUTTING HIS VESEL IN GEAR AND PULLING WITH THE MOTOR.  THIS ACTION BY OPERATOR CAUSED THE STERN OF THE VESSEL TO BE PULLED DOWN AND TAKE ON WATER CAPSIZING THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR WAS IN THE WATER WITH HIS VESSEL FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED BY THE US COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTED TO CRAVEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  OPERATOR WAS TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND DEHYDRATION AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0038
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN ISLE
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR ABOUT 5:00 PM THE 17TH OF JUNE 2009 THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A 2005, 23; SEA FOX, WERE INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT IN TUBBS INLET NEAR SUNSET BEACH.  I, RECEIVED THE REPORT JUNE 18 THE FOLLOWING DAY AND AFTER INTERVIEWING OPERATOR WHO DETAILED THE FOLLOWING.

OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING TWO INDIVIDUALS ON A TUBE BEHIND HIS VESSEL, AS OPERATOR BEGAN TO TURN HIS VESSEL TO THE LEFT THE TUBE BEGAN TO SWING OUT TO THE RIGHT, THE PASSENGERS ON THE TUBE NOTICED THAT THEY WERE SWINGING IN A DIRECT PATH WITH A FLOATING DOCK, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS ABLE TO BAIL OFF THE TUBE BEFORE THE IMPACT.  THE SECOND PASSENGER, NEPHEW TO OPERATOR, WAS UNABLE TO BAIL OFF THE TUBE IN TIME AND STRUCK THE DOCK WITH HIS HEAD KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS.  OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY NOTICED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TURN HIS VESSEL AROUND AND BEACHED IT NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT.  OPERATOR AND THE PASSENGERS ON THE VESSEL JUMPED IN THE WATER AND RECOVERED THE STILL UNCONSCIOUS.  THE LOCAL PARAMEDIC'S WAS CONTACTED AND victim WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, VICTIM SUSTAINED A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY AND IS STILL RECEIVING TREATMENT.

I DETERMINED THAT THE OPERATOR'S INATTENTION TO BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.  NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WAS INDICATED TO BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.  BOTH INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WERE WEARING PFD'S.  NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0039
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEUSE RIVER
NearestCityTown: ARAPAHOE
County: PAMLICO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 13, 2009, VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER SAIL POWER.  THE VESSEL IS A 20 FOOT NIMBLE CABIN SAILBOAT WITH A 6 HP YAMAHA AND A 2.7 HP CRUISE N' CARRY AUXILARY ENGINES.  OPERATOR LEFT DUCK CREEK MARINA AROUND 10:00AM WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SAILED TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST ON THE NEUSE RIVER.  AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHED THE AREA.  OPERATOR PLACED HIS VESSEL ADRIFT WITH THE SAILS AT IRONS POSITION AND TOOK COVER IN THE CABIN UNTIL THE STORM PASSED.  VESSEL #1 ENCOUNTERED HIGH SEAS AND STRONG WINDS WHICH CAUSED THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE OFF OAK POINT NEAR THE MOUTH OF GOOSE CREEK.  OPERATOR EXITED THE VESSEL AND WAS RESCUED FROM THE DINGY WITHOUT INJURY.  PFD'S WERE NOT USED.  THE VESSEL INCURRED SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGES AND LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.  THE VESSEL WAS LATER UPRIGHTED AND TOWED BACK TO DUCK CREEK MARINA.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0040
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 06:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: OREGON INLET
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Congested Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THURSDAY JUNE 25TH, AROUND 6AM.  THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A VESSEL STRIKING THE OREGON INLET BRIDGE.  OFFICER MET WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS HEADING WEST OUT INTO THE OCEAN AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THREW THE BRIDGE.  THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THIS YEAR AND THE MAIN CHANNEL IS CLOSED, SO VESSELS MUST USE THE SOUTH SPAN.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THERE WAS A BARGE TIED UP IN THE SOUTH SPAN.  HE ATTEMPTED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SPAN WHEN THE CURRENT STARTED PULLING HIM TOWARDS THE BRIDGE PILE, THE VESSEL THEN STRUCK THE PILE.  THE VESSEL HAD SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE JUST ABOVE THE WATER LINE.  THE BOAT WAS ESCORTED TO WANCHESE AND PULLED FROM THE WATER FOR REPAIR.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO HAZARDOUS WATERS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0041
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CURRITUCK SOUND
NearestCityTown: POPLAR BRANCH
County: CURRITUCK
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE AND ONE OTHER OCCUPANT BOARDED THE VESSEL AND HEADED INTO THE CURRITUCK SOUND.  AFTER LEAVING FROM A DOCK AT THE END OF ELLIOTT LANE, SHE STOPPED THE VESSEL NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE CURRITUCK SOUND SO THAT SHE AND OCCUPANT COULD GO SWIMMING.  OPERATOR STATED TO CURRITUCK COUNTY SHERIFF THAT SHE AND OCCUPANT HAD CONSUMED SOME ALCOHOL BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER, HOWEVER AN EXACT AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.  ACCORDING TO OPERATOR, THE VESSEL WAS NOT ANCHORED BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE WATER.  ALTHOUGH THE VESSEL WAS PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH PFD'S, OPERATOR STATED THAT NEITHER SHE OR OCCUPANT WERE WEARING THEM WHEN THEY LEFT THE VESSEL.  THE STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WIND BAGAN TO BLOW THE UNATTENDED VESSEL AWAY FROM THE TWO WOMAN, AND THEY BOTH BEGAN SWIMMING TO CATCH UP TO IT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE SWAM FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE LOOKING BACK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE OCCUPANT.  SHE STATED THAT SHE CONTINUED TO SWIM AFTER THE VESSEL FOR NEARLY AN HOUR, IN WATER SOMETIMES OVER HER HEAD.  THE VESSEL EVENTUALLY CAME ASHORE NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE LITTLE NARROWS, ALLOWING OPERATOR TO CATCH UP TO THE BOATD IT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT WHEN SHE REACHED THE VESSEL, SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 FROM HER CELL PHONE.  CURRITUCK COUNTY 911 RECIEVED THE CALL FROM OPERATOR AT APPROXIMATELY 2000HRS.  CURRITUCK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT, AS WELL AS CURRITUCK COUNTY FIRE AND EMS WERE THEN DISPATCH TO GUARD, THEY SEARCHED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY FOR OCCUPANT.  A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN LOCATED THE BODY OF OCCUPANT AROUND 100 HRS MONDAY MORNING (29 JUNE) IN THE CURRITUCK SOUND NORTHEAST OF THE POPLAR BRANCH ACCESS AREA.  THE FAILURE TO ANCHOR THE VESSEL BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, WITH POSSIBLE ALCOHOL USE AND FAILURE TO WEAR A PFD BEING CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.  NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0042
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:40:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE SOUND
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY JULY 23RD, AROUND 5:40PM NEAR NAGS HEAD.  OFFICER INTERVIEWED THREE PEOPLE.  BOTH PWCS WERE RENTED FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.  EACH PWC RENTAL LOCATION HAS A DESIGNATED RIDING AREA.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE HAD TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED RIDING AREA WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE.  HE MADE A LEFT TURN AND STARTED BACK TO HIS RIDING AREA WHEN HE STRUCK VESSEL #2.  OPERATOR1 ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS NOT LOOKING IN THE DIRECTION WHICH HE WAS TRAVELING WHEN HE STRUCK VESSEL #2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE WATCHED VESSEL #1 GO ACROSS HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE COLLISION.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING INSIDE HIS RIDING AREA WHEN HE SUDDENLY NOTICED VESSEL #1 COMING TOWARD HIS LEFT SIDE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT WHEN HE LOOKED UP IT WAS TOO LATE.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PWC AT GREATER THAN NO WAKE SPEED WITHIN 100' OF ANOTHER VESSEL.  VESSEL #1 WAS THE GIVE-WAY BOAT IN THIS SITUATION AND DID NOT MAKE THE NECESSARY MOVEMENTS TO AVOID THIS COLLISION.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 HAD A BRUISED LEFT ARM AND DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT DAY.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0043
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: OREGON INLET
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21 AROUND 12:30 PM NEAR OREGON INLET.  WHITE INTERVIEWED OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE WAS DRIFTING AND FISHING UNDER THE OREGON INLET BRIDGE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THINKS HE WAS STRUCK BY A UNKNOWN VESSEL.  OFFICER INTERVIEWED OPERATOR1 A FEW DAYS LATER BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE VESSEL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO PAINT FROM THE UNKNOWN VESSEL THAT OPERATOR1 CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY AND THE DAMAGE DID NOT LOOK LIKE A VESSEL ON VESSEL COLLISION.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE WAS FACING THE BACK OF THE BOAT WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE - OPERATOR1 THEN WENT OVERBOARD.  OPERATOR1 NEVER ACTUALLY SAW A VESSEL STRIKE HIS VESSEL.  HE STATED HIS VESSEL STARTED TURNING AROUND AND HIT A PILE.  OPERATOR1 WAS ABLE TO SWIM BACK TO HIS VESSEL AND GET ONBOARD.  THE DAMAGE ON HIS VESSEL CAME FROM THE COLLISION WITH THE PILE UNDER THE BRIDGE.  OPERATOR1 DID STATE THAT A LARGE VESSEL WAS PASSING BY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THE CURRENT WAS VERY STRONG AND THE TIDE WAS GOING OUT.  HE LATER STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE THINKS THAT THE WAKE OF THE PASSING VESSEL THREW HIM OVERBOARD.  DURING THE ACCIDENT HE MANAGED TO GET HOOKED IN THE LEFT FOOT.  HE THEN WENT TO THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL TO HAVE THE HOOK REMOVED.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED.  THE VESSEL THAT CAUSED THE WAKE NEVER STOPPED TO RENDER AID AND WAS NEVER FOUND.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0044
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE SOUND
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 HAD BEEN RENTED FROM GROGS WATERSPORTS FOR AN HOUR.  VESSEL 1 WAS FOLLOWING VESSEL 2 WHEN VESSEL 2 DECIDED TO SPIN OUT SEVERAL TIMES, APPARENTLY VESSEL 1 LOST SIGHT OF VESSEL 2 DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPRAY BEING THROWN.  VESSEL 1 DID NOT KNOW WHICH WAY VESSEL 2 WAS HEADING AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR MANEUVER IN TIME TO PREVENT A COLLISION.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PWC CAUSING CRACKS IN THE FIBERGLASS AND A TEAR ON THE SEAT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD EITHER BY VESSEL 1 OR AS HE WAS THROWN OF THE PWC, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED HIS INJURIES.  I ARRIVED AND SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THE EMPLOYEES AT THE RENTAL AGENCY, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE OPERATORS HAD JUST BEEN WARNED ABOUT APERATING TOO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER AND THAT THEY WOULD BE PULLED IN IF THEY WERE SPOKEN TO AGAIN.  IT WAS MINUTES AFTER THIS THAT THE PWC'S COLLIDED.  AS A RESULT THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A CONCUSSION.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PWC AT GREATER THAN NO WAKE SPEED WITHIN 100 FT. OF ANOTHER VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0045
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BELEWS LAKE
NearestCityTown: BELEWS CREEK
County: FORSYTH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 28, operator WAS OPERATING A BORROWED PWC ON BELEWS LAKE.  OPERATOR SAID HE HAD OPERATED THE PWC FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR AND IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME ON IT.  SEVERAL MALES WERE TAKING TURNS RIDING THE PWC AND WERE WAITING ON THE BANK NEAR PINEY BLUFF ACCESS AREA.  THE OPERATOR WAS RETURNING FROM THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE.  AS THE OPERATOR RETURNED TO WHERE HIS FRIENDS AND OTHERS WERE SWIMMING, HE LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND LOST STEERING CAPABILITIES.  NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, HE JUMPED OFF OF THE PWC WHICH CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT LINE TOWARD THE SWIMMERS.  THE PWC STRUCK two people.  One person WAS NOT INJURED, BUT victim WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER BACK WITH THE BOW OF THE PWC.  VICTIM SAID HE WAS ABOUT 5 TO 10 FEET FROM THE BANK.  WITNESSES SAID THE PWC WAS TRAVELING LESS THAN 10 MPH.  VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND TOLD HE HAD BRUISING TO HIS LOWER BACK AND WAS ADVISED TO SEE HIS FAMILY DOCTOR FOR FOLLOW UP.  BOTH THE OPERATOR AND THE VICTIM SAID THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING.  THE OPERATOR WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BADIN LAKE
NearestCityTown: TROY
County: MONTGOMERY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 7, 2009, operator LEFT COVE BOAT RAMP ON BADIN LAKE IN A 20' WELLCRAFT BOAT WITH HER HUSBAND AND FOUR TEENAGERS.  SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE COVE, THE BOAT BEGAN TAKING ON WATER AND husband REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE DRAIN PLUG IN THE BOAT.  OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE BOAT AROUND AND BEGAN HEADING BACK TO COVE BOAT RAMP.  UPON ARRIVING AT THE RAMP OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE END OF THE COVE AND TURN THE BOAT TOWARDS THE RAMP IN ORDER TO LOAD IT.  HOWEVER, THE BOAT HAD TAKEN ON TOO MUCH WATER AND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM THE BOAT RAMP.  ALL PASSENGERS ON BOARD PUT ON LIFE JACKETS AND SWAM TO THE BOAT RAMP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO ALCOHOL USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT.  BADIN LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A LOCAL 4X4 CLUB ASSISTED THE family IN WENCHING THE BOAT UP ON THE TRAILER AND REMOVING IT FROM THE LAKE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0047
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
OtherAccidentEvent: Person pinched between vessels
RedactedNarrative:
ON MAY 16, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00PM OPERATOR1 WAS ATTEMPING TO DOCK HIS BOAT.  OPERATOR1 STATED AS HE APPROACHED THE DOCK THE CURRENT AND WIND CAUSED HIM TO DRIFT TOWARDS ANOTHER VESSEL THAT WAS DOCKED.

VICTIM A PASSENGER ON OPERATOR1'S BOAT TRIED TO PREVENT OPERATOR1'S BOAT FROM DRIFTING INTO THE DOCKED VESSEL BY PUSHING OFF OF IT.  WHILE DOING THIS VICTIM'S LEFT LEF WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE PULPIT OF THE DOCKED VESSEL AND THE CABIN OF OPERATOR1'S BOAT.

VICTIM SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG.

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO EITHER ONE OF THE BOATS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0048
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: COINJOCK
County: CURRITUCK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: excessive speed
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
TWO INDIVIDUALS LAUNCHED TWO PWCS FROM THE COINJOCK AREA OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY TO TEST AS A CONDITION OF PURCHASE.  THE INDIVIDUALS TRAVELED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION DOWN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY FROM COINJOCK TOWARD NORTH RIVER.  THE INDIVIDUALS DROVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.  AS THEY APPROACHED THE JUNCTION OF THE INTERCOSTAL WATERWAY AND NORTH RIVER THE TWO PWCS WERE IN LINE WITH ONE ANOTHER.  THE PWC IN THE FRONT, QUICKLY AND ABRUPTLY, SPUN AROUND.  THE FOLLOWING PWC OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT BEFORE COLLIDING, HEAD ON, WITH THE PWC AND OPERATOR THAT HAD SPUN AROUND.  THE FOLLOWING PWC APPEARED TO HAVE SLID UP THE BOW AND IMPACTED THE OPERATOR OF THE SPUN PWC IN THE CHEST AND IN THE FACE.  THE SPUN PWC OPERATOR DIED AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.  IT WAS NOT APPARENT THAT DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.  BOTH OPERATORS WERE WEARING PFDS.  THERE ARE NO CHARGES AT THIS TIME.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0049
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE JAMES
NearestCityTown: MORGANTON
County: BURKE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
A FAMILY HAD TAKEN A PONTOON AND A BASS VICTIMAT OUT TO AN ISLAND NEAR GOAT ISLAND ON LAKE JAMES FOR THE AFTERNOON.  THE PONTOON, (VESSEL #2) WAS BEACHED ON THE SAND WITH 6 PEOPLE SITTIN ON IT.  VESSEL #1 WAS TOWING A SKIER (VICTIM).  VICTIM HAD FALLEN WHILE SKIING AND subject IN VESSEL #1 APPROACHED TO PICK VICTIM UP.  VICTIM TOLD subject TO TAKE HIM AROUND AGAIN AND HE WAS GOING TO SPRAY THE PEOPLE ON THE PONTOON.  AS VESSEL #1 APPROACHED NEAR VESSEL #2, VICTIM SWUNG OUT AND SKIED TOWARD THE PONTOON.  HE LET GO OF THE SKI ROPE WHILE APPROACHING THE STERN OF THE PONTOON AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP.  VICTIM STRUCK THE STERN OF THE PONTOON AT THE ENGINE AREA.  HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIENCE, RECIEVED A LARGE CUT TO THE FRONT RIGHT PORTION OF HIS HEAD, CUTS TO VICTIMTH IS ARMS AND A LARGE CUT TO HIS RIGHT HIP.  THERE WERE NO CITATIONS ISSUED AND NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0050
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: SUNSET BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR SUNSET BEACH.  operator WAS OPERATING A HONDA PWC ALONG WITH occupant WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND HIM.  OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT WERE JUMPING WAVES IN THE OCEAN WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED.  AFTER JUMPING A WAVE AND LANDING HARD, OCCUPANT FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HER BACK.  AT THIS TIME, OPERATOR SHUT OFF THE PWC AND DRIFTED TO SHORE WHERE HE WAITED FOR EMS TO COME LOOK AT OCCUPANT.  OCCUPANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY EMS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0051
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ABBOTTS CREEK
NearestCityTown: LEXINGTON
County: DAVIDSON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 20, 2009 AT AROUND 4:30PM ON THE ABBOTT'S CREEK PORTION OF HIGH ROCK LAKE, opreator1 WAS OPERATING A FRIENDS PWC.   THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1, WAS DRIFTING JUST NORTH OF FOSTER'S POINTE, WAITING ON A FRIEND TO CATCH UP.  WHILE WAITING HE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER PWC (VESSEL #2) HEADING NORTH ON ABBOTT'S CREEK.  VESSEL #2 COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #1 AMIDSHIPS, JUST IN FRONT OF THE LEFT FOOT OF PAYNE.  VESSEL #2 THEN DROVE OVER THE TOP OF VESSEL #1, BREAKING THE MIRROR AND STEERING COLUMN, AND CAUSING VESSEL #1 TO ROTATE IN THE WATER.  THE ROTATION AND FORCE OF THE COLLISION FORCED operator1 INTO THE WATER AND UNDER VESSEL #1.

Operator1 HAD NO INJURIES AND WAS WEARING A USCG APPROVED PFC.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 NEVER STOPPED TO RENDER AID AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING NORTH ON ABBOTT'S CREEK.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0052
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:33:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: JORDAN LAKE
NearestCityTown: PITTSBORO
County: CHATHAM
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK HIS BOAT (NC 2736 DK) AT CROSSWINDS MARINA.  OPERATOR ONE WAS COMING INTO THE DOCK ToO FAST AND TRIED TO PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE.  WHEN DOING SO HIS TOW ROPE GOT STUCK IN THE PROPELLER.  WHEN REVERSE DIDN'T WORK HE TRIED TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT AND PUT THE BOAT IN FORWARD.  HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BOAT STRUCK THE SWIM DECK ON OPERATOR TWO'S BOAT (NC 0082 DF).  THERE WERE NO CHARGES FILED WITH THIS ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0053
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: TUCKERTOWN LAKE
NearestCityTown: NEW LONDON
County: STANLY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 14, 2009, MYSELF AND SGT. RESPONDED TO A BOAT ACCIDENT WITH INJURY ON TUCKERTOWN LAKE.  I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE BOAT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING HIS WIFe ON A TUBE BEHIND HIS BOAT WHEN SHE MOTIONED FOR HIM TO STOP AND PICK HER UP.  OPERATOR TURNED THE BOAT IN HER DIRECTION.  WHEN OPERATOR WAS NEAR HIS WIFE, HE BeGAN REVERSING THE BOAT TO GET CLOSER.  WHEN HE REALIZED HOW CLOSE SHE WAS TO THE BOAT, HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE THROTTLE FORWARD BUT IT STUCK IN REVERSE.  THE PROP OF THE BOAT THEN STRUCK wife IN THE LEG.  OPERATOR CUT THE POWER TO THE ENGINE AND PULLED wife ONBOARD.  STANLEY COUNTY EMS WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND TRANSPORTED victim TO CONCORD.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0054
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:10:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HYCO LAKE
NearestCityTown: SEMORA
County: CASWELL
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON HYCO LAKE IN CASWELL COUNTY, NC AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 HOURS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2009.  BOTH VESSELS WERE CRUISING BESIDE A PONTOON BOAT NORTHEAST OF THE OSMOND ROAD BRIDGE.

VESSEL #1 IS A NICE FOOT SEADOO PWC.  VESSEL #2 IS A TEN FOOT KAWASAKI PWC.  OPERATOR2 IS THE STEP SON OF operator1.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATORS OF BOTH VESSELS, THE ACCIDENT OCCURED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

THE OPERATORS OF VESSEL #1 AND VESSEL #2 WERE ACCOMPANYING A PONTOON BOAT THAT HAD ADDITIONAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ON BOARD.  THE OPERATORS OF VESSEL #1 AND VESSEL #2 WERE GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND SPRAYING THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE PONTOON BOAT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS APPROACHING THE PONTOON BOAT FROM THE STERN.  THE BOAT'S WAKE CAUGHT VESSEL #1 AND PUSHED IT TO THE PORT SIDE, CAUSING IT TO LOSE SPEED AND STOP IN THE WATER ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE PONTOON BOAT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS APPROACHING THE PONTOON BOAT FORM THE PORT BOW TO SPRAY THE PASSENGERS.  VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 ON THE PORT SIDE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 FELL INTO THE WATER.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED HE JUMPED INTO THE WATER UP ON THE  IMPACT WITH VESSEL #1.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED HE THOUGHT THE COLLISION OCCURRED 45 FEET FROM THE PONTOON BOAT.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS TAKEN TO THE UNC HOSPITAL IN CHAPEL HILL, NC AND TREATED FOR A LACERATED SPLEEN. 

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS NOT INJURED.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AT GREATER THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET TO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VESSEL THAT IS UNDERWAY ON WATERS OF THIS STATE (GS 75A-13.3 (E)(5)).

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VESSEL ON THE WATERS OF THIS STATE, A VESSEL THE CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER OF WHICH WAS NOT THEN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT (GS 75A-4) AND OPERATING A MOTORBOAT IN A RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT MANNER SO AS TO ENDANGER LIFE, LIMB OR PROPERTY (GS75A-10(A)).

THE OPERATORS OF VESSEL #1 AND VESSEL #2 WERE EACH WEARING A TYPE III PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE.  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN THIS BOAT ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0055
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CURRITUCK SOUND
NearestCityTown: KITTY HAWK
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY THE VICTIM AND THE OPERATOR, THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE ABOARD AND 1 PERSON BEING TOWED ON A TUBE BEHIND VESSEL NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS BEING OPERATED IN THE CURRITUCK SOUND BY OPERATOR.  AFTER THE PERSON BEING TOWED FELL FROM THE TUBE, THE OPERATOR TURNED THE BOAT SHARPLY TO THE LEFT TO RETURN TO THE TUBER WHICH CAUSED A PASSENGER RIDING ON THE GUNWHALE NEAR THE BOW TO FALL OVERBOARD.  THE BOAT THEN TRAVELED OVER FORMER OCCUPANT AND HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER.  FORMER OCCUPANT RECIEVED A DEEP LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR DAMAGED LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS.  FORMER OCCUPANT STATED THAT HE HAD CONSUMED ABOUT HALF OF A BEER, AS THE GROUP HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURED.  OTHERWISE, ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUG USE IS NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTION FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT APPEARS TO BE FORMER OCCUPANT'S POSITION ON THE GUNWHALE, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO BE THROWN OVERBOARD DURING THE SHARP TURN.  NO CHARGES WHERE FILED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0056
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BADIN LAKE
NearestCityTown: NEW LONDON
County: MONTGOMERY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
ON JUNE 12, 2009, ABOUT 2230 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM NCWRC DISPATCH CONCERNING A POSSIBLE BOAT ACCIDENT ON BADIN LAKE.  I CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE BOAT AND HE STATED THAT HIS BOAT HAD SUNK AND IT WAS SECURED TO A BOAT DOCK IN UWHARRIE POINT.  I MET OPERATOR THE NEXT MORNING, JUNE 13, 2009 AT DIXIE SHORES BOAT RAMP.  OPERATOR SAID THAT HE WAS FISHING WITH HIS KIDS OFF UWHARRIE POINT.  HE STARTED THE MOTOR AND MOVED THE THROTTLE FORWARD WHEN HE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT.  HE TURNED TO LOOK AND SAW THE MOTOR AND TRANSOM HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE BOAT AND THE BOAT WAS SINKING.  HE BEGAN YELLING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HIM AND A NEARBY BOATER CAME TO HIS AID.  OPERATOR AND HIS KIDS GOT IN THE OTHER BOAT AND CAME TO SHORE.  ALONG WITH SOME ASSISTANCE, OPERATOR PULLED THE BOAT INTO SHALLOW WATER AND TIED IT TO A BOAT DOCK.  OPERATOR'S BOAT WAS TOWED TO DIXIE SHORES BOAT RAMP AND LOADED ON A TRAILER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0057
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BACK SOUND
NearestCityTown: HARKERS ISLAND
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: NA
EquipmentFailure: NA
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
AT OR AROUND 3:30PM ON JUNE 28, 2009 VESSEL1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE TOWING A TUBE OCCUPIED BY VICTIM.  VESSEL ONE WAS TRAVELING ON PLANE TOWARDS BEAUFORT INLET IN THE CHANNEL OFF WADE SHORE.  VESSEL ONE MADE A LEFT TOWARDS THE SHORE (180 DEGREES).  DURING THE TURN THE TUBE CROSSED THE STARBOARD WAKE OF VESSEL ONE.  Vessel1 NOTICED THE TUBE HAD CROSSED THE WAKE SO HE SLOWED DOWN.  IT WAS TO LATE.  THE TUBE CONTINUED TO GLIDE ACROSS THE WATER SLAMMING INTO THE SIDE OF VESSEL TWO.  VICTIM LET GO OF THE TUBE JUST BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH VESSEL TWO BUT HER MOMENTUM CARRIED HER INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.  VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING BEYOND THAT POINT.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  LT. AND I MEASURED THE TOW ROPE WITH A RANGE FINDER WHICH READ IT TO BE 17 YARDS OR 50 FEET.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0058
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: KERR SCOTT LAKE
NearestCityTown: WILKESBORO
County: WILKES
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: operator behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 7-11-2009 AT AROUND 1PM, OPERATOR WENT FROM HIS RESIDENCE TO WARRIOR CREEK ACCESS AREA OF KERR SCOTT RESERVOIR IN WILKES COUNTY NC.  WIFE ADVISED HE HAD LEFT TO KAYAK AND SWIM.  SHE ADVISED HE OFTEN SWAM AT THE LAKE STARTING THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL.  SHE ADVISED HE WAS AN EXCELLENT SWIMMER.  OPERATOR HAD DIABETES, AND LOW BACK PROBLEMS.  

APPROXIMATLY 3:26PM A BOATER HAD NOTICED A RED KAYAK ADRIFT AND OPERATOR FLOATING FACE DOWN, SLUMPED OVER IN THE ATER IN A COVE AREA OF WARRIOR CREEK.  NO WITNESSES WERE FOUND OBSERVING OPERATORS VESSEL OPERATION OR SWIMMING.  EMERGENCY PERSONEL RESPONDED AND RECOVERED OPERATOR AND THE KAYAK.  OPERATOR WAS DECEASED AT THE TIME OF RECOVERY.  I OBSERVED THE KAYAK.  IT HAD NO DAMAGE TO IT.  A TYPE III PFD WAS IN THE HULL WITH OTHER PERSONAL ARTICLES (PALM CELLPHONE, CAR KEYS, GREEN CROC SHOES.  ALSO IN A CLEAR DRY PLASTIC STORAGE BAG WAS DIABETIC SUPPLIES.  LOCATED AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT TUCKED AWAY WAS A GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED FOR MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION.  IN A SMALL PLASTIC BAG WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIED GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLE MATTER CONSISTENLY IDENTIFIED THROUGH MY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AS MARIJUANA.  THE PIPE AND MARIJUANA WAS DESTROYED.  OPERATORS BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MORGUE.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED ON MONDAY 7-13-09 TO RALEIGH FOR AN AUTOPSY AND BLOOD TEST.  RESULTS ARE CURRENTLY PENDING.

DEPUTY OF WILKES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND MYSELF RESPONDED TO LISTED RESIDENCE FOR NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0059
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: MOORESVILLE
County: IREDELL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 07/07/2009 AT OR ABOUT 6PM, operator WAS OPERATING A PWC (VESSEL #1: NC 1448 WR) ON LAKE NORMAN.  SHE WAS IN THE VICINITY OF AND NEAR THE MOUTH OF MCCRARY CREEK.  OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING SOUTH INTO A COVE AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 25 MPH.  WHILE TRYING TO SPRAY WATER ON FRIENDS OF ANOTHER VESSEL WITH THE RENTED PWC, OPERATOR TRIED TO MANEUVER THE PWC IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CAUSING HER TO PANIC, AND DUE TO HER LACK OF EXPERIENCE, RELEASED THE GAS THROTTLE, MAKING THE PWC GO INTO THE DIRECTION OF LAND.  THE PWC COLLIDED WITH A TREE THAT HAD FALLEN OVER INTO THE LAKE.  THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT IS: LAT: N35'35.100 - LONG: W080'55.819.

THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  OPERATOR WAS TAKEN BY IREDELL COUNTY EMS TO LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND ADMITTED.  SHE HAD RECEIVED A SERIOUS LACERATION TO THE LOWER ABDOMEN CAUSED FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE HANDELBARS.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INVOLVED WITH THIS ACCIDENT ARE: CARELESS AND RECKLESS VESSEL OPERATION AND OPERATOR INEXPERIENCE.  ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED.  operator WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS VESSEL OPERATION. (GS 75A-10(A))


BARDID: 2009-NC-0060
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: WHITE LAKE
NearestCityTown: WHITE LAKE
County: BLADEN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR WAS PULLING TWO PEOPLE ON A TUBE.  THEY LOST THEIR GRIP AND FELL OFF THE TUBE.  A DIAMOND RING ON tuber’s HAND CUT other tuber’s HAND.  SHE WAS TREATED AT BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL ER. NO CHARGES.  NO INDICATION OF ALCOHOL USE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: MOREHEAD CITY
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
AT OR AROUND 1PM ON MAY 23, 2009 operator WAS DOCKING VESSEL ONE AT RADIO ISLAND MARINA.  HE HAD BACKED INTO THE SLIP WITH THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOAT BESIDE THE FINGER DOCK.  Occupant GRABBED A LINE NEAR THE BOW OF THE BOAT AND BEGAN WALKING TOWARD THE STERN WHEN HE MISSED THE STEP DOWN, IN FRONT OF THE CONSOLE.  HE TORE SEVERAL LIGAMENTS IN HIS ANKLE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0062
Date: 2009-07-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:19:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEUSE RIVER
NearestCityTown: NEW BERN
County: CRAVEN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS A 1978 15 FOOT COBIA and ON JULY 8, 2009 VESSEL #1 WAS CRUISING SOUTHEAST ON THE NEUSE RIVER HEADING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CREEK IN CRAVEN COUNTY.  VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN OPEN WATER WHEN THE HULL CRACKED AND SEPARATED ALONG A HULL RIB AND WATER IMMEDIATELY FLOODED THE VESSEL AND SANK 200 YARDS OFFSHORE.  ALL 5 VICTIMES PUT ON PFD'S AND SWAM TO SHORE.  THE VICTIMS WERE ABLE TO CONTACT 911 AND WERE PICKED UP BY SWIFT CREEEK RESCUE AND TRANSPORTED TO LAWSON CREEK ACCESS.  THE VESSEL WAS TOWED TO NORTHWEST CREEK AND REMOVED FROM THE WATER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0063
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:46:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: HOLDEN BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JULY 8, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:46 AM THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT ON THE ICW NEAR HOLDEN BEACH.  OPERATOR1 AND OPERATOR2 WERE BOTH OPERATING A PWC WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  OPERATOR2 AND HER DAUGHTER WERE DRIFTING WITH THE CURRENT WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY THE PWC THAT WAS OPERATED BY HER HUSBAND OPERATOR1.  OPERATOR1 ADVISED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE OTHER PWC AT IDLE SPEED WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE GAS AND COLLIDED WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ONLY ONE PWC.  THE FAMILY SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION IN THE ER AT BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THIS ACCDIENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0064
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 05:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEUSE RIVER
NearestCityTown: ORIENTAL
County: PAMLICO
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THREE SUBJECTS HAD SPENT THE NIGHT AROUND ORIENTAL AFTER THE CROAKER FESTIVAL.  ALL THREE HAD MET AND STAYED UP ALL NIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE NEUSE RIVER WHILE FRIENDS AND FAMILY SLEPT IN A TENT.  NEAR DAYBREAK BUT NOT YET SUNRISE, VICTIM WANTED TO RIDE THE PWC.  THE KEYS AND SAFETY LANYARD WERE IN THE CONSOLE OF THE PWC.  THE PWC WAS TIED TO A POLE ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE SHORE.  THE OPERATOR PUT ON A PFD AS DID PASSENGERS.  THE SECOND PASSENGER, VICTIM WAS HANDED A PFD BY OPERATOR, TO WHICH VICTIM REPLIED HE DIDN'T NEED ONE BECCAUSE HE COULD SWIM.  OCCUPANT2 ALSO TRIED TO GET VICTIM TO WEAR THE PFD AND AGAIN HE REFUSED.  THE THREE WADED OUT TO THE POST TO GET ON THE PWC WITH OPERATOR OPERATING, VICTIM SITTING IN THE MIDDLE AND OCCUPANT2 SITTING ON THE REAR.  OPERATOR INCREASED THE SPEED FROM IDLE TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND MOVED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BULKHEAD AREA.  THEY RODE AROUND THE NEUSE RIVER IN FRONT OF ORIENTAL FOR A FEW MINUTES.  THE RIVER HAD A CHOP LESS THAN 1 FOOT FROM A SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE OF LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE PWC HAD TRAVELLED A SHORT DISTANCE WITH OPERATOR VARYING THE THROTTLE SPEED TO WHAT HE GUAGED TO BE BETWEEN 20-30 MPH.  OPERATOR TURNED THE PWC SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND ALL THREE PASSENGERS WERE THROWN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PWC.  OCCUPANT2 REMARKED THAT ALL THREE PASSENGERS WERE IN THE AIR AT THE SAME TIME.  THE PWC CONTINUED FORWARD FROM IT'S MOMENTUM 10-15 FEET AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE WATER.  OCCUPANT2 STATED AT FIRST THAT HE COULD TOUCH BOTTOM WITH THE WATER BEING RIGHT AT HIS CHIN LEVEL.  WITHIN SECONDS HOWEVER, VICTIM COULD NO LONGER TOUCH BOTTOM AND BEGAN PULLING STRONGLY ON OCCUPANT2'S PFD.  CONFUSED AT FIRST, OCCUPANT2 DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AS VICTIM KEPT TUGGING AT AND TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF UP ON TOP OF OCCUPANT2.  VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT OCCUPANT2 QUICKLY REALIZED THAT VICTIM WAS DROWNING AND WAS DOING WHAT HE COULD TO KEEP HIMSELF AND VICTIM ABOVE THE WATER.  BOTH WERE STRUGGLING STRONGLY AND OCCUPANT2 TRIED TO GET VICTIM TO SETTLE DOWN.  DURING THIS TIME, OPERATOR SWAM TOWARDS THE PWC TO REBOARD AND BRING IT BACK TO THE STRUGGLING DUO.  OCCUPANT2 WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH VICTIM BUT VICTIM WAS TIRING.  WHEN OPERATOR RETURNED WITH THE PWC, OCCUPANT2 HAD LOST CONTACT WITH VICTIM.  OPERATOR ASKED OCCUPANT2 WHERE VICTIM WAS AND OCCUPANT2 SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW, THAT HE WAS RIGHT THERE A SECOND AGO.  OPERATOR REMOVED HIS PFD AND JUMPED INTO THE WATER, DIVING UNDER THE SURFACE SEVERAL TIMES IN SEARCH FOR VICTIM.  AFTER A BRIEF ATTEMPT AT SURFACE DIVING SEARCH ATTEMPTS, OCCUPANT2 AND OPERATOR REBOARDED THE PWC AND SPED TO SHORE, TURNING THE CRAFT OVER JUST BEFORE THE SHORELINE.  OCCUPANT2 AND OPERATOR APPROACHED A PARKED CAR THAT HAD two people IN IT.  OCCUPANT2 OPENED THE DOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO TELL person WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO TELL person THAT "HE'S DEAD, HE'S DEAD!" person WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT VICTIM WAS MISSING AND FOUND VICTIM'S CELL PHONE AND PLACED A CALL TO 911 TO PAMLICO SO DISPATCH AT 6:05AM  SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE SENT AND ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 6:20AM, OTHER RESCUE ASSETS WERE ALSO PAGED FOR IN THE FOLLOWING FEW MINUTES.  CONFUSION ABOUT THE TYPE OF CALL STARTED AS A DROWNING WITHOUT HAVING ANY PWC INVOLVED.  A SEARCH AREA HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST EAST OF THE ENTRANCE TO ORIENTAL HARBOR.  USCG WAS ON SCENE ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF RESCUE BOATS, A SIDE VIEWING SONAR TEAM, A DIVE TEAM, AND A SHERIFF DEPUTY IN HIS PERSONAL BOAT ASSISTING IN THE SEARCH.  RECREATIONAL BOATS WERE TRANSITING THE AREA N


BARDID: 2009-NC-0065
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: HOLDEN BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
UPON INVESTIGATION, FROM INTERVIEWS WITH OPERATORS, AND OTHER WITNESSES, AND EVIDENCE FROM BOAT DAMAGE; operator1 WAS OPERATING A 19' OPEN MOTORBOAT ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, TRAVELING SOUTH (WEST) NEAR MARKER #67.  HE HAD ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD FROM TENNESSEE. Operator2 WAS OPERATING A 19' OPEN MOTORBOAT, TRAVELING NORTH (EAST) NEAR MARKER #67, ALSO NEAR SUMMERPLACE BOAT LANDING.  OPERATOR2 HAD TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, HIS WIFE, AND STEPDAUGHTER.  OPERATOR1 HAD TURNED AROUND FACING THE REAR OF HIS BOAT, AND HAD DRIFTED OVER TO THE MIDDLE, OR LEFT SIDE OF THE WATERWAY (INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC).  OPERATOR2 OBSERVED OPERATOR1 COMING INTO HIS PATH, AND STEERED LEFT TO TRY TO AVOID OPERATOR1.  OPERATOR1 TURNED TO THE FRONT, AND SAW THE ONCOMING BOAT AT THE LAST MOMENT, AND MADE A QUICK TURN TO THE RIGHT TO TRY TO AVOID THE COLLISION.  THE TWO BOATS COLLIDED ON THE STARBOARD (RIGHT) SIDE OF BOTH VESSEL.  OPERATOR2 CAME UP ONTO OPERATOR1, STRIKING THE METAL T-TOP.  Occupant on boat2 WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER WITH BACK INJURIES FROM THE COLLISION.  THE OPERATORS, AND OTHER PASSENGERS REMAINED INT HE BOATS WITH VARIOUS INJURIES. Occupant on boat2 WAS WEARING A PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE, AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION.  BOTH BOATS WERE FOUND TO HAVE THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.  ALCOHOL WAS FOUND TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE BOATING COLLISION.  OPERATOR1'S BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS FOUND TO BE .236 AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY HOSPITAL.  OPERATOR1 WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION, AND BOATING WHILE IMPAIRED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0066
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN ISLE
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
OtherAccidentCause: force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
UPON INVESTIGATION, AND STATEMENTS FROM INTERVIEWS; operator WAS OPERATING A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT HEADED NORTHEAST FROM OCEAN ISLE ACCESS AREA. Operator and passenger WERE WEARING THEIR PFD'S. operator WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT WHEN HE HIT A BOAT WAKE, WHICH CAUSE THE PWC TO CAPSIZE.  operator RIB AREA WAS INJURED BY STRICKING THE PWC AS IT CAPSIZED.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THE BOATING ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0067
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: JORDAN LAKE
NearestCityTown: WILSONVILLE
County: CHATHAM
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent2: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person strikes propeller
RedactedNarrative:
NC 0020 DK WAS DRIFTING ON JORDAN LAKE IN FRONT OF SEAFORTH BOAT RAMP on 25 MAY 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 HRS.  VESSEL WAS ADRIFT AND NO ONE WAS IN CONTROL OF SAME AND MOTOR WAS NOT RUNNING.  SWIMMER WAS ATTEMTING TO BOARD SAME ON  STARBOARD SIDE, AFT PORTION WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH PROPELLER.  victim SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT LEG REQUIRING TREATMENT GREATER THAN FIRST AID.  FIRST AID TREATMENT WAS RENDERED AT BOAT RAMP BY NC STATE PARK RANGERS UNTIL SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO WAKE MEDICAL HOSPITAL, APEX BY EMS.  ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF SWIMMER TRYING TO BOARD VESSEL WITHOUT THE USE OF THE SWIM LADDER LOCATED ON THE PORT SIDE.  NO CHARGES FILED.  NOTHING FOLLOWS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0069
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE SOUND
NearestCityTown: COLINGTON
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICE RESPONDED TO A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 20, 2009 AROUND 330PM.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE ROANOKE SOUND NEAR COLINGTON HARBOR.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING A TUBE BEHIND THE VESSEL AND IT WAS CARRYING THREE PASSENGERS.  TWO OF THE PASSENGERS FELL OFF DUE TO THE WAVES IN THE SOUND.  HE THEN WENT TO PICK UP THE TWO PASSENGERS THAT HAD FELL OFF WHEN THE THIRD PASSENGER ON THE TUBE COMPLAINED ABOUT HER NEACK HURTING.  EMS WAS CALLED AND victim WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  SHE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW HOURS AND WAS NOT TREATED.  victim NEVER DID SEE A DOCTOR.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OPERATOR WAS NOT OPERATING THE VESSEL IN A RECKLESS MANNER.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0070
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROGERS CREEK
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00PM operator WAS OPERATING HIS STAND-UP MODEL PWC IN ROGER CREEK.  (ROGERS CREK IS LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH AND LIES BETWEEN MASONBORO ISLAND AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.)  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE WAS CRUISING ALONG IN THE CREEK GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY HIS PWC STRUCK A SANDBAR.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS IMMEDIATELY THROWN FROM THE PWC AND HIS RIGHT EYE STRUCK SOMETHING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.  HE THEN WALKED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MARSH UNTIL HE FOUND TWO SUBJECTS FISHING.  THESE SUBJECTS CALLED 911 AND TRANSPORTED OPERATOR1 TO TRAILS END BOAT RAMP WHERE THEY MET EMS.  OPERATOR1 DID NOT LOSE HIS RIGHT EYE BUT DID LOSE VISION IN IT AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO REGAIN VISION.  

THE TWO SUBJECTS THAT TRANSPORTED OPERATOR1 TO THE BOAT RAMP STATED THAT THEY HAD SEEN OPERATOR1 GO BY THEM INTO ROGERS CREEK AND HAD THROUGHT THAT IT WAS TOO SHALLOW TO BE OPERATING A PWC IN THERE.  THEY STATED THAT OPERATOR1 WAS NOT OPERATING IN A CARELESS OR RECKLESS MANNER WHEN THEY OBSERVED HIM.

OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE HAD DRANK ONE AND A HALF BEERS BEFORE HE LEFT HOME THAT AFTERNOON.  HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPAIRED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0071
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 05:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: MASONBORO INLET
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
AT 5:45 PM ON 5-23-2009 THE OPERATER OF VESSEL 1, WAS ENJOYING HIS DAY WITH  FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON A BOAT RIGHT OFF OF MASONBORO ISLAND.  TWO GUYS THAT RODE WITH HIM ON VESSEL 1 WHERE PARTING ON ANOTHER BOAT THAT WAS ANCHORED.  OPERATOR CALLED TO THE TWO MEN TO COME BACK TO THEIR BOAT SO THAT THEY COULD LEAVE.  SUBJECT JUMPED INTO THE WATER FROM THE ANCHORED BOAT AND STARTED SWIMMING BACK TO OPERATOR.  OPERATOR WAS MANEUVERING VESSEL 1 NC 7438 WT CLOSER TO SUBJECT.  WHILE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 IN REVERSE, SUBJECT WAS SWIMMING TO THE STERN OF VESSEL 1.  SUBJECT WAS STUCK BY THE PROP OF VESSEL 1 WHILE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL IN REVERSE.  OPERATOR THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE TO VESSEL 1 WHEN HE HEARD SUBJECT SCREAMING FOR HELP.  OPERATOR CALLED 911.  NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHERRIFF DEPARTMENT AND USCG RESPONDED TO THE SITE.  OPERATOR PERFORMED SFST AND DID NOT COMPLETE AS I DIRECTED.  OPERATOR WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.  BLOOD WAS TAKEN FROM OPERATOR AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT BYT NEW HANOVER COUNTY EMS AND SENT TO SBI FOR FURTHER TESTING.  IT WAS SUNNY AND CLEAR THAT DAY.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0072
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BANKS CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
BOAT ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON 06/27/2009 AROUND 12:30 PM.  IT WAS A CLEAR DAY WITH A LIGHT WIND FROM THE EAST.  THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO BOAT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AROUND BANKS CHANNEL BRIDGE.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 HAD JUST DROPPED HIS PARENTS OFF ON LEE'S ISLAND.  PARENTS GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO USE THE BOAT UNTIL  2PM THAT DAY.  operator WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO LEE'S ISLAND AT 2PM TO PICK UP HIS PARENTS.  AFTER OPERATOR LEFT HIS PARENTS ON LEE'S ISLAND HE STATED TO OPERATED NC-8800-DK GOING TOWARDS BANKS CHANNEL TO PICK UP SOME FRIENDS.  WHILE OPERATOR WAS GOING THROUGH BANKS CHANNEL HE CAME UP TO THE BRIDGE AT BANKS CHANNEL.  OPERATOR NEVER DID SLOW DOWN.  HE WAS CUISING AROUND 20 MPH.  VESSEL 1 RAN INTO BANKS CHANNEL BRIDGE.  MARINE FISHERIES AND COAST GUARD WAS ON THE SITE WHEN I ARRIVED.  OPERATOR HAD SOME MINOR CUTS ON HIS LEG BUT HE REFUSED ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0073
Date: 2009-06-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: SALTER PATH
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR AROUND 7PM ON JULY 2, 2009 VESSEL ONE WAS CRUISING NORTH IN THE ICW AT A SLOW SPEED.  WHILE UNDERWAY operator hAD HIS BOAT ON AUTO PILOT and was mONITORING HIS GPS AND LOOKING AT HIS CHARTS.  VESSEL STRUCK MARKER 46A WITH THE PORT BOW, BREAKING THE POLE OFF UNDER THE WATERLINE..


BARDID: 2009-NC-0074
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: JORDAN LAKE
NearestCityTown: PITTSBORO
County: CHATTHAM
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
THE INJURED SUBJECT WAS A PASSENGER ON A JET SKI, OPERATED BY HER HUSBAND.  THE OPERATOR TURNED THE PWC TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO BOUNCE HARD ON THE SEAT AND THE BACK OF THE PWC WHILE FALLING FROM THE VESSELL.  THUS RESULTING IN HER PELVIC, BACK, AND KNEE INJURIES.  BOTH SUBJECTS WER WEARING PFD'S AND THERE WERE NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS INVOLVED.  THERE WERE NO CHARGES FILED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0075
Date: 2009-06-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TILLERY
NearestCityTown: NORWOOD
County: STANLY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
AccidentCause2: Failure to vent
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
ON SATURDAY JULY 4TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20PM A MOTOR BOAT NC 5677 BS WAS DOCKED AT J&J MARINE ON LAKE TILLERY NEAR NORWOOD.  THREE PERSONS WERE ONBOARD, THE OPERATOR TURNED THE BLOWER ON FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE.  UPON STARTING THE ENGINE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE BOAT.  A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE STERN OF THE BOAT NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SUSTAINED BURNS TO BOTH HIS LEGS AND PARTS OF HIS TORSO.  TWO OTHERS IN THE BOAT THE OPERATOR AND HIS WIFE WERE SINGED BY THE FLAMES.  SEVERAL BYSTANDERS HELPED BY PUTTING THE FIRE OUT USING A NEARBY FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND CALLING STANLY COUNTY EMS..  occupant WAS TRANSPORTED TO STANLY REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  UPON INNVESTIGATION, THE BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A BACK FIRE FLAME ARRESTOR BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF IT OR THE BLOWER WERE WORKING PROPERLY AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.  THE BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE PROPER TYPE, SIZE AND READELY ACCESSIBLE PFDS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0076
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BADIN LAKE
NearestCityTown: NEW LONDON
County: MONTGOMERY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON SATURDAY JULY 4TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45PM OPERATOR BACKED A PWC NC 0872 CS OFF A TRAILER AT THE BOAT LANDING AT BADIN SHORES RESORT.  FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO GET ANOTHER PWC ON THE TRAILER STARTED.  OPERATOR PULLED HER PWC UP TO THE TRAILER TO ASSIST.  A ROPE FROM THE TRAILER GOT TANGELED IN THE THROTTLE OF THE PWC OPERATOR WAS OPERATING AND ACCELERATED THE PWC INTO A NEARBY PEIR COMPLETELY CRUSHING THE FIBERGLASS ON THE BOW AND PORT SIDE OF THE PWC.  OPERATOR SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND MAJOR LACERATION TO THE LEFT LEG AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT.  MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMS AND NC WILDLIFE WERE CONTACTED AND OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO STANLY REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT.  OPERATOR WAS WEARING A TYPE 3 PFD WHILE OPERATING THE PWC.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0077
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HYCO LAKE
NearestCityTown: SEMORA
County: PERSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ON SATURDAY, JULY4, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20PM, OPERATOR WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1, NC 8968 WK.  SHE WAS PULLING TWO TUBERS, AGE 12 and AGE 11.  THEY WERE ON HYCO LAKE, NORTH OF THE HWY 57 BRIDGE NEAR WARM WATERS RESTAURANT.  THE WERE HEADED SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS THE BRIDGE WHEN tubers FELL OFF OF THE TUBE.  WHEN OPERATOR REALIZED HER TUBERS HAD FALLEN OFF, SHE TURNED THE BOAT AROUND IN ORDER TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE BOAT.  INITIALLY OPERATOR PLANNED TO PICK THE GIRLS UP OUT OF THE WATER USING A LADDER ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOW.  AS OPERATOR WAS GETTING THE BoAT INTO POSITION, SHE COULD ONLY SEE TUBER1 IN THE WATER.  SHE REPORTED LOOKING AROUND THE BOAT FOR THE SECOND TUBER.  WHEN OPERATOR TURNED AROUND THE LOOKED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE MOTOR, SHE SAW tuber2 TRYING TO CLIMB UP THE LADDER ON THE STERNN STARBOARD SIDE.  SHE REPORTED THAT WHEN SHE SAW THIS, SHE IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE MOTOR OFF.  OPERATOR COULD NOT REMEMBER IF SHE HAD THE BOAT IN GEAR.  

IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT ALL 7 PASSENGERS ON THE BOAT HEARD tuber2’s SCREAMING.  PASSENGERS REACTED TO TUBER2S CRIES AND JUMPED IN THE WATER TO HELP HER.  OCCUPANT1 REPORTS THE PROPELLER BEING STUCK INTO TUBER2'S LEG.  WITH ONE HAND HE GRABBED THE PROPELLER AND WITH THE OTHER HAND HE GRABBED TUBER2'S LEG AND SEPERATED THE TWO.  TUBER2 HAD CUT BOTH HER LEGS IN SEVERAL PLACES BY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE BOAT'S PROPELLER.  THEY ASSISTED HER ON THE BOAT WITH THE HELP OF THE OTHER CREW MEMBERS WRAPPED TUBER2'S LEGS IN A SHIRT AND TOWEL TO STOP THE BLEEDING.  OPERATOR DROVE THE BOAT TO THE DOCKS WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY HEADED.  OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE BOAT CALLED TO BYSTANDERS AT THE DOCKS TO CALL 911.  EMS ARRIVED AND TUBER2 WAS TRANSPORTED TO DUKE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE RECIEVED MEDICAL TREATMENT.

MYSELF AND SGT. WERE ON PATROL ON THE LAKE WHEN WE WERE INFORMED BY OFFICER BY TELEPHONE ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.  WHEN WE ARRIVED ON SCENE TUBER2 WAS ALREADY IN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE SPOKE WITH OPERATOR AND THE HYCO LAKE AUTHORITY ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.  SHE SHOWED ME WHERE IT OCCURED AND TOLD ME DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED.  OPERATOR REPORTED DRINKING ONE BEER SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT OCCURING.  ALCOSENSOR RESULTS READ .00 TWO CONSECUTIVE TIMES.  NO FIELD SOBRIETY WAS PERFORMED ON OPERATOR.

ON 7-15-09 I SPOKE WITH TUBER2 ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DETAILS FROM WHAT SHE TOLD ME THAT DIFFERED FROM WHAT OPERATOR REPORTED.  TUBER2 REPORTED THE STERN LADDER WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND SHE ACTUALLY HAD ONE HAND ON IT WHEN HER LEG GOT CUT.  OPERATOR CLAIMED THE LADDER WAS IN THE UP POSITION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  TUBER2 ALSO REPORTED THAT TUBER1 HAD ALREADY CLIMBED IN THE BOAT BY USING THE STERN LADDER BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW TUBER1 UP THE BOAT.  OPERATOR REPORTS TUBER1 WAS STILL IN THE WATER OFF THE PORT SIDE WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

TUBER2 ENDED UP WITH STICHES ON TWO PLACES ON HER LEFT LEG AS WELL AS STITCHES ON HER RIGHT HEEL.  SHE SAID SHE GOT CUT ON HER RIGHT HEEL WHEN SHE TRIED TO KICK HER LEFT LEG FREE USING HER RIGHT HEEL.  ON HER LEFT LEG THE STITCHING STARTS ABOUT HER KNEECAP AND GOES DOWN HER LEG APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT.  THE NERVE THAT RAISES AND LOWERS HER FOOT WAS ALSO CUT AND SHE RECIEVED SIX INCHES OF STAPLES.  SHE ALSO RECIEVED TWO INCHES OF STICHING IN THE CREASE OF HER LEG BEHIND HER LEFT KNEE.

ON 7-15-09, I SPOKE WITH THE DA'S OFFICE ABOUT POSSIBLY CHARGING OPERATOR WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION AND THEY ADVISED ME NOT TO.  THUS, NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED IN THIS MATTER.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0078
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: CAMP LEJEUNE
County: ONSLOW
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE COAST GUARD ON JULY 10, 2009 REGARDING A BOAT WASHED UP ON ONSLOW BEACH WHICH IS ON THE CAMP LEJEUNE MARINE CORPS BASE. subject FOUND THE VESSEL.  SUBJECT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1200 PM HE SAW THE VESSEL MOVING TOWARDS THE SHORE.  ONCE THE VESSEL RAN AGROUND IN THE SURF, SUBJECT NOTICED THAT NO ONE WAS ON THE VESSEL AND THE ENGINES WERE RUNNING.  HE BOARDED THE VESSEL AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINES.  HE THEN DROPPED THE ANCHOR IN ORDER TO SECURE THE VESSEL.  HE CALLED THE MILITARY POLICE AND THEY SECURED THE SCENE UNTIL THE COAST GUARD AND I ARRIVED.  AT THE SCENE THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OPERATOR, TO WHICH THE VESSEL IS REGISTERED.  THERE WERE SIX FISHING POLES OUT, ALONG WITH THE OUTRIGGERS.  THERE WERE THREE MAHI MAHI IN THE COOLER ALONG WITH BAIT.  THE LINE FROM THE POLES WAS WRAPPED IN THE PROPELLERS AND WAS CUT OUT BY SUBJECT WHILE SECURING THE VESSEL.  THE VESSEL HAD ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.  THERE WAS HALF A BOTTLE OF WINE AND THREE EMPTY BUDWEISER CANS ON BOARD ALONG WITH WATER AND SODA.  THERE WAS ALSO A "SPOT SATELLITE PERSONAL TRACKER" GPS BEACON ON BOARD.  WE FOUND OPERATOR'S CELL PHONE AND CAMERA ON BOARD THE VESSEL; BOTH WERE PROCESSED BY THE NC SBI.  A FISH CLUB THAT WAS FOUND ABOARD WAS SENT TO THE NC SBI LAB IN RALEIGH, NC FOR TESTING.  THE NC SBI ALSO PROCESSED THE VESSEL AS WELL.  THERE WERE MARKINGS ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL'S OUTER HULL THAT APPEARED TO BE HAND PRINTS.  THERE WAS NO SIGN ON operator ON THE VESSEL OR AT THE SCENE.  THE COAST GUARD CONDUCTED A SEARCH FOR OPERATOR AND HAS NOT FOUND HIM AT THIS TIME.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0079
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:40:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: CAROLINA BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS HEADED SOUTH ON THE ICW AT CAROLINA BEACH INLET.  VESSEL 2 WAS ALSO HEADED SOUTH ON ICW JUST BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 WAS GOING TO MAKE A TURN AND HEAD BACK NORTH.  OPERATOR1 SAID SHE LOOKED BOTH WAYS BEFORE SHE STATED TURNING AND DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER BOATS.  OPERATOR1 SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW IF SHE DID NOT SEE VESSEL 2 BECAUSE SHE WAS WEARING SUNGLASSES.  VESSEL 1 TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF VESSL 2.  THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 1 HIT THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 2 HAD FIBERGLASS DAMAGE, PEN STRIP WAS SCRATCHED UP, AND A PURPLE SCRATCH FROM THE PWC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL.  OPERATOR2 ALSO STATED THAT ONE OF HIS MOTORS WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY NOW BECAUSE HE THREW HIS VESSEL IN REVERSE TO TRY AND STOP THE VESSEL.  VESSEL 1 HAD FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE, THE HANDLE BARS WERE BENT UP AND THE GAS CAP WAS RIPPED OFF.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE ON A PWC.  OPERATOR1 ALSO SAID HER WRIST WAS HURTING BUT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0080
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: MOORESVILLE
County: IREDELL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: RESTRICTED VISION
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
RedactedNarrative:
ON SUNDAY, JULY 12TH 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45AM A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN IN A COVE NEAR DAY MARKER 4-A.  THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL (V1) HAD RESTRICTED VISION DUE TO PLOWING WITH THE BOW IN AN UPWARD POSITION AND ALSO UNDER THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED WHEN (V1'S) STARBOARD BOW STRUCK A METAL POLE ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF A FLOATING DOCK.  THE METAL POLE LEFT A 51 1/2 INCH GOUGE IN THE FIBERGLASS OF (V1'S) STARBOARD BOW.  THE POLE WAS BENT INWARD TOWARD THE DECKING OF THE FLOATING DOCK.  WHITE PAINT FROM THE VESSEL WAS TRANSFERRED ONTO THE METAL POLE AND THE EDGE OF THE DECKING ON THE DOCK.  (V1) CONTINUED TO TRAVEL FORWARD, GLANCING OFF THE WALKWAY THAT CONNECTED THE FLOATING DOCK TO A STATIONARY DOCK/GAZEBO.  THE HINGE ON THE LEFT OF THE WALKWAY (AS IF FACING THE GAZEBO) WAS BENT, AND FORCED THE END THAT RESTS ON THE FLOATING DOCK TO FALL IN THE WATER WHEN PUSHED BY THE VESSEL.  THE DECKING ON THE WALKWAY WAS KNOCKED OUT OF SQUARE BY APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES.  THE ENDS OF THE DECKING BOARDS WOULD TYPICALLY BE FLUSH, HOWEVER, THE ENDS NOW WERE LIKE STAIR-STEPS DUE TO BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT.  THE BOW OF (V1) PLOWED FORWARD STRIKING THE DECKING ON THE STATIONARY GAZEBO.  THE V-SHAPED DESTRUCTION TO THE WOOD DECKING IS CONSISTANT WITH THE BROWN WOOD STAIN TRANSFER ON THE BOW OF (V1).  WOOD FROM THE DECKING WAS LOCATED LODGED BEHIND THE BOW-EYE OF (V1).  AS THE BOW CONTINUED TO RAISE UPWARD, IT RIPPED THE HAND RAILINGS APART AND DAMAGED THE VERTICAL SUPPORT POST ON THE PORT-SIDE.  THE SUPPORT PYLONS UNDER THE GAZEBO WERE PUSHED INTO APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND MOVED THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE SEVERAL FEET TOWARDS THE SHORELINE INDICATING A DIRECT IMPACT.  THE STARBOARD SIDE OF (V1) HAD NUMEROUS SCRATCHES AND FIBERGLASS SHAVINGS THAT STRETCHED FROM THE TIP OF THE BOW TO THE STERN INDICATING THAT THE ENTIRE SIDE MADE CONTACT WITH THE FLOATING DOCK.  IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT ALCOHOL WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.  DUE TO THE OPERATOR LEAVING THE SCENE, IT IS UNKNOWN IF (V1) WAS PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE VESSEL WAS EQUIPPED WITH A HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0081
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: HOLDEN BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR ABOUT 12:45 operator, 52, OF CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL A 21 FOOT CENTURY ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR HOLDEN BEACH WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT.  OPERATOR WAS HEADING OUT OF A CANNEL NEAR LION PAW ST. HEADED SOUTH TO OCEAN ISLE AT 10 TO 20 MILES AND HOUR.  VICTIM AND SIX OTHER PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD; VICTIM WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE BOAT HOLDING ON TO A ROPE CONNECTED TO AN UNOCCUPIED TUBE.  THE TUBE WAS IN THE WATER BEHIND THE BOAT AS THE BOAT GATHERED SPEED THE WIND CREATED FORCE ON THE TUBE.  AS THE ROPE CONNECTED TO THE TUBE WAS PULLING OUT THE BOAT THE TUBE ROPE WRAPPED AROUND VICTIM'S ANKLE AND PULLED HIM OUT OF THE BOAT.  VICTIM LANDED ON THE TRANSOM AND ENGINE CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY, VICTIM WAS MEDEVACED TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A PFD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT, NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0083
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:58:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN ISLE BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
A PWC IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH BRIDGE FROM SHALLOTTE POINT.  HE PASSED ANOTHER VESSEL THAT WAS TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  AS PWC PASSED THE OTHER VESSEL'S WAKE, operator FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED.  HIS PWC JUMPED THE WAKE AND LEFT THE WATER.  operator WAS THROWN FROM THE PWC AND IT LANDED ON TOP OF HIM.  HE SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY AND LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0084
Date: 2009-07-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE HICKORY
NearestCityTown: HICKORY
County: CATAWBA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Inadequate Onboard Navigation Lights
AccidentCause3: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
I RECEIVED A CALL FROM RALEIGH IN REFERENCE TO A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30PM ON 07-16-09.  THIS ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED ON LAKE HICKORY AND HAD CAME THORUGH ALEXANDER COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS.  I RESPONDED FROM WILKES COUNTY TO LAKE HICKORY.  I ARRIVED AT LAKE HICKORY AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10PM.  ONCE THERE I SPOKE WITH BOTH SUBJECTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE BOATING ACCIDENT.  I FIRST SPOKE TO operator2 WHO WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE BASS BOAT.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER FRIEND WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE LAKE AND AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PWC COMING AT HIM.  HE QUICKLY TURNED TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT AND HE STUCK OPERATOR1 JUST CAUSING PAINT TRANSFER.  OPERATOR2 HAD TURNED AWAY IN TIME TO ONLY SCRAPE THE JET SKI AND CAUSING VERY LITTLE DAMAGE.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE HAD THREE PASSENGERS ON HIS PWC AT THE TIME OF COLLISION.  HE HAD PWC PROBLEMS EARLIER THAT EVENING AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE FOR BEING OUT SO LATE.  STATED HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE SHORELINE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND HE STRUCK THE BASS BOAT.  OPERATOR1 HAD IMPROPER LOOKOUT AND WAS CARELESS AND RECKLESS IN THIS MANNER BEING ON LAKE HICKORY ON A PWC AFTER SUNSET.  occupant WAS THROWN FROM THE PWC AND HAD THE BREATH KNOCKED OUT OF HER AND SUFFERED BRUISES.  SHE WAS taken TO THE HOSPITAL BY FRIENDS AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  SO I THEN SPOKE TO OPERATOR1 AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO FILL OUT A ACCIDENT FORM.  I THEN NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMING FROM OPERATOR1'S PERSON.  I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH HE HAD TO DRINK AND HE STATED ONLY ONE "JUICE" EARLIER.  THE BEER THAT I WAS SMELLING WAS A NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK HE HAD BEEN DRINKING.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD DRANK SEVERAL OF THOSE.  I RAN OPERATOR1 THROUGH A FEW STANDARD FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS IN WHICH HE FAILED AND HE BLEW A .09 ON THE ALCO-SENSOR.  I THEN PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR OPERATING A MOTORBOAT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.  I READ OPERATOR1 HIS RIGHTS AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO ALEXANDER COUNTY JAIL.  ON THE WAY I ASKED OPERATOR1 IF HE HAD DRANK ANYTHING AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HE STATED TO ME NO THAT HE HAD NOT DRANK ANYTHING ELSE.  OPERATOR1 WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PWC AFTER SUNSET AND CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0085
Date: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: TOPSAIL INLET
NearestCityTown: TOPSAIL BEACH
County: PENDER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR'S VESSEL WAS TRAVELING IN THE TOPSAIL INLET ON THE MORNING OF 7/22/09 APPROXIMATELY 0730.  BASED ON THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER ACCOUNTS, THE VESSEL WAS STRUCK BY A ROUGE WAVE IN THE INLET.  THIS WAVE STRUCK THE VESSEL IN A MANNER THAT CAUSED IT TO CAPSIZE.  ALL FIVE PEOPLE WERE THROWN FROM THE VESSEL.  ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE VESSEL STRUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE INLET WHILE CAPSIZED.  THE CAUSED THE REPORTED DAMAGED.  THE MOTOR COVER WAS TORN OFF AND THERE APPEARED TO BE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THE CENTER CONSOLE'S WINDSHILED WAS RIPPED OFF AND THERE WAS OTHER DAMAGE TO THE GAUGES AND THROTTLE.  OPERATOR LOST 10 FISHING POLES AND FISHING GEAR WHICH HE ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH AROUND $1500.  SEA TOW UP RIGHTED THE VESSEL AND TOWED IT BACK TO THE MARINA.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0086
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:40:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: SNEADS FERRY
County: ONSLOW
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE ICW NEAR SNEADS FERRY ON JUNE 28, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40AM.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH AND VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH.  VESSEL 2 OVERTOOK VESSEL 1 ON THE PORT SIDE AND THEN MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN.  WHEN VESSEL 2 MADE A RIGHT TURN, VESSEL 1 WAS UNABLE TO SLOW OR MANEUVER TO AVOID A COLLISION.  VESSEL 2 WAS STRUCK ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE BY THE BOW OF VESSEL 1.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS OPERATING WITHIN 100 FEET OF VESSEL 1 AND WAS CITED.  A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER OUTLOOK AND OPERATING WITHIN 100 FEET OF ANOTHER VESSEL WHILE OPERATING A PWC MOST LIKELY CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0087
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE GASTON
NearestCityTown: HENRICO
County: NORTHAMPTON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Tube strikes other boat
RedactedNarrative:
ON 7/28/09 AT ABOUT 3:00PM VESSEL #1 OPERATOR AND VESSEL #2 OPERATOR WERE INVOlVED IN A BOAT ACCIDENT NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE ON LAKE GASTON LOCATED IN PEA HILL CREEK.  OPERATOR1 WAS TOWING TWO TUBES (BLUE/STARBOARD-YELLOW/PORT) WITH APPROXIMATELY 60 FT OF ROPE, CARRYING TWO PASSENGERS ON EACH.  Operator2; HIS PASSENGERS AND OPERATOR1 AND HIS PARTY ARE ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS DOWN FOR THE WEEK.  THEY DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE LAKE HOUSE AND START PREPARING DINNER.  OPERATOR1 CONTINUED TOWING HIS PARTIES ON THE TWO TUBES.  OPERATOR2 AND HIS PASSENGERS WERE TURNING AROUND AND JUST BEGAN TO HEAD BACK NORTH TOWARDS THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE.  OPERATOR1 WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN HE STATED HE SAW VESSEL #2 (STAND ON VESSEL) OFF HIS BOW.  OPERATOR1 THEN TURNED HIS VESSEL (GIVE WAY VESSEL) TO PORT (NORTH) THE SAME DIRECTION AS VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING.  OPERATOR1 STATED VESSEL #2 BEGAN TO TURN SLIGHTLY TO PORT, SO OPERATOR1 TURNED HARDER TO PORT.  WHEN VESSEL #1 BEGAN TURNING TO PORT, THIS ACTION FORCED THE BLUE TUBE OUTSIDE ITS WAKE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.  THE MOMENTUM OF THE BLUE TUBE CARRIED IT AROUND THE STERN, COLLIDING WITH THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2 NEAR MID SHIP NEXT TO THE DRIVERS SEAT.  THE BLUE TUBE RECEIVED A SIX INCH TEAR TO THE NYLON COVER AND THE INNER TUBE HAD A 2 INCH CUT, WITH EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS PUNCTURED AND SCRAPED BY A BOLT THAT HELD THE RAILING TO THE DECK UNDER THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  ACCORDING TO THE INJURED PARTY, HE AND HIS BROTHER JUMPED OFF THE TUBE PRIOR TO IMPACT. One tuber WAS UNABLE TO RECOLLECT ANY EVENTS AFTER ABANDONING THE BLUE TUBE.  PASSENGERS FROM VESSEL #2 JUMPED IN THE WATER TO RESCUE victim who was THEN TRANSPORTED TO HALIFAX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT/CARE.  THE NATURE OF INJURIES THAT victim SUSTAINED ARE AS FOLLOWS; FRACTURED RIGHT ARM/ELBOW AT ULNA, PUNCTURED/COLLAPSED RIGHT LUNG WITH CONTUSION, LACERATION TO LIVER, TWO BROKEN RIGHT SIDE RIBS, CONTUSION TO RIGHT PARIETAL REGION OF HEAD AND CONTUSION TO RIGHT LEG.  victim WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO ROANOKE VIRGINIA (HOSPITAL) FOR TREATMENT/CARE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0088
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGH ROCK LAKE
NearestCityTown: DENTON
County: DAVIDSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL WAS PULLING AN INNER TUBE ON THE FLAT SWAMP PORTION OF HIGH ROCK LANE.  OPERATOR HAD PULLED THE TUBE IN HARBOR GATE COVE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.  OPERATOR EXTENDED THE SKI ROPE BY A COUPLE OF FEET TO CAUSE LESS DRAG.  HE PULLED BACK INTO THE COVE FORGETTING TO COMPENSATE FOR THE EXTENSION, CAUSING THE TUBE AND PASSENGER TO COLLIDE WITH THE END OF THE DOCK.

Victim WAS WEARING AN APPROVED PFD.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEXINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  

THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0089
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BANKS CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
AN APPROXIMATELY 11:30AM, 25 JULY 09, operator WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON BANK'S CHANNEL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN HE STRUCK A WAVE AND WAS THROWN OFF HIS PWC.  operator STATED AS HE WAS THROWN OFF THE PWC HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE BODY OF THE PWC AND THE RAILING OFF THE FOOTWELL.  AS A RESULT operator  felt his LEFT FOOT WAS BROKEN.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0090
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:50:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BELEWS LAKE
NearestCityTown: BELEWS CREEK
County: FORSYTH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JULY 25TH AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 PM, operator1 WAS OPERATING A 25 FT. PONTOON BOAT (VESSEL 1) ON BELEWS LAKE TRAVELING SOUTH FROM THE STOKES COUNTY LINE AND HAD TWO PASSENGERS.  Operator2 WAS OPERATING A 17 FT. BAYLINER (VESSEL 2) ON BELEWS LAKE IN THE SAME LINE OF TRAVEL WITH ONE PASSENGER.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF THE LAKE APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS FROM THE SHARP CURVE JUST SOUTH OF THE STOKES COUNTY LINE.  VESSEL 2 APPROACHED VESSEL 1 FROM THE STERN TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH.  THE BOW OF VESSEL 2 STRUCK THE CENTER OF VESSEL 1'S MOTOR AND TRAVELED UP AND OVER THE STERN AND TRAVELED ACROSS THE RAIL AT THE STERN/ STARBOARD.  VESSEL 2 LEFT PROP MARKS ON THE MOTOR, SWIM LADDER, AND THE REAR STARBOARD RAILS OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 EXITED APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE STEARN ON THE STARBOARD SIDE.  Vessel2operator SAID HE NEVER SAW VESSEL 1 PRIOR TO THE IMPACT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING BETTER ATTENTION.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  VESSEL 2 HAD MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE BOW AND BOTTOM, A BENT EYE HOOK AND MINOR PROP DAMAGE WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY $200 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  NO ONE SUSTAINED PERSONAL INJURIES, ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0092
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN ISLE BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ACCIDENT OCCURED IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WHEN A PWC WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH BRIDGE FROM SHALLOTTE INLET.  AS IT PASSED A LARGER VESSEL THAT WAS TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  operator FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED AND JUMPED THE WAKE CREATED BY THE OTHER VESSEL.  HIS PWC BECAME AIRBORNE AND HE FELL FROM THE VESSEL.  IN DOING SO HE STRUCK HIS FACE AND ANKLE ON THE HULL OF THE PWC.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0095
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:10:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOGUE INLET
NearestCityTown: CEDAR POINT
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause3: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
AT OR AROUND 3:20 PM ON JULY 8, 2009 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR CEDAR POINT.  SHE WAS TRAVELING EAST TOWARDS BOGUE INLET.  HER AND HER PARTY DECIDED TO GO SWIMMING NEAR SHARKTOOTH ISLAND.  DUE TO THE WIND THEY PULLED ON THE ICW SIDE OF SHARKTOOTH ISLAND NEAR THE TURN FOR THE INLET.  THE CURRENT IS VERY STRONG IN THIS AREA AND AT THAT TIME THE TIDE WAS FALLING PULLING THEM TOWARDS THE INLET.  OPERATOR THREW OUT THE ANCHOR AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET IT SET WHEN victim JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO SWIM.  HE FOUGHT THE CURRENT AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIS HANDS BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.  THE TWO WOMEN TRIED TO PULL HIM BUT COULD NOT.  HE PLACED HIS FEET OVER THE GUNNEL AND THE TWO WOMEN TRIED TO PULL HIM IN BY HIS ARMS.  IT APPEARED TO THEM THAT HE WAS BREATHING HARD AND WAS STRUGGLING TO GET IN.  HE PULLED HIS FEET BACK INTO THE WATER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM TO THE LADDER BUT HE STILL COULD NOT GET IN THE BOAT.  HE SAID HE WAS JUST GOING TO SWIM TO THE BEACH.  HE GOT ABOUT TWENTY YEARDS FROM THE BOAT AND THE WOMEN (STILL IN THE BOAT) NOTICED HE WAS IN TROUBLE.  (AT THIS POINT THE BOAT WAS STILL DRIFTING OUT BECAUSE THE ANCHOR NEVER CAUGHT.) HE WAS YELING FOR HELP.  THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO HIM AND subject GRABED HIM BY THE SHIRT AND SHE SAID HE WAS JUST FLOATING WITH HIS HEAD DOWN.  SHE SAID HE NEVER WENT UNDER.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS ARRESTED FOR OPERATING WHILE IMPAIRED AND BLEW A .23 AT 1953 WHICH WAS RETROGRADED TO A .30 AT 1520.  occupant STATED SHE HAD ABOUT SEVEN BEERS AND HER HUSBAND HAD DRANK AROUND TWELVE BEERS.  victim WAS A GOOD SWIMMER BUT HAD MANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH HIS LUNGS.  HE WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0096
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:32:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGH ROCK LAKE
NearestCityTown: SALISBURY
County: ROWAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
ON JULY 19, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:32 PM operator (AGE 19) WAS OPERATING A PWC (VESSEL #1 - NC 4222 DJ) IN THE DUTCH SECOND CREEK PORTION OF HIGH ROCK LAKE.  VESSEL #1 WAS ALSO OCCUPIED BY An occupant (AGE 14) WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND OPERATOR AND FACING IN THE FORWARD POSITION.  OPERATOR WAS PULLING HER COUSIN, (AGE 10) ON A "WAKE JET" TUBE.  THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE HAS A LARGE TUBE THAT IS COVERED WITH A CANVASS MATERIAL AND HAS ATTACHED HANDLES.  THE CANVASS COVERING REMAINS OPEN ON THE TOP OF THE TUBE, CREATING A HOLE, WHILE THE CANVASS MATERIAL STRETCHES COMPLETELY ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE TUBE AND FORMING A SITTING AREA FOR PERSONS RIDING THE TUBE.

ACCORDING TO OPERATOR, AT SOME POINT SHE TURNED TO CHECK ON VICTIM.  OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE VICTIM SITTING IN THE TUBE AND THROUGHTTHAT SHE FALLEN OUT OF THE TUBE INTO THE WATER OR WAS DOWN INSIDE THE TUBE HOLE.  OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE YELLED FOR VICTIM, BUT SHE DID NOT ANSWER.  SEVERAL FISHERMAN WHO WERE FISHING NEARBY HEARD THE CRIES FOR VICTIM AND MADE THEIR WAY TO THE LOCATION OF THE TUBE.  THEY PULLED THE TUBE ONTO THEIR BOAT AND FOUND VICTIM AND FOUND VICTIM UNCONSCIOUS AND WEDGED BETWEEN THE TUBE AND THE CANVAS TUBE COVERING DOWN IN THE TUBE HOLE.  THE FISHERMEN DEFLATED THE TUBE WITH A KNIFE AND WERE ABLE TO REMOVE VICTIM FROM THE TUBE.  THE FISHERMEN STATED THAT HE FOUND VICTIM TO BE UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT BREATHING AND STARTED PERFORMING CPR.  ACCORDING TO THE FISHERMAN HE PERFORMED CPR FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND VICTIM STARTED BREATHING AGAIN.  EMS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO ROWAN COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR WATER INHALATION.

AFTER TALKING TO WITNESESS WHO SAW THE INCIDENT TAKE PLACE, IT APPEARS THAT WHILE BEING TOWED BEHIND THE PWC, VICTIM ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER AND AS A RESULT STOPPED BREATHING.

AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WERE WEARING APPROPRIATE PFD'S AND WITHIN THE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VESSEL #1.  ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED AND THEREFORE NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0097
Date: 2009-07-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: FAR CREEK
NearestCityTown: ENGELHARD
County: HYDE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
AccidentCause3: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: grounding
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO THE BOAT OPERATOR, THREE GENTLEMEN INCLUDING HIMSELF LEFT OUT OF THE ENGELHARD BOAT ACCESS AREA ON HIS BOAT TO GO FISHING AROUND 11:00AM THE 26TH DAY OF JULY 2009.  THEY HEADED OUT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE PAMILICO SOUND IN FAR CREEK AND DROPPED ANCHOR.  AS THEY BEGAN TO FISH, THE WIND PICKED UP TO AROUND 15-20 MPH AND BLEW THE BOAT TOWARDS THE NORTHERN SHORE LINE OF FAR CREEK.  OPERATOR TRIED STARTING THE BOAT, BUT THE MOTOR WOULD NOT CRANK.  OPERATOR CLAIMS AS THE BOAT WAS BUMPING UP AGAINST THE MARSH, IT KNOWCKED THE DRAIN PLUG OUT OF THE BOAT.  THE VESSEL THEN BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  THIS HAPPENED AT 1PM.  THEY ALSO CALLED THE COAST GUARD.  THE BOAT THEN GROUNDED TO THE BOTTOM SINCE THE WATER DEPTH ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MARSH WAS ONLY 1.5 FEET DEEP.  OPERATOR STATED THAT A COAST GUARD BOAT AND HELICOPTER WERE DISPATCHED, AND THEY WERE ALSO TOWED IN BY THE COAST GUARD BOAT.  OPERATOR, A DIABETIC BEGAN TO FEEL ILL BECAUSE OF HIS BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL DROPPING FROM NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO EAT SINCE 8AM OF THE SAME DAY.  AN AMBULANCE WAS DISPATCHED AND OPERATOR WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE ENGELHARD ACCESS AREA.  NO DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE WAS SUSPECTED AND NO CHARGES WERE FILLED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0098
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:10:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: MUDDY CREEK
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: BEAUFORT
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR2 WAS OPERATING A PWC AND CRUISING IN MUDDY CREEK.   THE HUSBAND OF OPERATOR2 AND HIS YOUNG GRANDSON, WERE ALSO CRUSING ON A PWC IN MUDDY CREEK.  OPERATOR1 SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST CAME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON.  OPERATOR1 WAS LOOKING OFF TO HIS LEFT (PORTSIDE) AT SOMETHING ON THE SHORELINE AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT OPERATOR2 HAD SLOWED DOWN AND WAS COMING TO A STOP DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM AND HIS GRANDSON.  OPERATOR1 CONTINUED HIS PROGRESS ON THE PWC HE WAS OPERATING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND STRUCK OPERATOR2 IN HER BACK WITH THE FRONT OF THE PWC HE WAS OPERATING.  OPERATOR2 WAS THROWN FORWARD AND EJECTED FROM HER PWC.  OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON WERE ALSO EJECTED FROM THEIR PWC BY THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION.  OPERATOR1 HAD TO RETREIVE OPERATOR2 AND UPRIGHT HER UPPER TORSO FROM THE WATER DUE TO THE DAMAGE THE IMPACT HAD CAUSED TO HER BACK.  ALL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THIS COLLISION WERE WEARING APPROVED PFD'S AND NO ALCOHOL USE WAS DETECTED IN THE INVESTIGATION.  OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON RECEIVED NO PERSONAL INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0099
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:21:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE SOUND
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOAT ACCIDENT NEAR NAGS HEAD ON AUGUST 4TH 2009 AROUND 3PM.  officer RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT AND SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF THE PWC AND HE STATED THAT SEVERAL PWC'S WERE CRUISING OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED RIDING AREA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE STATED THAT THEY WERE ALREADY DIRECTED BACK INTO THE DESIGNATED RIDING AREA JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE.  Operator1 (RENTED PWC) STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW HIS FRIENDS AND THEY BOTH HIT A SAND BAR.  THEY TRIED TO TURN AROUND BUT THE PWC WOULD NOT MOVE.  THE OWNER OF THE PWCS WENT TO HELP AND STATED THAT SAND WAS SHOOTING OUT OF THE PWC'S ENGINE, AND TOLD THE OPERATORS TO KILL THE ENGINE.  THEY THEN TOWED TO PWC'S TO SHORE AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE.  THE DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 2366.25 DOLLARS.  THE OWNER STATED THAT THE PUMPS HAD TO BE REBUILT DUE TO THE SAND IN THE ENGINE.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0101
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE GASTON
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: WARREN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: RESTRICTED VISION
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST THE 7 AROUND 7:00PM operator1 WAS TROLLING FROM THE NORTH SID3E OF LAKE GASTON.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE WAS HEADED INTO THE SUN, WHEN HE HAD JUST STARTED TAKING OFF THE BOAT HAD NOT PLANED OFF YET WHEN OPERATOR1'S VESSEL STRUCK OPERATOR2'S VESSEL.  OPERATOR1'S VESSEL HIT OPERATOR2S VESSEL ON THE PORT SIDE JUST BEHIND THE PASSENGERS SEAT.  UPON IMPACT OPERATOR1'S VESSEL STRUCK OPERATOR2S VESEL AT ANGLE FORCING OPERATOR1'S VESSEL TO THE REAR OF OPERATOR2S VESSEL AND OVER THE TOW ROPE OF THE SKIER OPERATOR2 WAS TOWING, CAUSING THE TOW ROPE TO GET WRAPPED AROUND OPERATOR1'S PROP.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE OPERATOR2 DUE TO THE SUN GLARING IN HIS EYES.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0102
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: TERRELL
County: CATAWBA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Unsecure Cargo
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: vessel disabled
RedactedNarrative:
ON 8/09/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30PM, OPERATOR (NC 2380 WV) WAS TRAVELING NORTHEAST FROM MIDWAY MARINA TOWARD THE HWY 150 BRIDGE ON LAKE NORMAN.  OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN THE PROP OF HIS VESSEL WAS ENTANGLED BY A ROPE.  THE ROPE CAUSED THE MOTOR TO STOP AND THE VESSEL CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP.  A PASSENGER IN THE BOAT WAS THROWN FORWARD INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT CAUSING A KNEE INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  OPERATOR CUT THE ROPE FROM THE PROP AND STATED THE PROP HAD A BAD VIBRATION IN IT WHEN HE STARTED TO DRIVE OFF.  OPERATOR REPORTED THE ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  NO PFD'S WERE USED.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT DUE TO ELAPSED TIME.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0103
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: PAMLICO RIVER
NearestCityTown: WASHINGTON
County: BEAUFORT
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR AND VICTIM WERE PART OF A CHURCH GROUP FUNCTION CALLED WEEKEND AT THE RIVER, THE LAST EVENT OF THE SUMMER.  EIGHT PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND WERE TAKING TURNS TUBING.  THE VICTIM AND ONE OTHER PERSON WERE THE LAST TWO TUBERS BEFORE CALLLING IT A DAY.  THE VICTIM WAS THE LAST TO LOAD.  THE OPERATOR WATCHED THE FIRST LOAD UP FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOAT WHERE THE LATTER WAS.  THE VICTIM WAS OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE BOAT.  BY THE TIME THE FIRST WAS LOADED HE PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE WHEN HE SAW THE VICTIM HAD MADE IT TO THE BOAT AND WAS COMING ACROSS THE BACK OF THE BOAT BY THE MOTOR.  HE PUT THE BOAT BACK INTO THE NEUTRAL BUT THE PROP STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE RIGHT LEG NEAR THE KNEE.  NO BONES WERE BROKEN BUT A PEICE OF MUSCLE WAS CUT.  THE MOTOR REMAINED RUNNING.  THE VICTIM WAS PULLED INTO THE BOAT AND THE INJURY WRAPED IN TOWELS.  911 WAS CALLED AND THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED SUBJECT TO BEUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL.  HE WAS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED ON 8/9/09.  RECOVERY WAS EXPECTED IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  VICTIM WAS WEARING HIS PFD.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0104
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE SUMMIT
NearestCityTown: TUXEDO
County: HENDERSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 20, 2009 AT SOME TIME IN THE NIGHT A BOAT WAS STOLEN FROM A COVERED BOAT DOCK ON THE LOWER END (EAST END) OF LAKE SUMMIT.  THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING UP THE LAKE (WEST) WHEN IT HIT A DOCK ON A POINT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE.  THE BOAT WAS DRIVEN BACK AND PUT BACK AND PUT BACK INSIDE THE DOCK.  THE OWNER FOUND BOAT ON JUNE 26TH AND NOTIFIED THE HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0105
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: MASONBORO INLET
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS COMING ACROSS MASONBORO INLET WHEN A LARGER BOAT PASSED THEM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  VESSEL 1 HIT THE WAKE OF THE OTHER VESSEL.  victim WAS SITTING ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT.  WHEN VESSEL 1 HIT THE WAKE IT CAUSED victim TO FLY UP IN THE AIR AND LANDED ON HIS BACKSIDE ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0106
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: TOPSAIL SOUND
NearestCityTown: SURF CITY
County: PENDER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
operator WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL.  HE WAS TOWING two people ON A "RASCAL TUBE" BEHIND THE VESSEL.  HE WAS TRAVELING 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE TOPSAIL SOUND.  WHEN HE MADE A TURN THE TUBE SWUNG OUTSIDE OF THE WAKE OF HIS VESSEL.  THIS CAUSED THEN TWO GIRLS TO HIT ONE ANOTHER AND FALL OFF THE TUBE.  One tuber WAS INJURED.  SHE WAS AIR LIFTED TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN.  SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  SHE HAD AN EXTENDED NECK INJURY AND A SORE BACK.  NO MAJOR INJURIES.  SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE IBUPROFEN AND A MUSCLE RELAXER AS NEEDED.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0107
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BANKS CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
AccidentCause2: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
ON 05 AUGUST 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00PM OPERATOR'S WAS ANCHORED IN BANK'S CHANNEL.  OPERATOR STATED HE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS WERE SWIMMING ADJACENT TO HIS BOAT WHEN TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SWIMMING TOWARDS HIS BOAT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE.  OPERATOR SWAM BACK TO HIS BOAT AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH THE EXTINGUISHER THAT WAS ON BOARD.  HE WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH JUST ONE EXTINGUISHER, BUT TWO BOATS THAT WERE NEARBY DROVE UP AND TOSSED HIM THEIR FIRE EXTINGUISHER'S SO THAT HE COULD EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.  OPERATOR STATED THE RADIO WAS THE ONLY THING ON THE BOAT CAUGHT FIRE.

THE BOAT SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 IN DAMAGE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THERE WERE THREE B-1 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS USED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0108
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: PASQUOTANK RIVER
NearestCityTown: ELIZABETH CITY
County: PASQUOTANK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00PM ON AUGUST 14, 2009 VESSEL #1 NC-5056-DG WAS HEADED SOUTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 32 M.P.H. JUST AS THE VESSEL WAS NORTH OF MARKER 9 AND RUNNING THE MIDCHANNEL OF THE PASQUOTANK RIVER THE VESSEL STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT.  AT THAT TIME THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL, CALLED HIS FATHER, THE OWNER, AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  THE OPERATOR, THEN DROVE THE VESSEL TO THE BOAT RAMP AT WATER FRONT PARK IN ELIZABETH CITY.  THE OWNER WAS WAITING AT THE BOAT RAMP WITH A VEHICLE AND BOAT TRAILER.  THEY LOADED THE VESSEL ONTO THE TRAILER AND PULLED IT OUT OF THE WATER TO INSPECT WHAT DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO THE BOTTOM STERN OF THE VESSEL.  THE INSPECTION REVEALED WOOD PARTICLES WEDGED IN THE HULL, DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS ON THE TRANSOM, THE SPLASHWELL, MOTOR COVER, AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THE VESSEL WAS DELIVERED TO LAYTON'S BOAT WORKS IN EDENTON FOR REPAIR, THE ESTIMATE WAS OVER $2,000.

NO CHARGES WERE FILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT, NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT, AND PFD'S WERE AVALIABLE BUT NOT WORN BY SURVIVORS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0109
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: TULLS BAY
NearestCityTown: CURRITUCK
County: CURRITUCK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY NUMEROUS WITNESSES AND THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORBOAT, TUBER WAS ONE OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS BEING PULLED IN A TUBE BEHIND A BOAT.  AT SOME POINT DURING THE TUBING, TUBER BEGAN TO FEEL BAD AND ASKED TO BE TAKEN TO SHORE.  AFTER ARRIVING AT THE DOCK, operator DROPPED TUBER OFF WITH SEVERAL WOMEN WAITING ON THE PIER, THEN DEPARTED TO CONTINUE PULLING THE OTHERS ON THE TUBE.  SHORTLY AFTER REACHING THE DOCK, TUBER COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN AND BEGAN TO HAVE A SEIZURE.  CURRITUCK EMS RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED TUBER TO A HOSPITAL.  ACCORDING TO ALL WITNESSES, TUBER WAS WEARING A TYPE III PFD THE ENTIRE TIME.  ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS IS NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AT ALL IN THE ACCIDENT.  NO CHARGES FILLED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0110
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: SHERRILLS FORD
County: CATAWBA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL ONE (1) WAS CRUISING ON A PWC IN MOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR SLANTING BRIDGE AND RAILROAD BRIDGE.  VESSEL ONE (1) JUMPED A LARGE WAKE SENDING HIM AIR BOURNE.  UPON IMPACT WITH THE WATER HE FELL OFF HIS PWC ANOTHER WAKE FROM ANOTHER VESSEL SENT THE PWC ON TO HIS UPPER BODY BREAKING HIS COLLAR BONE.  PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT HE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 60 TO 70 YDS FROM THE VESSEL HE JUMPED THE WAKE FROM.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0111
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: CORNELIUS
County: MECKLENBURG
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ANCHORED AT THE "SAND BAR" AND TIED UP TO A COUPLE OF OTHER VESSELS.  AS THEY WERE SITTING IN THEIR BOAT, THE OWNER NOTICED A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT (PWC) RUNNING WITHOUT MUCH CAUTION.  VESSEL #2 A PWC WENT AROUND SOME OTHER BOATS AND STRUCK operator1 IN VESSEL #1 ON THE PORT SIDE.  THE IMPACT THREW THE OPERATOR OF THE PWC OFF INTO THE WATER.  OPERATOR1 JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO CHECK ON THE OPERATOR AND THE VESSELS.  OPERATOR1 STARTED QUESTIONING THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 AND SAID THEY NEEDED TO GET THE LAW OUT THERE.  THE PWC OPERATOR JUMPED BACK ON VESSEL #2 AND SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND TOOK OFF.  OPERATOR1 SAID HE SAW A CRACK ON THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  OTHER WITTNESSES WROTE THE NUMBER OF VESSEL #2 DOWN BUT SAID IT DID NOT HAVE THE LAST TWO LETTERS ON THE END.  I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACK IT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE MISSING LETTERS.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAITED TO REPORT THIS ACCIDENT AND FINALLY CALLED SERGEANT WHO PASSED IT ON TO ME.  VESSEL #1 WAS EQUIPPED WITH ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0112
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: CORNELIUS
County: MECKLENBURG
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR2 WHO WAS OPERATING VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING AWAY FROM THE RUSTY RUDDER RESTURANT IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION.  HE WAS JUST COMING OUT OF THE NO WAKE ZONE ACCELERATING UP ON PLANE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN BACK.  HE MADE CONTACT WITH VESSEL #1 WHILE IT WAS SITTING STILL IN THE WATER WITH ENGINE OFF.  THE TOP OF VESSEL #2 WENT UNDER THE BOW OF VESSEL #1 WHERE THE ANCHOR COMES OUT.  THE COMPLETE TOP WINDSHIELD AND METAL SKI BARS WERE SHEERED OFF.  THE GLASS BREAKING CAUSED THE CUTTING ON OPERATOR2'S ARM.  BOTH VESSELS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE RUSTY RUDDER RESTURANT WHERE OPERATOR2 WAS TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OFF EXIT 23.  BOTH VESSELS WERE EQUIPPED WITH ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0114
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: OAK ISLAND
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST 27, 2009 operator WAS INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR OCEN CREST FISHING PIER.  OPERATOR'S BOAT RAN OUT OF GAS RIGHT BESIDE THE OCEAN CREST FISHING PIER.  OPERATOR ANCHORED HIS BOAT AND DECIDED TO SWIM TO SHORE.  ONCE HE REACHED THE BEACH, HE GOT A RIDE TO THE GAS STATION AND BOUGHT A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF GAS.  WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS BOAT, THE ANCHOR HAD DRUG AND THE BOAT WAS NOW ANCHORED NEAR THE BREAKERS JUST OFF THE BEACH.  OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO SWIM BACK TO HIS BOAT AND PUT THE TWO GALLONS OF GAS IN THE GAS TANK.  OPERATOR PULLED THE ANCHOR AND TRIED TO START THE BOAT.  WHILE TRYING TO START THE ENGINE, OPERATOR WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BOAT BY ONE OF THE BIG BREAKERS CRASHING ON THE BEACH.  ONCE THROWN FROM THE BOAT, THE VESSEL ROSE UP ON A WAVE AND CAME DOWN STRIKING OPERATOR.  OPERATOR WAS TREATED AT DOSHER HOSPITAL AND AIR LIFTED TO NEW HANOVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0115
Date: 2009-08-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE CHATUGE
NearestCityTown: HAYESVILLE
County: CLAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 25, 2009 OPERATOR AND HIS WIFE TOOK THEIR PONTOON BOAT TO THE BACK OF A SMALL COVE, OFF THE MAIN CHANNEL, SOUTH OF JACKRABBIT CAMPGROUND TO ANCHOR AND SPEND THE NIGHT.  AFTER SPENDING A FEW HOURS SETTING UP AND WATCHING A MOVIE ON A DVD PLAYER, WIFE NOTICED THE BOAT WAS LISTING TO ONE SIDE.  AFTER A SHORT EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION, OPERATOR DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE PONTOONS WAS TAKING ON WATER.  AT THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO TAKE DOWN THE PLASTIC WINDOWS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE CANOPY BY VELCRO SO HE COULD SEE TO DRIVE THE BOAT.  AFTER DOING THIS, HE WALKED TO THE FRONT OF THE BOAT TO PULL UP THE ANCHOR.  The boat capsized.  ONE OF THE LIFE JACKETS FLOATED OUT FROM UNDER THE UPENDED BOAT.  OPERATOR PUT ON THE PFD AND ASSISTED HIS WIFE UP ONTO THE FLOATING PORTION OF THE BOAT.  THE couple SPENT THE NIGHT WITH THE BOAT AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE ATTENTION OF SOME HIKERS ON SHORE THE NEXT MORNING AROUND 7:30 OR 8AM.  THE HIKERS THEN CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT AND THE CLAY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD WAS DISPATCHED TO GET THE PEOPLE AND BOAT OUT OF THE WATER.  THE MEMBERS OF THE RESCUE SQUAD WERE ABLE TO GET THE couple OUT OF THE LAKE AND TRASPORTED TO MURPHY MEDICAL CENTER BY APPROXIMATELY 9:15AM, WHERE THEY WERE BOTH TREATED FOR MILD HYPOTHERMIA.  THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS ALSO ABLE TO RIGHT THE BOAT AND TOW IT TO THE BOAT RAMP, WHERE THEY LOADED IT ON OPERATOR'S TRAILER.  IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT THE LEFT PONTOON HAD A BROKEN DRAIN PLUG, CAUSING IT TO FILL WITH WATER.  THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS ONBOARD THE VESSEL.  NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0117
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: MECKLENBURG
County: MECKLENBURG
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON MAY 24, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45PM THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING AT IDLE SPEED TOWARDS AN OPEN DOCKING BAY.  DUE TO INEXPERIENCE OF OPERATOR #1 HE TURNED OFF HIS MOTOR SEVERAL FEET BEFORE ENTERING THE DOCKING BAY.  A LIGHT WIND FROM THE EAST CAUSED VESSEL #1'S STERN TO SWING AROUND AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL #2 WHICH WAS DOCKED WITH THE BOW FACING OUT.  THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL #2 MADE CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD OF VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR PUT THE VESSEL IN REVERSE WHICH CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD OF VESSEL #1 TO RIP OFF.  VESSEL #1 THEN COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #3 WHICH WAS ALSO DOCKED WITH THE BOW FACING OUTWARD AND TO THE LEFT OF VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 THEN LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT GIVING ANY INFORMATION TO THE OWNERS OF VESSEL #2 OR VESSEL #3.

VESSEL #1 HAD JUST RECEIVED A CITATION FROM CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT WATER PATROL FOR INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PFD'S.  VESSEL #2 AND VESSEL #3 HAD NO ONE ON BOARD, BUT DID PASS THE SAFETY INSPECTION.  THE OWNER OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE BOAT DAYS BEFORE.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE, (DURING THE COLLISION), THE MOTOR'S RPM WENT VERY HIGH.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE HAD STRUCK A SECOND VESSEL.  RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG'S CITATION, WILDLIFE OFFICERS FROM DISTRICT 7 WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WITHIN THE HOUR.  I CHARGED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 FOR CARESLESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTORBOAT AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT LEAVING PERSONAL INFORMATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0118
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: MOORESVILLE
County: IREDELL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
ON 08-10-2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15PM A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN NEAR VINNIE'S RESTAURANT ON WILLIAMSON ROAD IN MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.  THE VESSEL WAS AN 18 FOOT BAYLINER (NC-7785-DM) AND HAD 4 INDIVIDUALS ONBOARD WHILE PULLING A FIFTH SUBJECT ON A WAKEBOARD.  THE VICTIM IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE WAKE BOARDER.  OPERATOR STATED HE WAS OPERATING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHILE PULLING VICTIM ON THE WAKEBOARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING EAST IN THE COVE WHEN VICTIM WAS HIT BY A LARGE WAKE.  THIS WAKE CAUSED HIM TO FALL FORWARD INTO THE WATER.  AS THE FRONT OF THE WAKEBOARD SUBMERGED UNDER THE SURFACE, IT CAUSED THE BACK OF THE BOARD TO COME UP AND STRIKE VICTIM IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.  THIS IMPACT RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE VICTIMS HEAD REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL IN MOORESVILLE.  VICTIM RECEIVED 11 STAPLES TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND WAS RELEASED WITHIN A FEW HOURS.  OPERATOR STATED THAT VICTIM REMAINED CONCIOUS THE ENTIRE TIME.  HE WAS WEARING A TYPE III PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE WHEN THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0119
Date: 2009-05-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE NORMAN
NearestCityTown: DENVER
County: LINCOLN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON MAY 17, 2009 A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30PM.  ELEVEN SAILBOATS WERE RACING IN THE HOSPICE REGATTA, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LAKE NORMAN SAILING CLUB, LOCATED AT 1479 YACHT CLUB DRIVE, DENVER, NC 28037.  A 26-FOOT "J-BOAT" (V1) SAILING NORTH INTO THE WIND.  IT WAS OCCUPIED BY A 4 MAN CREW.  A 15.5 FOOT "PIERSON-SNIPE" (V2) WAS SAILING WEST WITH THE WIND ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE.  IT WAS OCCUPIED BY operator2 AND HIS DAUGHTER.  (V2) CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF HIS HEADSAIL (JIB), AND STARTED TURNING TO HIS STARBOARD SIDE.  AS HE MADE THIS TURN, HIS VISIBILITY WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE SAIL AND THE BOW OF (V2) STRUCK (V1)'S STARBOARD BOW.  AFTER (V2)'S BOW STRUCK, (V2) CAPSIZED ONTO ITS STARBOARD SIDE.  THE KEEL (CENTERBOARD) OF (V2) CUT ALONG THE BOTTOM OF (V1)'S STARBOARD SIDE.  NO INJURIES WERE NOTED IN THIS ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0121
Date: 2009-08-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CORE CREEK
NearestCityTown: BEAUFORT CITY
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL NUMBER 2 OPERATOR HAD TAKEN HIS BOAT OUT ON A TEST RUN.  AS HE RETURNED TO HIS DOCK HE PROCEEDED TO DOCK HIS BOAT.  AS OPERATOR NUMBER 2 ATTEMPTED TO DOCK HIS BOAT THE AIR LINE FOR THE SHIFTER BURNT LOOSE (NO LONGER WORKING).  THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE OR FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD.  NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT OR STEER THE BOAT THE CURRENT FROM THE ICW PUSHED HIM INTO VESSEL NUMBER 1.  AT THIS TIME VESSEL NUMBER 1 ACTED AS A BUMPER, STOPPING VESSEL NUMBER 2.  VESSEL NUMBER 1 WAS DOCKED APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS FROM VESSEL NUMBER 2'S DOCK.  WHEN VESSEL NUMBER 2 STRUCK VESSEL NUMBER 1, VESSEL NUMBER 1 WAS DAMAGED.  THE LEFT REAR PORTION OF THE BOAT WAS CAVED IN DUE TO THE IMPACT.  THIS DAMAGE TO VESSEL NUMBER 1 CAUSED THE VESSEL TO TAKE ON WATER; IN TURN THIS CAUSED THE BILGE PUMP TO RUN EXCESSIVELY FROM THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WAS COMING IN.  BOTH VESSELS WERE EQUIPPED WITH ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT BUT THE USE OF ANY WASN'T NECESSARY.  ALCOHOL AND OR DRUGS WERE NOT DETECTED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.  NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS RELATED TO FAULTY MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT AND NEITHER OPERATOR WAS AT FAULT.  AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION BOTH OPERATORS WERE IN AGREEMENT OF HOW THEY WERE GOING TO HANDLE THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0122
Date: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: SURF CITY
County: PENDER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON JULY 22, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM, operators WERE OPERATING PWC'S ON THE ICW IN SURF CITY, NC.  ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS REPORTED BY OPERATOR1 THERE WERE THREE PWC'S RIDING TOGETHER, ONE WAS TOWING A SKIER, AND THE OTHERS WERE DRIVEN BY operator1 AND OPERATOR2.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT OPERATOR2 WAS HEADED NORTH ALONG THE ICW WHILE HE WAS DRIVING EAST.  HE STATED THAT OPERATOR2 WAS NOT LOOKING FORWARD, BUT LOOKING BACK AT THE PWC THAT WAS TOWING THE SKIER WHEN OPERATOR2 CAME INTO HIS PATH.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE TRIED TO TURN OUT OF OPERATOR2'S PATH BUT COULD NOT DO SO IN TIME.  OPERATOR1 REPORTED THAT BOTH VESSELS WERE OPERATING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 10-20 MPH.  WHEN THE TWO PWC'S COLLIDED, OPERATOR2 SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.  OPERATOR2 WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY PENDER COUNTY EMS WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:17 PM. SPOKE WITH PENDER COUNTY ADA ABOUT INVESTIGATION ON 08/20/2009.  NO CHARGES WERE MADE IN THIS INVESTIGATION AS DIRECTED BY ADA.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0123
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: GALLANTS CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: BEAUFORT
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
AccidentCause2: Failure to vent
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR HAD JUST FILLED HIS BOMBARDIER JET SKI UP WITH GAS AT TOWN CREEK MARINA.  THIS SPECIFIC JET SKI HAS A GAS CAP ON THE CENTER CONSOL AND DOESN'T REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF ANY ADDITIONAL PART OF THE SKI.  AFTER OPERATOR HAD FINISHED FUELING UP AND PAYING FOR HIS GAS HE GOT BACK ON HIS SKI, AS HIS SON HAD ALREADY DONE.  WHEN BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE READY THE OPERATOR PUSHED OFF THE DOCK WITH HIS FOOT.  THE SKI WAS STILL JUST DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE FUEL DOCK AT THIS TIME.  WHEN OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO START THE SKI BY PUSHING THE START BUTTON THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE EXPLOSION.  THE EXPLOSION LIFTED BOTH PASSENGERS APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET OFF THE SKI AND PROJECTED THEM INTO FALLANTS CHANNEL.  THE EXPLOSION TOTALLY DESTROYED THE SKI, BREAKING IT INTO TWO LARGE SEPARATE PIECES.  THE EXPLOSION RIPPED AND BUSTED ALL THE RIVETS FROM THE FIBERGLASS HOLDING THE TOP PORTION OF THE SKI TO THE BOTTOM PORTION.  THIS RIPPED ALL CONNECTIONS APART; INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, COOLANT CONNECTS, AND OIL AND GAS CONNECTIONS.  THE FRONT BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SKI WAS BURNT TO THE WATERLINE.  AFTER BOTH PASSENGERS WERE SAFELY RESCUED THE SKI WAS TOWED TO SHALLOW WATER AND STORED UNTIL IT WAS PICKED UP BY OPERATOR.  FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM THE DOCK AND MARINA WERE USED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.  PROPER PFDS WERE WORN BY BOTH PASSENGERS AND NO ALCOHOL WAS DETECTED BY EITHER INVESTIGATING OFFICER.  BOTH THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.  IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE PROPER STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO VENTILATE THE PROPER COMPARTMENTS AND VAPOR FUMES HAD BEEN CHECKED FOR.  NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0124
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MOREHEAD
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR WAS CRUISING IN A NEWLY PURCHASED VESSEL AT BEAUFORT INLET. OPERATOR POWER UP TO EXIT INLET AND STARBOARD ENINE SHUT DOWN.  AFTER ENTERING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FOR APP. 2 MILES, OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE ENGINE FAILURE.  STARBOARD ENGINE WOULD NOT START, SO OPERATOR REENTERED BEAUFORT INLET ON PORT ENGINE.  AS VESSEL WAS TRAVELING THROUGH INLET SO WERE BIG ROCK TOURNAMENT VESSELS.  THESE VESSELS WERE CREATING LARGE WAKES.  OPERATOR NOTICED HIS STERN WAS SITTING LOW IN THE WATER AND USED AN AIR HORN TO WARN OTHER VESSEL OF A PROBLEM.  SEVERAL VESSELS RENDERED ASSISTANCE AND NO PERSONS ON OPERATOR'S EVER ENTERED THE WATER OR WERE INJURED.  VESSEL FILLED WITH WATER AND CAPSIZED.  AFTER VESSEL WAS INSPECTED BY BOGUE SOUND BOAT COMPANY.  VESSEL HAD TAKEN ON WATER DUE TO MISSING SILICONE BEHIND RUBRAIL AT THE STERN.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0126
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BRADLEY CREEK
NearestCityTown: WILMINGTON
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 08 AUGUST 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00PM, OPERATOR OF VESSEL#1 STATED HE WAS FOLLOWING A BOAT IN BRADLEY CREEK.  HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS BEHIND THE BOAT WHEN IT MADE A SUDDEN RIGHT TURN.  HE SLOWED DOWN (APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH) AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE BOAT ON THE LEFT.  AS HE GOT CLOSER TO THE BOAT IN FRONT OF HIM THE BOAT TURNED BACK TO THE LEFT.  Operator1 STATED HE THEN TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HULL OF Operator1s BOAT STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF OPERATOR2'S BOAT. 

OPERATOR2S STATED HIS SON WAS OPERATING THE BOAT WHEN THE BOAT'S RIGHT ENGINE QUIT.  OPERATOR2S GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL, STARTED THE ENGINE BACK UP, AND HEADED TOWARDS BRADLEY CREEK MARINA AT IDLE SPEED.  HE GLANCED BEHIND HIM AND SAW operator1s BOAT HEADING TOWARDS HIM APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS PRIOR TO IMPACT.  Opreator1 WAS UBABLE TO START HIM BOAT AFTER THE IMPACT, SO OPERATOR2S TOWED HIM BACK INTO THE MARINA AND CALLED THE COAST GUARD.

 (VESSEL #1) SUSTAINED MINOR FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HULL.  HE ALSO SUSTAINED ENGINE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF SUDDENLY PUTTING THE BOAT IN REVERSE.  THE DAMAGE TOTALLED APPROXIMATELY $10,300.00.

OPERATOR2S BOAT SUSTAINED FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT REAR GUNNEL.  THE DAMAGE TOTALLED APPROXIMATLEY $1000.00.

THERE WAS NO ONE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0127
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TILLERY
NearestCityTown: MOUNT GILEAD
County: MONTGOMERY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST 5, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 0100, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM NCWRC DISPATCH REGARDING A BOAT ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON LAKE TILLERY AT FAIRWAY SHORES.  UPON ARRIVAL, EMS WAS TRANSPORTING TWO OF THE SUBJECTS TO STANLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATEMENT.  I OBSERVED ONE OF THE PWC'S INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT STILL TIED TO THE BOAT DOCK AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE DAMAGE.

I TRAVELED TO STANLY REGIONAL IN ALBEMARLE WHERE I SPOKE WITH THE OPERATOR OF ONE OF THE PWCS INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT HE AND HIS FRIEND WERE DRIFTING ABOUT 30 YARDS OFF SHORE ON THEIR JET SKI SPEAKING WITH SOME NEIGHBORS AT A BOAT DOCK WHEN ANOTHER JET HIT THEM HEAD ON.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT HE AND OCCUPANT ON VESSEL2 WERE THROWN FROM THE JET SKI.  OPERATOR2 REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT TIME, CAME TO AND WAS PULLED TO THE DOCK BY NEIGHBORS.  OCCUPANT ON VESSEL2 WAS ALSO PULLED FROM THE WATER TO THE DOCK.  BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE WEARING COAST GUARD APPROVED PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES.  I ASKED OPERATOR2 IF HE KNEW WHO HIT HIM AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TOO FAST.  OPERATOR2 STATED HE SUSTAINED DEEP CUTS TO HIM HEAD AND HAND AS WELL AS A CONCUSSION.  HE SAID THE JET SKI HAD ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES.  HE WAS AWAITING A CAT SCAN AND STITCHES WHILE I WAS SPEAKING WITH HIM.

WHILE SPEAKING WITH OPERATOR2, I NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HIS BREATH.  I ASKED OPERATOR2 IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK THAT EVENING AND HE STATED HE HAD A FEW BEERS AROUND 1830 BUT NOTHING SINCE THEN.  I PERFORMED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS ON OPERATOR2 NOTICING 3 CLUES ON HORIZONAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS.  I ADMINISTERED TWO ALCOHOL SENSOR TESTS 6 MINUTES APART ON OPERATOR2 AND HE REGISTERED A .08 CONSEQUTIVELY.  I DID NOT PERFORM ANY OTHER FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS ON OPERATOR2 DUE TO HIS INJURIES.  OPERATOR2 REFUSED ANY OTHER BLOOD OR BREATH TESTS I OFFERED HIM.

I SPOKE WITH THE RESPONDING EMS UNITS TO ASCERTAIN THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER PWC OPERATOR.  THEY STATED THAT THE OTHER OPERATOR WAS OPERATOR1, THE BROTHER OF occupant on vessel2 who HAD BEEN AT THE SCENE WHEN EMS ARRIVED.  THE EMS RESPONDER STATED THAT OPERATOR1 HAD LEFT THE SCENE ON HIS PWC PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL.  I EXITED THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND FOUND OPERATOR1 WAITING OUTSIDE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.  I ASKED OPERATOR1 IF HE WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE PWC THAT COLLIDED WITH OPERATOR2.  HE STATED HE WAS OPERATING.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE, OPERATOR2 AND OCCUPANT ON VESSEL2 HAD LEFT HIS MOTHER'S LAKE HOUSE ON JET SKI'S AROUND 0030.  HE SAID HE ROUNDED A CORNER IN THE COVE AND COLLIDED WITH OPERATOR2 AND OCCUPANT ON VESSEL2 HEAD ON TRAVELING ABOUT 20 MPH.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE OTHER PWC SITTING IN THE WATER.  I NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON OPERATOR1'S BREATH.  I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK THAT EVENING.  HE SAID HE ALSO HAD A FEW BEERS SEVERAL HOURS AGO.  I PERFORMED HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS ON OPERATOR1 AND OBSERVED 6 CLUES.  I ADMINISTERED TWO ALSO-SENSOR TESTS 6 MINUTES APART ON OPERATOR1 AND HE REGISTERED .11 CONSECUTIVELY.  I PLACED OPERATOR1 UNDER ARREST FOR OPERATING A MOTOR BOAT WHILE IMPAIRED CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATING A MOTOR BOAT AND BEING ON A PWC BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE.  I TRANSPORTED OPERATOR1 TO THE MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE IN ALBEMARLE WHERE HE REFUSED ANY OTHER TESTS.  THE MAGISTRATE ON DUTY FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE CHARAGES AND PLACED HIM UNDER A $1500 SECURED BOND.

i THEN RETURNED TO STANLY REGIONAL AND SPOKE WITH OPERATOR2 AGAIN.  I CHARGED OPERATOR2 WITH NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MOTOR BOAT CAUSING INJURY AS WELL AS BEING ON A PWC BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE.  AT THE TIME OPERATOR2 WAS STILL WAITING FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

OCCUPANT ON VESSEL2 WAS STILL BEING ATTENDED TO WHILE I WAS PRESENT AND I WASN'T ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER.  SHE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO CAROLINA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN CHARLOTTE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0128
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CURRITUCK SOUND
NearestCityTown: DUCK
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, AROUND 1:20 PM NEAR DUCK, NC.  officer INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1.  OPERATOR STATED HE TURNED VERY SHARPLY AND HE AND HIS PASSENGER FELL OFF.  THE WATER WAS VERY SHALLOW AND occupant WAS INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR A BRUISED CHEST.  SHE WAS RELEASED.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OPERATOR WAS NOT TIRING TO THROW THE PASSENGERS OFF.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0129
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEUSE RIVER
NearestCityTown: VANCEBORO
County: CRAVEN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE NEUSE RIVER AND VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH.  BOTH BOATS WERE 30 FEET OFF THE SHORE LINE APPROX. 100 YARDS ACROSS THE RIVER FROM COWPEN LANDING.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOWER RATE OF SPEED THAN VESSEL 2.  WHEN VESSEL 1 NOTICED VESSEL 2 HE STEERED TO THE LEFT IN EFFORTS TO GIVE VESSEL 2 MORE ROOM AS HE NOTICED HIM FAST APPROACHING.  VESSEL 2 STEERED TO THE RIGHT FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD.  THIS RESULTED IN A COLLISION BETWEEN THE TWO VESSELS.  THE COLLISION TOOK PLACE IN A SLIGHT BEND IN THE RIVER.  WHEN THE BOATS STRUCK EACH OTHER PASSENGERS WERE THROWN INTO THE RIVER DUE TO THE IMPACT.  PFD'S WERE USED BY BOATERS IN EFFORTS TO GET TO THE SHORE OF COWPEN LANDING.  INVESTIGATORS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE A FACTOR DUE TO THE FACT THAT VESSEL 2 OPERATOR LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER.  VESSEL 2 OPERATOR WAS AT HIS RESIDENCE WHEN THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER WAS ABLE TO FIRST QUESTION HIM.  CITATIONS WERE ISSUED TO THE OPERATOR OF BOTH VESSEL 1 AND 2.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0130
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: COINJOCK
County: CURRITUCK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST 29TH, 2009 AROUND 5:30 PM, MYSELF AND OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL FROM SGT. OF RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT BOAT OPERATION AND POSSIBLE BUI IN THE COINJOCK ICW.  A FEW MINUTES LATER, WE RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL THAT A PERSON WAS INJURED ON THAT SAME VESSEL.  UNABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY DUE TO OUR DISTANCE FROM COINJOCK, SUBJECTS HAD ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE.  AFTER CONTACTING A COUNTY DEPUTY THAT HAD BEEN ON THE SCENE, WE LEARNED THAT A MAN WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER AND HAD BEEN AIR LIFTED TO NORFOLK REGIONAL HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE LEG LACERATIONS AND A BROKEN BONE ON ONE OF HIS LEGS.  I CONTACTED OPERATOR ON HIS CELL PHONE TO SEE IF HE WAS STILL IN THE AREA.  OPERATOR WAS ALREADY ON HIS WAY TO NORFOLK TO THE HOSPITAL.  THE NEXT DAY ON AUGUST 30TH, I CONTACTED AND INTERVIEWED OPERATOR.  OPERATOR SAID THAT THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE ONBOARD THE BOAT.  HE SAID BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE THEY ALL HAD EATEN AT THE COINJOCK RESTARAUNT, WHERE HE AND occupant HAD A FEW BEERS WITH THEIR MEAL, AND LATER HAD BEEN SWIMMING UP AND DOWN THE COINJOCK ICW.  THEY ENDED UP INFRONT OF COINJOCK MARINA WHEN THEY ALL GOT OUT OF THE WATER.  OCCUPANT WAS STANDING ON THE BACK LADDER/PLATFORM WHEN THE OPERATOR, OPERATOR, PUT THE BOAT IN GEAR AND TRAVELLED NORTH UP THE CANAL FOR ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS.  OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A PFD, HAD SLIPPED OFF THE PLATFORM AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG.  HE WAS IMMEDIATELY RUSHED TO THE WILDLIFE ACCESS AREA APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE UP THE CANAL WHERE EMS WAS STANDING BY.

A FEW DAYS LATER, I CONTACTED AN EMPLOYEE OF COINJOCK MARINA, WHO SAID HE HAD WITNESSED THE WHOLE EVENT.  WITNESS SAID THAT THEY HAD ALL BEEN SWIMMING IN THE CANAL, THROWING EACH OTHER OFF THE BOAT AND MESSING AROUND.  ALL HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE WATER AND BACK ON THE BOAT, EXCEPT FOR OCCUPANT, WHO WAS HOLDING ONTO THE LADDER AT THE REAR PORT SIDE OF THE BOAT.  HE SAID THE OPERATOR TURNED THE WHEeL TO STARBOARD, SO THEAT THE OUTBOARD ENGINE TURNED AWAY FROM OCCUPANT, AND PUT THE BOAT IN FORWARD GEAR.  THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE AND REAR OF BOAT TO GO INTO OCCUPANT WHO WAS THEN STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER.  THE REST ON THE BOAT HELPED OCCUPANT GET IN AND TOOK OFF UP THE CANAL.

AFTER INTERVIEWING THE OPERATOR, AND SEVERAL WITNESSES, OPERATOR WAS CONTACTED AND WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VESSEL IN RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT MANNER AS TO ENDANGER LIFE, LIMB, OR PROPERTY.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0131
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HYCO LAKE
NearestCityTown: SEMORA
County: PERSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1, NC 3669 DN, WAS HEADED SOUTHWEST ON SOUTH HYCO LAKE NEAR THE HWY 57 BRIDGE.  victim WAS BEING TOWED BY VESSEL 1 ON A SURFBOARD.  VICTIM WAS HOLDING ON TO A TOW ROPE TIED TO VESSEL 1.  HIS RIGHT HAND WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDLE.  VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO RECALL IF HIS LEFT HAND WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE ROPE OR NOT.  WHILE SURFING ABOUT 2.5 FEET BEHIND VESSEL 1, VICTIM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF HIS BOARD.  WHILE FALLING, HE RELEASED THE TOW ROPE.  AFTER SURFACING, VICTIM FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HIS HAND.  HE SOON NOTICED THAT HIS LEFT THUMB WAS SEVERED OFF AS A RESULT OF THE FALL.  VICTIM CALLED FOR HELP AND OTHER PASSENGERS ON VESSEL 1 HELPED HIM GET BACK ON THE BOAT.  HE APPLIED DIRECT PRESSURE TO HIS INJURY WHILE HIS MOTHER DROVE THE BOAT TO THEIR RESIDENCE.  FROM THERE, THEY DROVE TO PERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE MYSELF AND SGT SPOKE WITH HIM LATER THAT NIGHT.  LOOKING BACK, VICTIM IS UNSURE EXACTLY THE POSITION HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE TOW ROPE OR EVEN IF IT WAS ON THE TOW ROPE AT ALL.  VICTIM BELIEVES THE ROPE FULLY EXTENDED WITH GREAT PRESSURE WHEN HE FELL, MAKING CONTACT WITH HIS THUMB AND CUTTING IT OFF.  NO CHARAGES WERE FILED IN THIS MATTER. NO FURTHER AT THIS TIME.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0132
Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOGUE INLET
NearestCityTown: EMERALD ISLE
County: ONSLOW
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #2 WAS AT ANCHOR ON BEAR ISLAND IN BOGUE INLET.  VESSEL #1 WAS TRYING TO ANCHOR/BEACH ON BEAR ISLAND NEAR VESSEL #2.  THE CURRENT WAS MOVING RATHER QUICKLY OUT OF THE INLET AS THE TIDE WAS CHANGING.  VESSEL #1 WAS TRYING TO ANCHOR/BEACH UP CURRENT FROM VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 DID NOT GET COMPLETELY SECURED TO THE SHORE AND CUT OFF ITS ENGINE.  AFTER CUTTING OFF ITS ENGINE, VESSEL #1 DRIFTED QUICKLY WITH CURRENT INTO VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 ON ITS STERN AND RAN ALONG ITS PORT SIDE.  THE ANCHOR FROM VESSEL #1, WHICH WAS HANDING FROM ITS HOLDING POSITION ON THE BOW, HOOKED ON TO THE HANDLE BAR OF THE CENTER CONSOLE OF VESSEL #2.  THIS RIPPED THE CENTER CONSOLE FROM THE DECK.  IT ALSO DISLODGED THE GAS TANK, CRACKED A SEAT COOLER, BROKE THE CENTER CONSOLE WINDSHIELD, AND LEFT HOLES IN THE DECK OF VESSEL #2.  NO ONE WAS HURT.  NO ONE WAS ABOARD VESSEL #2. Operator1 QUICKLY STARTED HIS VESSEL AFTER THE COLLISION AND RETURNED TO THE AREA.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  NO CHARGES WERE FILLED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0133
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOWAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: COLERAIN
County: HERTFORD
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45PM operator WAS OPERATING A 27 FOOT BAYLINER CLASSIC CABIN BOAT ON THE CHOWAN RIVER.  ON BOARD WAS ONE FAMILY MEMBER.  THEY WERE MOTORING PAST MARKER NUMBER TWELVE WHEN THE LOWER UNIT OF THE INBOARD - OUTDRIVE ENGINE STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL, THE BOAT WAS BEING TRACKED AT 19.2 MPH BY AN ONBOARD GPS.  ALSO, THE OPERATOR STATED HE NOTICED THE DEPTH OF WATER WAS JUST OVER FOURTEEN FEET AT THE POINT OF IMPACT.  THE OBJECT THAT WAS STRUCK WAS NEVER SEEN BY THE OPERATOR OR THE PASSENGER.  AFTER IMPACT, THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TAKE ON LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.  THE BILDGE PUMP HAD TO BE CONSTANTLY RuN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE BOAT AFLOAT.  THE VESSEL HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST BOATING ACCESS DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE SUBMERGED OBJECT.  AFTER PUTTING THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER, FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED NUMBEROUS SHAFTS, BRAKETS, SEALS, AND HOSES HAD BEEN BROKEN OR DAMAGED ON IMPACT.  THE LOWER UNIT OF THE MOTOR HAD TO BE TIED UP TO THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO KEEP IT FROM COMPLETELY FALLING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT.

A CONCLUSION WAS MADE THAT HIGH WINDS, ROUGH WATERS, AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS, WHICH WERE PRESENT THAT DAY, PREVENTED THE OPERATOR FROM SEEING THE SUBMERGED OBJECT.  THE VESSEL WAS EQUIPED WITH NINETEEN TYPE TWO AND THREE COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE SAVING DEVICES, SIX TYPE FOUR COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE SAVING DEVICES, AND TWO B-1 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.  NO SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS USED.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE PRESENT ON BOARD THE VESSEL.  NO PERSON ON BOARD THE VESSEL WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0134
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HYCO LAKE
NearestCityTown: SEMORA
County: PERSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST 15, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM, operator WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1, NC 9364 DD, ON HYCO LAKE NEAR THE DAM.  THERE WERE THREE OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD INCLUDING VICTIM, WHO WAS STANDING UP ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT.  THEY WERE HEADED NORTH, COMING OUT OF A NO WAKE ZONE.  WHEN operator CLEARED THE NO WAKE BOUY, SHE ACCELERATED VESSEL 1.  IT WAS AT THIS POINT VICTIM WHO WAS STANDING ON THE BOW, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE BOAT.  VESSEL 1 THEN RAN OVER VICTIM WHO MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER.  HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT KNEE.  OPERATOR TURNED THE BOAT AROUND AND THE PASSENGERS HELPED VICTIM GET BACK IN THE BOAT.  VICTIM THEN SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND DROVE VESSEL 1 BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP.  FROM THERE, OFFICER OF THE HYCO LAKE AUTHORITY DROVE VICTIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE I SPOKE WITH VICTIM AND THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

VESSEL 1 HAD AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND VICTIM WAS MAILED A CITATION ON 09/29/09 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.  EVEN THOUGH THE VESSEL WAS NOT REGISTERED IN HIS NAME, VICTIM REPORTED HE DID OWN THE BOAT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0135
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: GALLANTS CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: BEAUFORT
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: person struck by vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR AROUND 12:00 PM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 VESSELS ONE AND TWO WERE IDLING THROUGH THE NO WAKE ZONE AT THE NORTH END OF GALLANTS CHANNEL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO PULLS UP NEAR VESSEL ONE AND THEY BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO GET AROUND TO THE RACE.  OPERATOR2 WAYS TO GO OUT TO THE RIVER BECAUSE IT IS FASTER.  OPERATOR1 GOT TO THE END OF THE NO WAKE ZONE AND PUT VESSEL ONE ON PLACE FOLLOWING HER FATHER WHO WAS IN THE BOAT AHEAD OF THEM.  OPERATOR2 THEN PUT VESSEL TWO ON PLANE ABOUT 200 FEET TO THE REAR OF VESSEL ONE.  OPERATOR1 SAW SOMTHING BLOW OUT OF HER FATHER'S BOAT SO SHE STOPPED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.  SHE GOT THE VESSEL DOWN TO IDLE AND TURNED TO THE LEFT.  AS SOON AS THE VESSEL ONE TURNED LEFT SHE SAW VESSEL TWO COMING STRAIGHT FOR THEM AT A FAST SPEED.  SHE CLOSED HER EYES BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT VESSEL TWO WAS GOING TO HIT THEM.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT WHEN HE CAME UP ON PLANE HE WAS ABOUT 200 FEET BEHIND VESSEL ONE.  HE SAID HE GOT WATER IN HIS EYES AND WAS TRYING TO CLEAR IT BY BLINKING OVER AND OVER.  HE SAID THAT WHEN HIS EYES CLEARED HE WAS ABOUT 10 YARDS OFF VESSEL ONES PORT SIDE.  HE TURNED VESSEL TWO TO THE RIGHT AND GAVE IT GAS TO TRY TO GET IT TO TURN AND MISS THEM BUT IT WAS ToO LATE.  THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO SLAMMED INTO THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL ONE.  THE IMPACT BROKE THE LEG OF THE PASSENGER ON VESSEL ONE AND EJECTED HER INTO THE WATER.  AFTER OPERATOR2 CHECKED TO SEE IF THEY WERE OKEY HE RAN DOWN THE BOAT THEY WERE TRAVELING WITH AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0136
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGH ROCK LAKE
NearestCityTown: LEXINGTON
County: DAVIDSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: restricted vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 operator1 LEFT A RESIDENCE ON HIGH ROCK LAKE BY BOAT (VESSEL #1) ON THE BUDDLE CREEK PORTION OF THE LAKE.  OPERATOR1 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DAUGHTERS, (13 YEARS OLD) and (11YEARS OLD).  ACCORDING TO OPERATOR1, HE WAS PLOWING ALONG AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, WHEN HIS DAUGHTER, SAID “LOOK OUT” AND HE THEN SAW A STATIONARY VESSEL (VESSEL #2) IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE STATED THAT HE QUICKLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID COLLISION AND STRUCK THE STATIONARY VESSEL IN ITS STARBOARD SIDE.

Operator2 SAID THAT HE JUST DROPPED ANCHOR AND HE AND THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF HIS VESSEL WERE FISHING, WHEN HE NOTICED VESSEL #1 WAS MOVING TOWARD THEM.  OPERATOR2 AND OTHER OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT VESSEL #1 WAS MOVING  TOWARD THEM WITH THE BOW HIGHER THAN THE STERN.  ONCE VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 OPERATOR2 FELL INSIDE THE BOAT AND two occupants FELL OVERBOARD.  occupants CLIMBED BACK ON BOARD OF VESSEL #2 UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.

AFTER THE COLLISION, OPERATOR1 CHECKED TO SEE IF HIS GIRLS WERE OK.  ONCE HE FOUND THEM TO BE FINE, HE ASKED THE OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL #1 IF THEY NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE TIED A ROPE TO VESSEL #2 TO TOW THEM TO SHORE.  AFTER DOING SO, HE STATED THE operator2 BECAME BELLIGERENT AND STARTED CURSING HIM.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT OPERATOR2 MADE THREATENING COMMENTS AT HIM BECAUSE HE HAD STRUCK THEIR BOAT.  AT THIS POINT, OPERATOR1 SAID HE UNTIED HIS VESSEL FROM VESSEL #2 BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HE AND HIS GIRLS WERE IN DANGER.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT THEY BACKED AWAY FOR THEIR SAFETY AND WAITED FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO ARRIVE ON SCENE TO ASSIST VESSEL #2 AND THEN HE WENT BACK TO THE RESIDENCE ON THE LAKE FROM WHERE HE HAD JUST LEFT.  ONCE BACK AT THE RESIDENCE HE STATED THAT HE CHECKED HIS VESSEL FOR DAMAGE AND TENDED TO HIS GIRLS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE OK. AFTER TAKING CARE OF HIS CHILDREN, OPERATOR1 STAT4ED THAT HE WENT BACK OUT  TO THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT AND TAKING CARE OF HIS CHILDREN, OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE WENT BACK OUT TO THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT AND TO THE BOAT RAMP AND FOUND NO ONE THERE. (NOTE: OPERATOR1 WENT BY THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.)

VESSEL #2 WAS PULLED BACK TO SHORE BY ANOTHER BOATER ON THE LAKE WHO HEARD THE COLLISION.  EMS WAS NOTIFIED, AND two occuapntsWERE TRANSPORTED TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL.  OPERATOR2 WAS TREATED FOR BROKEN RIBS AND A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.  Occupant1 WAS TREATED FOR BROKEN RIBS AND A BRUISED HIP.  OPERATOR2 TRANSPORTED HIMSELF TO THOMASVILLE HOSPITAL AND WAS TREATED FOR A BRUISED RIGHT ARM.

UPON INVESTIGATION, MOST OF THE DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT WERE THE SAME FROM BOTH PARTIES, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT VESSEL #1 WAS PLOWING IN THE WATER AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, THUS THE OPERATOR HAD LIMITED VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BOW AND THAT OPERATOR2 WAS BELLIGERENT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. HOWEVER, OPERATOR1 STATED THAT VESSEL #2 DID NOT HAVE THEIR LIGHTS TURNED ON.  THE OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT THEY WERE EXHIBITING PROPER LIGHTING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.   AFTER EXAMINING THE LIGHTS, I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF IN FACT THE LIGHTS WERE IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

BOTH VESSEL HAD ADEQUATE NUMBER AND SIZE OF PFD’S.  WITNESSES WHO TALKED WITH OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL #2 SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF ALCOHOL


BARDID: 2009-NC-0137
Date: 2009-08-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE GASTON
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: WARREN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: RESTRICTED VISION
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR1 WAS HEADING SOUTH EAST TOWARDS EATON FERRY ESTATES COVE  AT AROUND 8:30 AM, WHILE OPERATOR2 WAS IDLEING NORTH WEST OUT OF EASTON FERRY ESTATES COVE.  OPERATOR2 SAW OPERATOR1 APPROACHING HIS VESSEL RAPIDLY.  WHEN OPERATOR2 REALIZED OPERATOR1 DID NOT SEE THEM, OPERATOR2 PUT HIS BOAT IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO BACK UP.  OPERATOR1'S VESSEL STRUCK THE PORT SIDE BOW OF OPERATOR2'S VESSEL.  UPON IMPACT OPERATOR1'S VESSEL GRAZED THE BOW OF OPERATOR2'S VESSEL, CAUSING OPERATOR1 TO GET THROWN OUT OF HIS VESSEL.  AFTER OPERATOR1 WAS THROWN OUT OF HIS VESSEL, HIS VESSEL SLOWLY STARTED TURNING TO THE RIGHT RUNNING AGROUND.  THE VESSEL STOPPED ABOUT FIFETEEN FEET ON SHORE.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE DUE TO HIS FISHING SEAT BEING FLIPPED UP IN THE WAY.  OPERATOR1 HAD A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY WITH HIM WHO DID NOT HAVE ON A PFD.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0138
Date: 2009-08-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: FALLS LAKE
NearestCityTown: WAKE FOREST
County: WAKE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON FALLS LAKE, SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF SANDLING BEACH.  THE TWO PWC’S WERE OPERATING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLASH VESSEL #2.  OPERATOR1 WAS OPERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND COULD NOT TURN FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOW, AND JUMPED OVER.  THIS COLLISION BROKE THE HANDLE BAR OF VESSEL #2 AND BROKE SEVERAL HOLES IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HULL.  VESSEL  #1 HAD SCRATCHES ALL ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL FROM GOING OVER VESSEL #2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS KNOCKED OFF, AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.  THE TWO PEOPLE ON VESSEL #1 SWAM TO HIM AND HELD HIS HEAD OUT OF THW WATER.  THEY WERE ABLE TO FLAG DOWN ANOTHER VESSEL, WHICH STOPPED AND DIALED 911.  OPERATOR2 REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS ABLE TO CLIMB ONTO VESSEL #1.  THE THREE PEOPLE FROM BOTH VESSEL SRODE VESSEL #1 TO SANDLING BEACH WHERE THEIR FAMILIES WERE.  EMS, WAKE CO. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND NC PARKS OFFICERS ARRIVED AT SANDLING BEACH.  EMS TOOK THE THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED TO WAKE MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE I CONTACTED THEM.  ALL THREE PEOPLE HAD BEEN WEARING APPROPRIATE PFD’S AND ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR.  IN MY OPINION OPERATOR INEXPERIENCE, INATTENTION, AND CARELESS/RECKLESS OPERATION ON THE PART OF OPERATOR1 (VESSEL #1) WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0139
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGH ROCK LAKE
NearestCityTown: SALISBURY
County: ROWAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM, VESSEL #1, A STATE OWNED LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROL BOAT WAS CONDUCTING LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF MOTORBOATS ON HIGH ROCK LAKE, IN THE CRANE CREEK AREA.  VESSEL #2 WITH A PASSENGER, (SIX YEAR OLD SON) WAS OBSERVED PASSING THRU A NO-WAKE ZONE.  THE YOUNGSTER, APPEARED TO BE OPERATING VESSEL #2 (A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT).  AS VESSEL #2 LEFT THE AREA, OPERATOR1 BEGAN TO FOLLOW AND ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VESSEL AND CONDUCT A SAFTEY INSPECTION.  OPERATOR2 AT THIS POINT WAS DRIVING VESSEL #2, AND DID NOT APPEAR TO NOTICE THE PATROL BOAT FOLLOWING HIM WITH EMERGENCY BLUE LIGHTS IN OPERATION.  AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE VESSEL #2 BEGAN A MODERATE SPEED TURN TO THE STARBOARD.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 DID NOT LOOK TO THE SIDES OR BEHIND THE VESSEL PRIOR TO OR DURING THE TURN.  VESSEL #1 HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH OR LESS IN PREPARATION FOR A NORMAL BOAT INSPECTION.  AS VESSEL #2 COMPLETED HIS TURN AND NOW WAS TRAVELING BACK IN THE DIRECTION HE HAD CAME, THE OPERATOR SUDDENLY LOOKED UP AND SAW VESSEL #1 WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS ACTIVATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HIS QUICKLY MOVING WATERCRAFT.  VESSEL #2'S OPERATOR PANICKED AND SUDDENLY PLACED HIS CONTROLS INTO REVERSE, WHICH THE SUDDEN REARWARD THRUST THREW BOTH HIM AND HIS PASSENGER INTO THE WATER OFF THE STARBOARD STERN OF THE PWC.  THE NOW RIDERLESS AND UNPOWERED VESSEL #2 WAS PROPELLED INTO THE PATH OF THE LARGER VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE POWER AN AVOID THE ONCOMING RIDERLESS PWC, AS THIS WAS ATTEMPTED THE MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF AND THE COLLISION OCCURRED.  AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, VESSEL #1'S SPEED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 10 MPH OR LESS.  THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE COLLISION WAS ONLY TO VESSEL #2, AND CONSISTED OF FIBERGLASS DAMAGE AMIDSHIP ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, SEAT COVER TORN AT THE IMPACT POINT, AND FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE TOP HOOD PORTION IN FRONT AND AROUND THE HANDLE BARS.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES OCCURRED, AND NO DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON VESSEL #1.  ALL VICTIMS WERE WEARING APPROVED PFDS AND NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE INVOLVED.  NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0140
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:25:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: PASQUOTANK RIVER
NearestCityTown: ELIZABETH CITY
County: PASQUOTANK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
PASQUOTANK CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS (911) RECEIVED A CALL AT 1623 HOURS OF A VESSEL GOING IN CIRCLES IN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER OFF LITTLE FLATTY CREEK.  AT 1644 HOURS, THE US COAST GUARD STATION IN ELIZABETH CITY RECEIVED A CALL FROM PASQUOTANK CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE VESSEL GOING IN CIRCLES OFF LITTLE FLATTY CREEK AND PERSON POSSIBLY IN THE WATER.  THE USCG ARRIVED NEAR THE PERSONS IN THE WATER, THE CREW PULLED THE TWO PERSONS ONBOARD AT 1714 HOURS (36 11.5N 076 04.63W).  THE USCG VESSEL CONTINUED TO THE COAST GUARD STATION, THE USCG VESSEL ARRIVED TO A WAITING AMBULANCE AT 1730 HOURS.  THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED BOTH PERSONS TO ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL WHERE THE FEMALE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION, LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM PASQUOTANK CENTRAL AT 1727 HOURS THAT THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT OFF OF BLUFF POINT IN PASQUOTANK RIVER.  SERGEANT RESPONDED AND WENT TO THE USCG STATION TO BEGIN THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

SGT. INSPECTED THE VESSEL INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT AT THE USCG STATION AT 2055 HOURS.  THE USCG SMALL BOAT STATION RETRIEVED THE VESSEL FROM THE SHORE (36 11.2N 076 04.72W).

SGT. INTERVIEWED SURVIVOR AT ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL AT 2200 HOURS.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WENT TO THE BOAT RAMP ON HWY 343 IN CAMDEN (SAWYERS CREEK) AT 1200 HOURS.  SURVIVOR PUT THE VESSEL IN THE WATER AND THE ENGINE RAN GREAT, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE CONSOLE.  SURVIVOR WORKED ON THE CONSOLE FOR A WHILE THEN DECIDED TO TAKE THE VESSEL OUT INTO THE RIVER.  deceased WAS SITTING IN THE TRUCK READING A BOOK.  SURVIVOR WENT OUT IN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER AND TRAVELED SOUTH PASSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALMOST TO ELIZABETH CITY.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT HE WENT BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP AND RAN UP THE TRUCK TO GET HIS WIFE AND TAKE HER OUT IN THE BOAT.  SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO.  THE COUPLE WENT DOWN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER PAST ELIZABETH CITY TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TO FISH.  THE COUPLE STOPPED NEAR THE MOUTH, operator FISHED FOR A WHILE AND DECEASED READ A BOOK.  THE COUPLE STARTED MOVING CLOSER TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.  SURVIVOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL HEADING SOUTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER, DECEASED WAS SITTING ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF THE CONSOLE.  DECEASED WAS PEELING AND EATING AN ORANGE, SHE WOULD HAND PIECES OF ORANGE OVER THE WINDSHIELD TO SURVIVOR AND HE WOULD TAKE A PIECE OUT OF HER HAND WITH HIS TEETH.  SURVIVOR DROPPED A PIECE OF ORANGE, COULD NOT REMEMBER IF THE ORANGE FELL ON THE FLOOR OR ON TOP OF THE CONSOLE.  SURVIVOR’S RIGHT HAND WAS ON THE THROTTLE AND LEFT HAND WAS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.  SURVIVOR LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO RETRIEVE THE PIECE OF ORANGE.  THE VESSEL TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT.  THIS CAUSED BOTH OF THEM TO BE EJECTED INTO THE WATER OUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VESSEL (APPROXIMATE ACCIDENT LOCATION 36 11.315N 076 4.066W).  THE COUPLE STARTED TREADING WATER, AND THEY TRIED TO GET CLOSER TO SHORE.  DURING THE TIME, GOING TO SHORE DECEASED PASSED OUT.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 2:30 AND 3:00 (2:45PM).

TIMELINE ACCORDING TO INTERVIEWS AND TIMES:
ACCIDENT OCCURRED 1445 HOURS
PASQUOTANK 911 CALL RECEIVED 1623 HOURS
PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES ARRIVE AT GLENN COVE AT 1633 HOURS
PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES SEE ONE PERSON IN WAIST DEEP WATER AT 1643 HOURS
USCG SAR NOTIFIED 1644 HOURS
USCG VESSEL ON SCENE 1700 HOURS
PERSONS ON BOARD USCG VESSEL 1714 HOURS
USCG VESSEL RETURN TO STATION 1730 HOURS
AMBULANCE WAITING AT THE USCG STATION WHEN USCG ARRIVED
ACCORDING TO THE TIME FRAME THE COUPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER FOR TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES
(ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1445 HOURS.  THE USCG CREW PICKED UP THE COUPLE AT 1714) 
SURVIVOR STATED THAT ABOUT HALF THE TIME IN THE WATER, DECEASED WAS ALIVE AND THE OTHER HALF SHE WAS NOT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0141
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHALLOTTE INLET
NearestCityTown: BRUNSWICK
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON OCTOBER 10, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 5PM, operator1 AND SOME FRIENDS WERE OPERATING THEIR PWC'S IN THE SHALLOTTE INLET NEAR THE TOWN OF SHALLOTTE JUST OFF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.  ACCORDING TO OPERATOR1, THEY HAD INTENDED TO HEAD IN BECAUSE THE WEATHER LOOKED AS IF IT WAS GETTING READY OT GET BAD, BUT HIS FRIENDS TALKED HIM IN TO HEADING BACK OUT TO THE INLET TO JUMP THE WAVES.  AS HE WAS JUMPING A WAVE HE CAME DOWN ONTO ANOTHER WAVE AND HIS BODY (BUTTOCKS) SLAMMED DOWN HARD ONTO THE SEAT OF THE JET SKI.  HE SAID HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND PROCEEDED TO SLOWLY MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO THE DOCK AT HIS HOME.  FROM THERE THE AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT HE HAD A COMPRESSION FRACTURE IN HIS L2 VERTEBRAE.  IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PLAYED ANY ROLE IN THIS ACCIDENT.  PFD WAS WORN AND UTILIZED BY OPERATOR1. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE IT APPEARS THAT THIS ACCIDENT IS THE RESULT OF OPERATOR INEXPERIENCE IN ROUGH WATER OR HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0143
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: SWANSBORO
County: ONSLOW
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON AUGUST 22, 2009 operator and two friends LEFT FROM ISLAND HARBOR MARINA ON TWO PWCS.  THEY THEN RODE TO SWANSBORO, WHERE THEY HAD LUNCH.  THEY THEN DECIDED TO GO TO BEAR INLET TO JUMP WAVES.  THEY DROPPED OFF AMY ON THE BEACH AT BEAR ISLAND TO LOOK FOR SHELLS.  Operator1 AND friend THEN HEADED OUT INTO THE INLET.  THE CONDITIONS THIS DAY WERE VERY ROUGH.  HURRICANE BILL WAS PASSING BY THE COAST.  ONCE OUT IN THE INLET, THEY STARTED JUMPING WAVES.  FRIEND SAID THAT HE THROUGHT THE WAVES WERE TOO BIG AND STARTED TO TURN BACK.  AT THIS TIME HE LOOKED FOR OPERATOR1.  HE SAID HE SAW THE PWC OPERATOR1 WAS ON GO UP IN THE AIR AND OVER A WAVE.  OPERATOR1 WAS NOT ON IT.  HE THEN HEADED OVER TO THE AREA HE LAST SAW OPERATOR1.  HE FOUND OPERATOR1 IN THE WATER.  WHEN FRIEND FOUND HIM, HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.  FRIEND SAID HE TRIED TO PULL HIM ON TO HIS PWC BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.  FRIEND THEN JUMPED INTO THE WATER TRYING TO SAVE HIM.  HE WAS UNABLE TO SWIM WITH OPERATOR1.  FRIEND WAS ALSO SEPARATED FROM HIS PWC BY THE WAVES.  OPERATOR1 WAS STILL UNRESPONSIVE AT THIS TIME.  SHORTLY AFTER FRIEND TRIED TO RESCUE OPERATOR1, good Samaritan AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW PROCEEDED TO THE SCENE ON THEIR PWC'S RESPONDIDN TO CALLS FOR HELP BY friend on shore.  THE TWO MEN ARRIVED AND SAW OPERATOR1 FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.  GOOD SAMARITAN JUMPED OFF HIS PWC AND SWAM TO OPERATOR1. HE TURNED HIM OVER AND TOOK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WATER.  THEN A LARGE WAVE, 8FT OR SO, HIT THEM.  THIS WAVE SEPARATED GOOD SAMARITAN AND OPERATOR1.  GOOD SAMARITAN'S PWC WAS ROLLED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SWAMPED.  HE REPORTED IT TO BE A TOTAL LOSS.  GOOD SAMARITAN SWAM TO SHORE ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.  THEY TRIED TO LOCATE OPERATOR1.  THEY FOUND HIM APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS OUT AND PULLED HIM ASHORE.  OPERATOR1 WAS STILL UNRESPONSIVE.  THEY THEN CALLED 911.  OPERATOR1 WAS UNABLE TO BE REVIVED BY THE PEOPLE AT THE SCENE OR BY THE PARAMEDICS.  HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT ASHORE ON BROWNS ISLAND.  THE PWC HE WAS ON WASHED ASHORE ON BROWN ISLAND AS WELL.  THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SITED THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE DROWNING AS A RESULT OF A JET SKI ACCIDENT.  THE ME ALSO NOTED BRUISING ON HIS LEFT ARM AND UPPER CHEST AND A DISLOCATED/BROKEN SHOULDER.  THE SURF CONDITIONS WERE VERY ROUGH ON THIS DAY WITH WAVE HEIGHTS REACHING 8 TO 10 FT.  THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH operator1’s OPERATIONAL INEXPERICEN ON A PWC CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH.  HE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE PWC WHILE JUMPING WAVES IN THE INLET AND SUBSEQUENTLEY DROWNED.  Operator1 WAS WEARIN A TYPE III PFD THAT WAS OF PROPER SIZE AND IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED.  THE PWC HE WAS ON HAD ALL PERTINENT SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND A VALID REGISTRATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0144
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAROLINA LAKE
NearestCityTown: SANFORD
County: HARNETT
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO  (OPERATOR), HE AND  (VICTIM) LAUNCHED THE BOAT AT CAROLINA LAKE BOAT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HOURS.  THEY HEADED TOWARD THE DAM OF CAROLINA LAKE AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE DAM AND BEGAN TO FISH.  THEY FISHED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AT THIS LOCATION.

ACCORDING TO OPERATOR, THEY THEN DEPLOYED THE TROLLING MOTOR AND TROLLED THROUGH THE SKI CANAL, AROUND THE SKI LAKE, AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SKI CANAL TO THE MAIN LAKE.  ONCE BACK IN THE MAIN LAKE, THEY TROLLED ALONG THE DAM AND SKIRTED THE BANK FOR A WHILE.

OOPERATOR HAD REACHED THE BACK SIDE OF THE MAIN LAKE, HE PULLED UP THE TROLLING MOTOR, STARTED THE GAS MOTOR AND HEADED TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT AS HE WAS DRIVING THE BOAT BACK TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP HE MADE A SERIES OF LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS AND DURING A SHARP RIGHT TURN HE REALIZED THAT victim WAS MISSING AT APPROXIMATELY 0000 HOURS (MIDNIGHT). OPERATOR FURTHER STATED, ONCE HE REALIZEDvictim WAS MISSING, HE POWERED DOWN AND CIRCLED AROUND SEARCHING AND CALLING OUT FOR victim.  HE USED A SPOTLIGHT TO SEARCH AND NOTICED A BALL CAP AND AN EXTRA SEAT THAT WAS IN THE BOAT ORIGINALLY FLOATING IN THE WATER.  HE RECOVERED BOTH ITEMS FROM THE WATER WHILE SEARCHING AND CALLING OUT FOR victim.  THE HAT BELONGED TO victim.  AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH, OPERATOR CALLED 911 AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH UNTIL EMERGENCY PERSONELL ARRIVED.OPERATOR STATED THAT BETWEEN 2030 HOURS AND MIDNIGHT HE CONSUMED 6 TO 7 COORS LIGHT BEERS.  THERE WERE 7 EMPTY COORS LIGHT BEER CANS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE CONSOLE.  ALSO, THERE WAS A COOLER IN THE BOAT THAT CONTAINED 16 UNOPENED COORS LIGHT BEER CANS.  OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT victim HAD DRUNK APPROXIMATELY 5 BUD LIGHT BEERS.  THERE WERE 5 EMPTY BUD LIGHT BEER CANS LOCATED IN THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT.

THERE WERE PFDS ON BOARD, SERVICABLE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT UTILIZED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0145
Date: 2009-10-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: HOLDEN BEACH
County: BRUNSWICK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
ON OCTOBER 1, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM, subject 1 WAS OPERATING A PONTOON BOAT THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RENTED FROM SHEFFILDS SEAFOOD IN OCEAN ISLE BEACH.  ACCORDING TO  subject 1, HE WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL AT AROUND 25 MPH NEAR MARKER 57 ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, WHEN HE RAN INTO A BOAT LIFT ON THE ICW WHICH WAS HOLDING subject 2'S BOAT.  BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY  subject 1, HE WAS NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE DOCK AN BOAT LIFT, AND THE CANOPY ON THE PONTOON BOAT MADE CONTACT WITH THE MOTOR OF THE BOAT ON THE LIFT AND RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO BOTH THE RENTED PONTOON ANDsubject 2'S OUTBOARD MOTOR.  THE DAMAGE THAT RESULTED WAS THE CANOPY OF THE PONTOON BEING PARTIALLY BROKEN OFF AND ALSO DAMAGE TO THE AREA OF THE RUB RAIL AND ANYWHERE THE CANOPY HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE PONTOON.  subject 2'S MOTOR SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE STEERING ARM OF HIS MOTOR AS WELL AS COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR HOUSING.  AT THIS POINT IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER THERE IS ANY PORT IN THIS ACCIDENT.  THE OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO BEING GROSSLY RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT AND AS SUCH NO CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST  subject 1 IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE VESSEL WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE APPROPRIATE PFD'S AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT.  IT APPEARS THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF OPERATOR INATTENTION, INEXPERIENCE AND FAILING TO MAINTAIN A PROPER LOOKOUT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0146
Date: 2009-11-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:10:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: MORGANTON
County: BURKE
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: improper loading
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009 subject 1 AND subject 2 WERE HUNTING SQUIRRELS FROM A 15 FOOT GRUMMAN CANOE, HULL ID # 12242-G-5-15, REGISTRATION # NC 659 AU.  THEY WERE HUNTING ALONG THE JOHNS RIVER NEAR THE END OF OLD JOHN RIVER ROAD.  subject 2 SHOT A SQUIRREL OUT OF A TREE ALONG THE RIVER BANK AND NOTICED ANOTHER SQUIRREL IN THE SAME TREE.  THE HUNTERS MADE A TURN ACROSS THE CURRENT TO TRY TO HEAD BACK UPSTREAM TOWARD THE OTHER SQUIRRL WHEN THE CANOE CAPSIZED.  BOTH HUNTERS FELL OVER THE SIDE OF THE CANOE INTO THE WATER.  subject 2 WAS WEARING A PFD AND ATTEMPTED TO HELP subject 1 WHO WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.  EMERGENCY WORKERS PRONOUNCED subject 1 DEAD AT THE SCENE DUE TO DROWNING.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0147
Date: 2009-10-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE GASTON
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: WARREN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: RESTRICTED VISION
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
subject 1 WAS HEADING EAST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MAIN LAKE ALONG THE SHORE LINE.  subject 1 VESSEL TURNED TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING HIS VESSEL TO HIT THE WALK WAY ON subject 2'S BOAT HOUSE.  WHEN subject 1 VESSEL HIT THE WALKWAY, IT CAUSED HIS VESSEL TO GET AIRBORNE. subject 1's VESSEL THEN OVERTURNED, LANDING ON TOP OF subject 1.  subject 1 WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE SKI POLE WHEN THE VESSEL LANDED ON TOP OF HIM.  THE STRIKE TO THE HEAD WAS FATAL. subject 1 WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE SKI POLE WHEN THE VESSEL LANDED ON TOP OF HIM.  THE STRIKE TO THE HEAD WAS FATAL. subject 1 WAS ALSO PINNED UNDERNEATH THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0148
Date: 2009-10-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:20:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHARON HARRIS LAKE
NearestCityTown: APEX
County: WAKE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WITH subject 1 AND subject 2 ON BOARD WERE SITTING IN THE 2ND CREEK UP FROM WAKE CO. BOAT RAMP ON SHERRON HARRIS LAKE.  THEY WERE FISHING WITH THE BOW POINTED AT THE BANK AND THE MOTOR OFF.  subject 1 WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND subject 2 WAS AT THE REAR.  VESSEL #2 BEING OPERATED BY subject 3, WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CREEK TOWARDS THE MAIN BODY OF THE LAKE.  AS HE APPROACHED VESSEL #1, subject 3 TURNED HIS HEAD AND ATTENTION TO WAVE TO SOMEONE HE KNEW ON A DIFFERENT BOAT.  HE WAS NOT LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING AND DRIFTED TOWARDS VESSEL #1. subject 3'S BOAT STRUCK THE STERN OF VESSEL #1 ON THE PORT SIDE AND WENT ALL THE WAY ACCROSS THE REAR SECTION OF THE BOAT.  THE ENGINE MOUNT OF VESSEL #1 BROKE AND THE MOTOR WAS LAID OVER PERPENDICULAR TO WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.  THE TRANSOM OF VESSEL #1 ALSO CRACKED.  VESSEL #2 HAD DAMAGE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT.  THE RUBBER KEEL GUARD WAS PEELED OFF, AND THERE WERE SCRATCHES AT TEARS IN THE FIBERGLASS AND PAINT.  THE PROP WAS ALSO BENT AND HAD INDENTATIONS.  ALSO ONE OF THE LATCHES ON THE ENGINE COWLING WAS BROKEN OFF.  IN MY OPINION THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY CARELESS OPERATION AND OPERATOR INATTENTION ON THE PART OF subject 3.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0149
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:24:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAROLINA BEACH INLET
NearestCityTown: CAROLINA BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause3: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO subject 1, VESSEL 1 OPERATED BYsubject 2 OWNED BY subject 1 WAS ENTERING CAROLINA BEACH INLET FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  THE VESSEL WAS CRUISING AT ABOUT 10-20 MPH. subject 1 STATED THAT HE NEVER SAW THE WAVE.  THE WAVE CAUSED BOTH subject 1 AND subject 2 TO BE THROWN INTO THE WATER.  THE TWO MEN, NEITHER WEARING PFDS, BECAME SEPARATED IN THE WATER AND ACCORDING TO subject 1 WERE IN THE WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MINUTES WHEN THEY SAW A PASSING PWC.  subject 1 STATED THAT subject 2 COULD SWIM BUT WAS NOT A VERY STRONG SWIMMER, AND HE COULD TELL HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING HIS HEAD ABOVE WATER.  subject 1 THEN YELLED TO THE OPERATOR OF A PASSING PWC TO HELP subject 2.  THE UNKNOWN PERSON OPERATING THE PWC WAS UNABLE TO GET subject 2 OUT OF THE WATER.  subject 2 WAS GIVEN CPR AT THIS TIME BY A PASSENGER ON THE VESSEL UNTIL THEY REACHED THE BEACH AT FREEMAN PARK.  ONCE THEY REACHED THE SHORE, CAROLINA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTED subject 2 OFF THE BEACH TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL.  WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED OFF THE BEACH, subject 2 WAS GIVEN CPR BY, RN, BSN who WAS ON THE BEACH WHEN THE VESSEL CAME ASHORE AND SAW THE COMMOTION AND TRIED TO HELP.  NO AUTOPSY WAS DONE ON subject 2.  THE CAUSE OF DEATH STATED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WAS SALTWATER DROWNING.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0150
Date: 2009-10-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: HARKERS ISLAND
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Overloading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
SUBJECTS WERE AT CAPE LOOKOUT, FLOUNDER GIGGING.  STATED OUT AT SOUTHERN SHORE OF SHAKELFORD BANKS CROSSED BARDEN'S INLET HEADED TOWARD OLD COAST GUARD STATION.  FLOUNDERED NORTHERN SHORE OF CAPE LOOKOUT.  HEADED BACK ACROSS INLET TOWARD SHAKELFORD BANKS.  ABOUT HALFWAY ACROSS INLET, LARGE WAVES WASHED OVER THE BOW OF BOAT CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SWAMP WITH WATER.  MORE WAVES WASHED INTO VESSEL CAUSING IT TO FLOOD AND CAPSIZE.  VICTIMS HAD PFD'S OUT BUT COULD NOT GET THEM ON.  ONE VICTIM DISAPPEARED.  THE OTHER VICTIM WAS ABLE TO HANG ONTO VESSEL FROM APPOXIMATELY 8PM 10/16/09 UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 7AM 10/17/09 WHEN A PASSERBY FISHERMAN RESCUED HIM.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0151
Date: 2009-11-11 00:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: BEAUFORT
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: grounding
RedactedNarrative:
ON OR AROUND 5:00 AM ON NOVEMBER 11, 2009 VESSEL ONE LEFT THE DOCK IN PELLETIER CREEK TO GO FISHING.  HIS SON REPORTED LATER THAT DAY THAT HE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT HIS FATHER BY PHONE WHICH WAS ABNORMAL ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEAVY RAINS WE WERE HAVING.  VESSEL ONE WAS FOUND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE OCEAN SIDE OF SHACKLEFORD BANKS ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2009.  DEBRIS FROM VESSEL ONE WAS FOUND ON THE BEACH WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF RADIUS OF THE BOAT.  THIS DEBRIS CONSISTED OF PFDS, ANCHOR, COOLER, SPOTLIGHT (INTHE OFF POSITION), THE CONSOLE, SEAT COVER, MOTOR COVER, ETC.  THE BOAT AS TOTALLY DESTROYED.  THE MOTOR WAS STILL ON IT BUT EVERTHING ELSE WAS GONE.  THE FRONT DECK, THE CONSOLE, GAS TANK, EVERYTHING HAD BEEN TORN OUT OF THE BOAT.  subject 1'S BODY WAS FOUND NEAR BUOY NINE AND TEN OF BEAUFORT INLET ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2009 AROUND 2:15 IN THE AFTERNOON.  HE WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.  THEN MEDICAL EXAMINER AT CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL SAID THAT subject 1 HAD NO HEAD OR NECK TRAUMA AND THAT HE WAS RULIJNG THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE DROWNING.  IN CHECKING THE WEATHER HISTORY FOR CAPE LOOKOUT ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH, I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BETWEEN 7AM AND 8AM.  AT 7AM THE OBSERVATION WAS WINDS SE AT 7 MPH AND THE OBSERVATION AT 8AM SHOWED THE WIND SSE AT 26-30 MPH.  THE ENTIRE DAY THE WINDS WENT UP AND DOWN DUE TO THE RAIN BANDS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0152
Date: 2009-10-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAROLINA BEACH
NearestCityTown: CAROLINA BEACH
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 05 SEPTEMBER 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM subject 1 STATED HE LEFT THE NORTH END OF CAROLINA BEACH AND BEGAN TO HEAD TOWARDS THE SNOW'S CUT WILDLIFE RAMP.  HE MANUEVERED AROUND A COUPLE OF BOATS THAT WERE ANCHORED IN THE INLET.  AS HE APPROACHED VESSEL #2, A WAVE STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BOAT CAUSING HIM TO BE REDIRECTED TOWARDS VESSEL #2.   subject 1 PANICKED AND PUT HIS BOAT IN NEUTRAL BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP FROM STRIKING VESSEL #2.  AFTER STRIKING VESSEL #2, subject 1 THOUGHT HIS BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER, SO HE CONTINUED ON TOWARDS THE BOAT RAMP AND DID NOT STOP TO CHECK ON THE PASSENGERS ON VESSEL #2.   subject 1 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN HE STRUCK VESSEL #2.  subject 2, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2, STATED THAT HE OBSERVED VESSEL #1 TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE STATED THAT VESSEL #1 HIT MULTIPLE WAVES AS IT APPROACHED THEM.  VESSEL #1 LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF subject 2'S BOAT.   subject 2 STATED VESSEL #1 SPED AWAY AFTER STRIKING HIS BOAT.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT SIDE OF VESSEL #1 STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT, VESSEL #1 SUSTAINED MINOR FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HULL.  VESSEL #2 SUSTAINED MAJOR FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ALONG THE LEFT SIDE.

VESSEL #1 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $300.00 IN DAMAGE.

VESSEL #2 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $9500.00 IN DAMAGE.

WHEN OFFI QUESTIO subject 1 AS TO WHY HE DID NOT STOP TO CHECK ON THE PASSENGERS OF VESSEL #2,  subject 1 STATED SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "I PANICKED; I WANTED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE GRIEF." subject 1 WAS CHARGE WITH RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0153
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-11-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:25:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: OREGON INLET
NearestCityTown: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, A WITNESS  REPORTED OBSERVING AN UNMANNED VESSEL OPERATING IN CIRCLES IN OREGON INLET, EAST OF THE HERBERT C. BONNER BRIDGE, AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 PM.  AT 12:42 PM, THAT SAME PERSON CONTACTED THE US COAST GUARD AND REPORTED FINDING THE VESSEL UNMANNED AND ADRIFT IN THE GREEN ISLAND SLOUGH AREA OF OREGON INLET, WEST  OF THE HERBERT C. BONNER BRIDGE, AND ANCHORED THE VESSEL WITH THE ANCHOR THAT WAS ON BOARD.  THE US COAST GUARD ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY THERE AFTER AND FOUND THAT ENGINE WAS OFF, HOWEVER THE KEY WAS IN THE "ON" POSITION WITH THE THROTTLE SET AT "FULL THROTTLE," THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN FROM THE CONSOLE, AND THE MOUNTS FOR A FORWARD COOLER-SEAT WERE BROKEN.  COAST GUARDSMEN LOCATED A CELL PHONE AND WALLET IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VESSEL .  USING THE CELL PHONE, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT subject 1'S WIFE AND ASCERTAIN THAT HE HAD LEFT TO GO FISHING, ALONE, EARLIER IN THE DAY.  A COAST GUARD HELICOPTER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND LOCATED THE BODY OF subject 1 AT 1400 HRS, SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS WEST OF HIS VESSEL, IN SHALLOW WATER, NEAR GREEN ISLAND SLOUGH.  A COAST GUARD RESCUE BOAT TRANSPORTED subject 1'S BODY TO COAST GUARD STATION OREGON INLET WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. subject 1 HAD SEVERAL LACERATIONS, APPARENTLY FROM THE PROPELLER, ON HIS LEFT ANKLE, LEFT ELBOW, AND RIB CAGE ON HIS LEFT SIDE, HOWEVER THESE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE-THREATENING.  ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL TYPE III PFD'S ON BOARD, subject 1 WAS NOT WEARING A PFD WHEN FOUND.  THERE WAS ONE EMPTY BEER CAN IN A BAG IN THE BOW OF THE VESSEL, AND SEVERAL MORE UNOPENED BEERS IN COOLER NEAR THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  FROM THE WITNESS REPORTS AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, IT APPEARS THAT subject 1 FELL OVERBOARD WHILE HIS VESSEL WAS IN MOTION EAST OF THE BONNER BRIDGE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER.  HE AND HIS BOAT THEN DRIFTED WEST IN OREGON INLET ON THE INCOMING TIDE, BEFORE COMING TO REST IN SHALLOW WATER NEAR THE GREEN ISLAND SLOUGH.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0154
Date: 2009-09-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEUSE RIVER
NearestCityTown: ORIENTAL
County: PAMLICO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause3: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS AT ANCHOR FISHING ALONG THE SHORE OF THE NEUSE RIVER OUTSIDE ORIENTAL.  VESSEL 1 HAD TAKEN MANY CONSECUTIVE POUNDING WAVES FROM THE ROUGH WATERS DUE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS AND ROUGH SEAS.  WITH THE ANCHOR LINE BEING AS TIGHT AS IT WAS, THE BOAT WAS TAKING A SEVERE BEATING FROM THE ROUGH WATERS.  DUE TO THE ROUGH WATERS, THE BOAT TOOK A WAVE OVER THE BOW.  AT THIS TIME WATER WEIGHED THE BOAT DOWN AND THE BOAT TOOK ON THREE MORE WAVES CONSECUTIVELY OVER THE BOW.  THE CREW MOVED FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO TRY AND BALANCE THE WEIGHT FROM THE WATER IN THE STERN.  ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE ANCHOR, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TENSION.  THE BOAT CAPSIZED FROM THE ROCKING AND NOT HAVING STABILITY DUE TO THE WATER BEING IN THE BOAT.  NEITHER ALCOHOL NOR DRUGS WERE NOTED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH PFDS, BUT THEY WERE NOT USED BY ANY OF THE SURVIVORS.  NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0155
Date: 2009-11-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:45:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: RICH INLET
NearestCityTown: WILMINGTON
County: NEW HANOVER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: RESTRICTED VISION
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON NOVEMBER 20, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45PM subject 1 WAS OPERATING HIS ALUMACRAFT BOAT NC 8465 DF NEAR RICH'S INLETS.  HE REPORT THAT IT WAS DARK AND FOGGY THAT EVENING RESULTING IN LIMITED VISION.  subject 1 WAS OPERATING HIS BOAT UNDER 10MPH WHILE HIS FRIEND subject 2 HELD A SPOT LIGHT WHEN THEY HIT A SUBMERGED SANDBAR.  THIS CAUSED subject 2 TO FALL HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE ON A COOLER. subject 1 REPORTS IMMEDIATELY RETURNING TO THE BOAT RAMP WHERE EMS TRANSPORTED subject 2 TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  subject 2 SUFFERRED FROM A FRACTURED CLAVICLE AND FRACTURED RIBS ALONG HIS LEFT SIDE WHICH RESULTED IN A PUNCTURED LUNG. subject 2 WAS ADMITTED TO NHRMC WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED BY subject 1 AND NO FURTHER INJURIES.  NO CHARGES WERE MADE IN THIS INVESTIGATION.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0157
Date: 2009-11-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:18:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOGUE SOUND
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC BEACH
County: CARTERET
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: machinery failure
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
SUBJECTS WERE RETURNING FROM A FISHING TROP AT SHAKELFORD BANKS ROCK JETTY.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL WAS HEADED WEST TOWARDS ATLANTIC BEACH HIGH RISE BRIDGE IN A MARKED CHANNEL OF MONEY ISLAND BAY.  AS OPERATOR APPROACHED CONCRETE SUPPORT SYSTEM OF BRIDGE AND TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH, SOMEHOW COLLIDED WITH CONCRETE SUPPORT, CAUSING ACCIDENT AND INJURIES.  THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. ONE, MISJUDGEMENT OF OPERATOR.  TWO, AIR IN HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING VESSEL NOT TO REACT PROPERLY WHEN STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-0158
Date: 2009-11-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:15:00
State: NC
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGH ROCK LAKE
NearestCityTown: DENTON
County: DAVIDSON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING UPSTREAM INTO FLAT SWAMP CREEK.  VESSEL 1 ENTERED A SERIES OF S-TURNS.  AS VESSEL 1 WAS EXITING THE S-TURNS, VESSEL 2 WAS ENTEREING THE S-TURNS TRAVELING DOWN STREAM.  VESSEL 1 TURNED TO HIS RIGHT TO PASS TO THE RIGHT OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 2 TURNED TO THE LEFT.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL 1 TO THEN TURN TO HIS LEFT AND VESSEL 2 REACTED BY TURNING RIGHT.  WITH EACH TURN AND THE SPEED OF EACH VESSEL THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VESSELS CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE COLLISION.  THE ENTIRE STARBAORD SIDE OF VESSEL 1 WAS STRUCK AND DAMAGED WHILE VESSEL 2 DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY ON THE PORT BOW.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL USE.  BOTH VESSELS WERE EQUIPPED WITH PFD'S BUT NONE WERE USED.


BARDID: 2009-NC-1000
Date: 2009-03-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:19:00
State: AT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic Ocean
NearestCityTown: Beaufort
County: Beaufort
WaterConditions: Very rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
CongestedWaters: 0
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: equipment failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: other
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Vessel destruction
RedactedNarrative:
At 1:19pm, Coast Guard received communication over Channel 16 that the Dove II was adrift without fuel and with torn sails.  There were three people onboard,  all males, all wearing PFDs, with no health concerns.  The vessel was towed by the Coast Guard to Beaufort


BARDID: 2009-NC-1001
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:45:00
State: AT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic Ocean
NearestCityTown: Moorehead City
County: Beauford
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: light
Visibility: good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
trolling 4-6 hours.  When the vessel got up on plane, the port motor failed and a fire started.  The fire extinguisher system went off.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0001
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Patterson Lake
County: Stark
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was drifting at idle speed waiting to load.
Vessel 2 about 25-30 mph.  Collided with the boat waiting to load and tore a hole in Vessel 1.  4 Adults and a 18 month old child on Vessel 1 where taken to hospital for injuries.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0002
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Golden Lake
NearestCityTown: Finley
County: Steele
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel operated by subject 1 was preparing to leave the docking area to tow tubers, upon turning the ignition a fire started in the engine compartment.  All occupants (5) left the vessel.  The vessel was totally destroyed.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0003
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:00:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Golden Lake
NearestCityTown: Finley
County: Steele
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A travelled south at a slow speed then made a left turn behind the stationary vessel C.  Vessel A was operating navigation lights.  Vessel B was stationary alongside vessel C as Vessel A advanced to the east,  Vessel B accelerated to leave it's position.  When accelerating, the bow of vessel B lifted blocking the view of the vessel B operator.  Vessel B struck vessel A on the left side of the bow.  The operators of both Vessel A & vessel B admitted to drinking beer prior to the accident.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0004
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Missouri River
NearestCityTown: Bismarck
County: Burleigh County
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On July 3, 2009 while pulling a wakeboard @21.2 mpl w 9 people in the boat, struck a hidden sand bar of the channel at approximately 2100 hrs.  No alcohol was involved.  All passengers were seated.  Injured passenger was sitting on rear bench seat when boat hit the sandbar.  He was observing the wakeboarder and hit his head and abdomen receiving lacerations.  No other injuries were sustained in boat.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0005
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Missouri River
NearestCityTown: Bismarck/Mandan
County: Morton
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
AccidentCause3: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
People were talking and dancing on the back platforms and their weight was not distributed right.   The back was filling water in the air vents, which filled the bottom of the boat and adding weight.  Before everyone noticed what was happening, it was too late.  The back of the boat went into the water and we tried driving off,  but the engine was to far under water to start.  So the boat sunk.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0006
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:40:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Patterson Lake
NearestCityTown: Dickinson
County: Stark
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Owner of JetSki said operator  hit a wave, got thrown over the handlebars and hit his head on the front of the jetski.  operator had a cut on his head and did not have any broken bones.  No damage to Jetski.


BARDID: 2009-ND-0007
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: ND
NameOfBodyOfWater: Missouri River
NearestCityTown: Bismarck
County: Burleigh County
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
Boat owner went to the river around 4:30 pm and put boat in.  Picked up a friend at the dock and took him for a spin.  We went north a couple of miles then headed back south.  Somewhere near the Expressway bridge, struck a log or some other large object.  Upon impact the left side of the boat tore open and the boat sunk right away.  There was a boat that came up to us and got me and my friend out of the water.  They took us to shore.  Then Game and Fish showed up within minutes.  They were very helpful.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0004
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:56:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Maloney
NearestCityTown: North Platte
County: Lincoln
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A was doing a 180 degree turn.  Vessel B approached vessel A.  Vessel A's spray hit operator B causing him not to see.  Vessel B collided with vessel A.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0006
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Fremont State Lakes
NearestCityTown: Fremont
County: Dodge
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Operator of PWC turned sharply and fell off.  PWC circled and hit operator in the head causing injury.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0010
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:09:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Missouri River
NearestCityTown: Ponca
County: Dixon
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Inadequate Onboard Navigation Lights
AccidentCause3: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: person struck by vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A cruising upstream when it collided with vessel B which was drifting with the current without lights.  Alcohol a contributing factor to injuires to two people.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0011
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: West Shores Lake
NearestCityTown: Waterloo
County: Douglas
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: Dock/$350
RedactedNarrative:
Boat operator towing tube with two females swung wide and tube collided with dock.  One of the females was injured and one died at the scene.  Alcohol was a contributing factor.  Both victims were wearing lifejackets.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0012
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:15:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Branched Oak Lake
NearestCityTown: Raymond
County: Lancaster
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A was travelling at a high rate of speed when operator lost control and both he and he passenger were ejected overboard.  The vessel continued to circle the two persons in the water and struck the operator in the head and the passenger suffered a prop strike.  Both persons died at the scene.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0013
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:09:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Branched Oak Lake
NearestCityTown: Raymond
County: Lancaster
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel going at at high rate of speed and operator fell overboard during a sharp turn.  Operator was sitting on gunnel when he fell overboard and was struck by the prop.  Operator suffered arm injury.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0017
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Harlan County Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Republican City
County: Harlan
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A was docking and attempted to reverse but reverse gear broke and vessel A collided with vessel B causing considerable damage.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0018
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Calamus Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Burwell
County: Garfield
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A collided with vessel B while two vessels were drifting.  Damage caused from wake shoving A into B.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0019
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Big Sandy Lake
NearestCityTown: Ashland
County: Saunders
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
PWC operator was jumping wake of vessel B and crashed into vessel B.  Damage to both vessels was minimal and PWC operator was hospitalized.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0020
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lewis & Clark Lake
NearestCityTown: Crofton
County: Knox
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Operator of vessel A was BUI and collided his vessel with a jetty and launched his boat across the jetty causing a total loss.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0021
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Harlan County Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Republican City
County: Harlan
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Person pinched between boat an
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was docking and passenger had arm hanging over side of vessel.  When vessel came into contact with the dock the passenger's arm came in between and was broken.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0025
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:50:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake McConaughy
NearestCityTown: Lemoyne
County: Keith
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A cruising parallel with vessel B.  Vessel B turned suddenly into the path of vessel A and crashes into it.  Two persons were injured and operator of vessel  A was arrested for BUI.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0026
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:03:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Beaver Lake
NearestCityTown: Murray
County: Cass
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
Passenger in Vessel A stood up from seated position to observe fallen skier.  Passenger fell overboard and vessel A prop stuck passenger, killing passenger.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0027
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Platte River
NearestCityTown: Louisville
County: Cass
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A is airboat on moving water.  Wind was strong and a gust of wind tipped over the airboat and it became grounded on sandbar.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0028
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Harlan County Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Alma
County: Harlan
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Three persons riding a PWC hit a wave and the operator got cut on parts of the PWC.  Operator was treated at hospital and released after treatment.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0029
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Harlan County Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Republican City
County: Harlan
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/Skier Behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
Children were riding on a tube pulled by vessel A.  Vessel A hit a wake and the children's head hit each other causing injury.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0030
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Swanson Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Trenton
County: Hitchcock
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Husband operating PWC when he hit a wake and he and his wife (passenger) fell from the PWC.  While falling the passenger hit head on PWC and broke jaw and eye socket.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0031
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 02:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Sherman County Reservoir
NearestCityTown: Loup City
County: Sherman
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A returning to dock area and collided with rocks in jetty.  Operator said he could not see the jetty in the dark.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0033
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:20:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Beaver Lake
NearestCityTown: Murray
County: Cass
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
PWC as vessel A was turning when engine quit and operator could not control due to off-throttle steering.  As a result he collided with a pontoon boat causing much damage.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0034
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:00:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Blue Stem Lake
NearestCityTown: Kramer
County: Lancaster
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
Operator of vessel A lost control and drove vessel A onto the dam.  Operator suffered bruises and scratches.


BARDID: 2009-NE-0035
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:35:00
State: NE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Newport Landing Lake
NearestCityTown: Bennington
County: Douglas
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Overloading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel A was travelling at a high rate of speed when it struck a sea-wall.  One occupant fell in the boat and was killed.  Operator was arrested for BUI and manslaughter charges are pending.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0001
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC
NearestCityTown: RYE
County: ROCKINGHAM
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON FEBRUARY 27, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:03 PM, THE USCG RECEIVED A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE PERSON IN THE WATER IN THE VICINITY OF RYE HARBOR.  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MALE WAS PADDLING A YELLOW KAYAK, HEADING OUTBOUND TOWARD THE ISLES OF SHOALS.  THE USCG LOCATED THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE KAYAK AND VERIFIED HIS INTENTION AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.  IT WAS LATER REPORTED BY HIS FAMILY THAT HE WAS MISSING.  AN INTENSIVE SEARCH WAS INSTITUTED.

ON MARCH 5, 2009, THE USCG RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A DRY BAG HAD WASHED UP ON SHORE. THE CONTENTS APPEARED TO BELONG to THE MISSING KAYAKER.

ON APRIL 17, 2009, A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM A RESIDENT ON LUNGING ISLAND, RYE, NH, THAT A BODY WAS FOUND ON SHORE. THE BODY WAS INDENTIFIED AS THE MISSING KAYAKER.  THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WEARING A WETSUIT, GLOVES, SOCKS, AND GREEN FLEECE AROUND HIS NECK.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0003
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:08:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Squam Lake
NearestCityTown: Center Harbor
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: machinery failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
This is the description of a boating accident that occurred on May 31, 2009, at approximately 1908 hours.

Vessel 1 was returning from a fishing trip when a wave washed over the stern of the vessel.  The water caused the engine of the vessel to stall and the vessel began to swamp.  The three occupants of the vessel stayed with the vessel for a short period of time until the operator sent the two passengers wading to the nearby shore.  The operator then waded into the water and pulled the vessel to the nearest dock.  The operator's wife spoke to one of the passengers of Vessel 1 via cellphone and she proceeded to call 911 to request EMS.  An ambulance responded and treated operator and one passenger on site for mild hypothermia.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0004
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Alton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The operator of Vessel 1 was towing his son, who was wakeboarding.  The son (the injured party) attempted to perform a trick, but the edge of the wakeboard caught the water and caused him to fall face-first into the water.  He did not initially appear to be injured, but after consulting a doctor, the operator of Vessel 1 noticed that his son was exhibiting signs of possible concussion.  The injured person was transported to a hospital, where a CAT scan revealed no major injuries but doctors suspected a mild concussion.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0007
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Northeast Pond
NearestCityTown: Milton
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
This is the description of a boating accident that occurred on April 26, 2009, at approximately 1230 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was maneuvering the vessel at approximately 15-20 MPH, turning circles and driving through them, and driving in figure eights.  Vessel 1 was headed in a northwesterly direction as the neared Vessel 2.  Vessel 2 was traveling in a northerly direction at approximately 45 MPH.  The occupants and operator of Vessel 2 moved further to their left to avoid Vessel 1, but did not want to come any closer to the shoreline on the left.  They saw Vessel 1 resume a more northerly direction, so the occupants of Vessel 2 assumed that Vessel 1 had seen them.  However, at this time, Vessel 1 moved slightly right and then took a sharp left turn, colliding with the starboard side of Vessel 2.  The operator of each boat stopped and made sure that none of the occupants were injured.  The operator of Vessel 1 offered to have Vessel 2 follow them back to their home to exchange information, which is where the local police department was called to begin the accident reporting process.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0008
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Bow Lake
NearestCityTown: Strafford
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
On May 30, 2009, at approximately 1145 hours, Vessel 1 was cruising in a southeasterly direction at about 15 MPH.  The vessel was being operated in the vicinity of two small islands when the stern struck some partially submerged rocks.  As the vessel neared the hazard, a person on one of the islands yelled out to the operator to watch out, but the operator was unable to avoid hitting the rocks.  After the collision, the vessel was driven back to the operator's residence.  

The accident was reported to the NH Marine Patrol on June 15, 2009, after a damage estimate in excess of $2,000.00 was received by the owners of the vessel.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0009
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic
NearestCityTown: Hampton
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
The following is a description of a boating accident that occurred on June 14, 2009, at approximately 1900 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was driving in a northerly direction parallel to shore in order to drain some water that had accumulated in the stern of the vessel.  Once he had completed this, he made a turn toward the left and was hit by a wave.  The wave knocked the seated passenger over the starboard side of the vessel and into the water.  The operator took his hand off the tiller to attempt to grab the passenger and was also thrown overboard.  The passenger became frantic in the water and insisted upon removing his sweatshirt before he could begin to swim toward shore.   The operator attempted to assist the passenger, but the passenger began hyperventilating and pulled the operator under water several times.

A man fishing on a nearby jetty noticed Vessel 1 circling around with no passengers, and saw the two occupants of the boat in the water.  The witness called 911 and flagged down a passing boat.  The boat drove toward the men in the water and the occupants began throwing PFDs, lines, and life preservers to the men.  They observed that the passenger of Vessel 1 was under water and the operator was struggling to pull him up while keeping his head above water.  He was unable to reach any of the flotation devices that were thrown to him and began to sink underwater, so the operator of the passing boat drove up to him and the passenger of the passing boat used a boat hook to pull the operator of vessel one up by the hood of his sweatshirt.  The pulled the man into their vessel until the Hampton Fire Department arrived and transferred the operator of Vessel 1 onto the rescue boat.  The body of the passenger was found approximately one hour later by a witness on shore, who swam out to retrieve the body from the waves.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0012
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Wolfeboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
While maneuvering between a redtop and a blacktop buoy marker, the operator of Vessel 1 struck a submerged object, presumed to be a rock, which resulted in over $9,000 worth of damage to the outdrive.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0013
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:31:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
On July 9, 2009, at appoximately 1431 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was cruising at 20-25 miles per hour when he noticed water breaking over some rocks in front of the boat.  The operator immediately cut the engine, but was unable to stop before the boat went over the rocks.  None of the passengers were injured, but the outdrive was broken off the boat.  Two kayakers helped the operator tow the vessel toward shore and tie up the boat until a Marine Patrol officer arrived at the scene.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0014
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:42:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lovell Lake
NearestCityTown: Wakefield
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
The following is a description of a boating accident that took place on July 12, 2009 at approximately 1240 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 had turned the boat around to pick up an occupant of the boat, who had been wakeboarding.  The operator believes that she put the boat in neutral to allow the wakeboarder to board the boat.  However, as the wakeboarder attempted to climb onto the swim platform, he was pulled under the boat and was struck by the propeller on his left leg, groin, and abdomen.  The operator of the vessel jumped into the water to assist the injured party, and in conjunction with the other passenger, was able to pull him into the boat.  The operator then attempted to drive to shore, but the boat would not move.  The operator and passenger flagged down two nearby boats.   One witness called 911 while the other towed Vessel 1 to shore, where they were met by EMS.  After investigation, it appears that the boat was placed in reverse instead of neutral while picking up the wakeboarder.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0015
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:55:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Cobbetts Pond
NearestCityTown: Windham
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following is a description of a boating accident that occurred on July 3, 2009, at approximately 1955 hours.

The operators of Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 were engaging in horseplay on the lake, zig-zagging around and playing 'chicken'.  They were operating at speeds around 30 miles per hour.  At one point, each operator drove his vessel head-on toward the other.  The operator of Vessel 2 attempted to veer to the right at the last minute; however, the operator of Vessel 1 lost eye contact with him and hit the port side and bow of Vessel 2 with the bow of Vessel 1.  The operator of Vessel 2 was ejected from the watercraft and apparently lost consciousness, as he was seen floating face down in the water.  The operator of Vessel 1 jumped into the water to aid the injured party, who had suffered a severe laceration on his face.  Passing boats arrived and removed the injured party from the water, at which point EMS and Marine Patrol arrived.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0016
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:38:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic
NearestCityTown: Durham
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
On July 18, 2009, at approximately 1638 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was traveling in an easterly direction at about 30 miles per hour when he hit a group of rocks.  After the collision, the vessel would not start so the operator called for assistance.  The boat was towed to Great Bay Marine by the US Coast Guard.  Further investigation by the NH Marine Patrol revealed that the only rocks in the area of the collision were located between navigational buoy #4 and an unnamed island.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0017
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Tuftonboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On July 24, 2009, the operator of Vessel 1 was towing a waterskier, going approximately 25 MPH.  The skiier fell and twisted his back upon impact with the water.  The skiier did not have any noticeable symptoms that night, but the next day complained of back pain.  He was given pain medication and ice and was told to take it easy.  However, after playing basketball, he had greater pain symptoms and was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with muscle strain.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0019
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:32:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Center Harbor
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
NH Marine Patrol was contacted at 0932 hours on May 2, 2009, regarding an overturned boat on Lake Winnipesaukee.  Two Marine Patrol officers responded to the scene.  A Dunkin Donuts receipt bearing a time stamp from that morning indicated that there had been at least one occupant of the boat.  NH Marine Patrol and Fish and Game conducted a search of the area in which the boat was found, which yielded some personal effects, including a tackle box.  Eventually two bodies were located in the vicinity, in about 25 feet of water.  The cause of death for each fatality was determined to be drowning.  While one PFD was found in the boat, neither of the deceased parties were wearing PFDs.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0020
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Monroe
County: Grafton
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On July 5, 2009, at approximately 1500 hours, two young men decided to launch a canoe on the Connecticut River.  The current of the river was strong and pushed the vessel into a cable and buoy line beneath a bridge, causing the two occupants to be ejected from the canoe.  The victims were able to grab onto the cable but the canoe was washed downstream and over a dam, destroying it completely.  The two victims were unable to circumvent the buoys along the cable due to their size; as a result, they were stranded in the river for about 45 minutes until officers from NH State Police and NH Fish and Game were able to retreive them using ropes.  The victims were transported to the hospital where they were treated for mild hypothermia.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0022
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Gilford
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on July 6, 2009, at approximately 1530 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was operating on the lake, and was bearing towards his left in a southerly direction.  Another vessel was traveling in a westerly direction and appeared to be headed toward the same area as Vessel 1.  In order to avoid a collision, the operator of Vessel 1 made a sharp left turn of 180 degrees, which caused the vessel to capsize.  Both the operator and the passenger were thrown from the vessel.  The passenger hit her ankle against the vessel as she fell, resulting in a broken left tibia.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0023
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:10:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Massabesic
NearestCityTown: Auburn
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident took place on July 15, 2009, at approximately 1710 hours.

The operator of vessel 1 was kayaking with a companion.  Each person was in their own vessel, in which PFDs were located, although neither person was wearing one.  The operator of Vessel 1 saw a baseball hat floating in the water and attempted to use his oar to retrieve it.  He apparently leaned over too far, which caused the kayak to capsize.  When his companion heard the operator of Vessel 1 yell, she jumped into the water to assist him, as she realized he was unable to swim and was becoming frantic.  She attempted to stabilize his kayak so he could hold onto it, but in his panic he was unable to do this and the kayak drifted away.  His companion then tried to get him to float on his back so she could swim him to shore.  She believes that he fainted at this time, and she attempted to pull him to shore; however, he was too heavy and she was being pulled under by his weight.  She let go and swam to shore to get help.  Several witnesses searched for the man until the local fire department arrived on scene to continue the search along with NH Marine Patrol.  The body was recovered the next day through the cooperative efforts of NH Marine Patrol (using side-scan sonar) and the NH Fish and Game dive team.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0024
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On July 17, 2009, at 1530 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was towing a passenger and the injured party on a tube.  The water conditions were choppy, and while the injured party returned to the boat without showing any symptoms, she soon began to complain of dizziness and blurred vision.  She was taken back to the house and was told to lie down and drink some water.  About an hour after returning to the house, the injured party vomited, and so the responsible adults called for an ambulance.  The injured party was transported to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with whiplash.  It is thought that the rough water conditions were the primary cause of her injury.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0025
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic
NearestCityTown: Dover
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident took place on July 27, 2009, at about 1630 hours.

The operator of vessel 1 was taking his sailboat out for a test run, as he had been having trouble with the main sail sticking when attempting to raise or lower it.  As he proceeded in the direction of the General Sullivan bridge, he attempted to raise the sail, which got stuck 75% of the way up.  As the operator tried to fix the sail, the vessel entered a swift current that pulled the boat closer to the bridge than the operator had ever intended to get.  He put the 15 HP motor into reverse, but it did not provide enough power to manuever away from the bridge.  As the vessel drifted under the bridge, the mast caught the side of the bridge and was pulled off the boat.  With the assistance of a nearby boater, the operator was able to bring vessel 1 to a nearby marina to be removed from the water.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0026
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnisquam
NearestCityTown: Sanbornton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The following incident occurred on August 5, 2009, at about 1115 hours. 

Vessel 1 was towing a skiier.  The skiier attempted to drop a ski but fell during the process.  When he was ready to make another attempt to ski, the operator began to accelerate.  At this time, the skiier's right leg kicked out, causing him to do a 'split'.  The injured party managed to pull himself back into the boat.  When they reached shore, EMS was called and the victim was transported to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with an internal muscle injury and discharged.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0027
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic
NearestCityTown: Hampton
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On August 1, 2009, at approximately 1500 hours, the operator of vessel 1 was riding his PWC on the Atlantic Ocean.  He hit a wave and when he landed, his knee struck the port side gunwale of the vessel.  He was able to flag down a NH Marine Patrol boat shortly after the incident.  He was assisted onboard the patrol boat and a Marine Patrol Officer called EMS to meet them at the dock.  When they arrived onshore, the injured party was taken to the local hospital, where he was diagnosed with a dislocated knee cap.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0028
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:13:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
On August 3, 2009, at approximately 2013 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was cruising in a westerly direction.  He made an error in his navigation and traveled on the incorrect side of two navigational markers, keeping them to his port side when they should have been on his starboard side.  As a result, the vessel struck some submerged rocks which caused damage to the outdrive of the boat.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0029
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Laconia
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
On August 14, 2009, at approximately 2130 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was maneuvering his boat under a draw bridge.  There was a considerable current as he passed under the bridge, and it was windy.  As a result of these weather factors, the vessel struck the bridge, causing damage to both the boat and the bridge.  The operator struck an electrical box which he claimed stuck out beyond the concrete abutments.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0030
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Wentworth
NearestCityTown: Wolfeboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on July 11, 2009, at approximately 1800 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was heading in an easterly direction toward the shoreline.  The operator of Vessel 2 was driving on Vessel 1's port side, also heading in an easterly direction, parallel to Vessel 1.  Vessel 1 then pulled ahead, leaving Vessel 2 behind.  Vessel 2 crossed over the wake left by Vessel 1, and continued to travel slightly behind Vessel 1, but now on the starboard side.  Vessel 1 then turned to the starboard side, placing it in the path of Vessel 2.  Vessel 2 struck the starboard side of Vessel 1, nearly amputating the right leg of the operator of Vessel 1.  All persons involved in the accident made it to shore, where EMS was called and the injured party was taken to a local hospital and later medflighted to U-Mass Medical Center.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0031
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Spofford Lake
NearestCityTown: Chesterfield
County: Cheshire
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following incident occurred on July 18, 2009 at approximately 1600 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was launching his boat, and was trying to remove the vessel from the trailer.  At the same time, the operator of Vessel 2 was attempting to pull his boat into shore so he could move his truck from the ramp.  At this time, Vessel 2 seemed to become stuck in forward, and the vessel ran into Vessel 1 on the port side stern.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0032
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Upper Suncook Lake
NearestCityTown: Barnstead
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On July 27, 2009, at approximately 1230 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was towing a skiier on Upper Suncook Lake.  The skiier went over the wake and fell face-first into the water.  He was picked up by the boat and complained of pain in his arm, which was bleeding.  The operator drove back to shore, but the injured party passed out on the way.  An occupant of the boat dialed 911 to have EMS meet them on shore.  By the time EMS arrived, the injured party had regained consciousness.  He was taken to a local hospital, where he received stitches for his arm laceration.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0033
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Highland Lake
NearestCityTown: Stoddard
County: Cheshire
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on August 15, 2009, at approximately 1045 hours.

The operators of Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 were driving the PWCs on Highland Lake.  Vessel 1 stalled, and the operator of Vessel 2 drove toward it to find out what happened.  The operator slowed down and forgot that he would be unable to steer the PWC at such a low speed.  He struck Vessel 1 and knocked the operator off of the craft.  The operator of Vessel 1 suffered a broken leg in the collision.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0034
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Sunapee
NearestCityTown: Newbury
County: Merrimack
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following is a description of a boating accident that occurred on August 8, 2009.

Vessel 1 was traveling in a northeasterly direction while towing a skier.  At the same time, the operator of Vessel 2 was attempting to cross the lake in his kayak, travling in a westerly direction.  The operator of Vessel 2 noticed Vessel 1 coming toward him.  He stopped paddling and began to shout and wave his paddle over his head in an attempt to get the attention of the operator of Vessel 1.  He realized that the vessel was continuing to come at him at approximately 24 miles per hour, and decided to leave his vessel.  He dove deeply beneath the surface of the water and was able to hear and feel Vessel 1 pass over him, although he was not struck by the vessel.  The operator of Vessel 1 was looking back and forth between the skiier he was towing and what was ahead of him and claimed that the glare of the sun prevented him from seeing the kayak in the water in front of him.  Vessel 1 struck Vessel 2 on the port side, breaking the kayak into two pieces and resulting in a complete loss of the vessel.  The skier of Vessel 1 was able to jump over the debris from Vessel 2 and then fell into the water.  Vessel 1 stopped and took bboth the skier and the operator of Vessel 2 aboard and all parties proceeded to shore, where authorities were called.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0035
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:03:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Bow Lake
NearestCityTown: Strafford
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident took place on July 19, 2009, at approximately 1603 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was traveling back to his camp, driving past Loon Island in the process.  He drove in between a red top buoy and the island.  He then hit a rock with the stern of the vessel, and the boat began to take on water.  He was able to hail someone from the island to pick himself and his passengers up and tow his boat to a nearby dock.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0036
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lower Suncook Lake
NearestCityTown: Barnstead
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The following is a description of a boating accident that occurred on August 18, 2009.

The operator of Vessel 1 was driving in an easterly direction while pulling her daughter on a tube.  They were crusing at approximately 15-18 miles per hour when the tuber came into contact with a rolling wake, which caused her to fall off of the tube.  She injured her knee upon impact with the water.  The operator of the vessel took the injured party to Lakes Region General Hospital, where she was examined and the injury was speculated to be a torn MCL.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0037
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:10:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Alton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident took place on July 14, 2009, at approximately 1110 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was driving in an easterly direction while towing a skiier at approximately 15 miles per hour.  The skiier was outside the wake when the tips of his skis dipped beneath the water's surface, causing him to fall.  He initially stated that he was okay, but then began to complain of lower back pain and neck pain.  The injured party was backboarded and transported by EMS to a local hospital, where it was determined that he seemed to have pulled a muscle.  He was given ibuprofen and sent back to his summer camp.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0038
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:41:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Newfound Lake
NearestCityTown: Bristol
County: Grafton
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on August 18, 2009, at approximately 1341 hours.

The occupants of Vessel 1 were all onboard when the operator stopped the vessel near the middle of the lake.  The operator decided to go for a swim off the stern of the unanchored vessel.  While he was swimming, the wind caused the vessel to drift away from him.  The operator began to tire and signaled for one of the occupants to bring the boat closer to him.  The occupant instead entered the water without a PFD to assist the operator.  Before long, both swimmers began to struggle.  Another occupant entered the water wearing a PFD and carrying an additional PFD.  One of the occupants who remained on the vessel started the boat and attempted to maneuver toward the three people in the water; however, the third swimmer yelled to stop the boat because the woman driving did not know how to operate the boat and the third swimmer feared that they would be run over.  The original operator (first swimmer) was able to return to the boat with the extra PFD along with the third swimmer.  The first swimmer drove the boat closer to the struggling victim, grabbed a line from the boat, and jumped back into the water to help the second swimmer, but he sank below the water before the first swimmer could reach him. 

A recovery effort was launched by NH Marine Patrol and NH Fish and Game, and the body was recovered two days after the accident in about 135 feet of water.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0039
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Gilford
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
On September 1, 2009, at approximately 1300 hours, the operator of vessel 1 was traveling in an easterly direction to sight-see near Governor's Island on Lake Winnipesaukee.  The operator traveled on the wrong side of two black-top navigational buoys and struck some submerged rocks, resulting in damage to the lower unit of the vessel, including the torpedo, skeg, and propeller.  The damage to the rented vessel is estimated to total about $2,408.00.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0040
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnisquam
NearestCityTown: Belmont
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: NA
EquipmentFailure: NA
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On September 6, 2009, at approximately 1730 hours, vessel 1 was headed in a northerly direction.  The operator began to turn to head in the opposite direction, and he noticed that the skiier he was towing began to drop.  He accelerated in order to keep his skiier up, at which point the skiier's leg kicked out, causing her to fall.  The occupants of the vessel retrieved the skiier and brought her to shore, where they were met by Belmont Fire Department, who transported the injured party to Lakes Region General Hospital.   The injured party was treated for a sprained left knee.  The next day she sought a second opinion and was diagnosed with a torn left hamstring.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0041
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on August 17, 2009, at approximately 1100 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was traveling on plane at approximately 20 miles per hour in a northeasterly direction.  A no-wake zone was to his left, and as he checked for traffic, he saw Vessel 2 just leaving the no-wake zone.  The operator of Vessel 1 then looked to his right to check for traffic in that direction.  As he looked back to the left, he saw Vessel 2 crossing just in front of the bow of his boat.  In an attempt to avoid a collision, the operator of Vessel 1 cut hard to his port side.  Vessel 1 clipped the stern of Vessel 2, causing damage to the engine, stern, and gel coat of Vessel 2.  There were no injuries, and Vessel 1 towed Vessel 2 to a nearby marina, where they called NH Marine Patrol.  After investigation, it is clear that the cause of the accident was the failure of the operator of Vessel 2 to yield  the right of way to Vessel 1.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0042
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Moultonborough
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On July 6, 2009, at approximately 1900 hours, Vessel 1 was towing a skiier, who fell at some point during the activity.  After a few days, the injured party was still feeling pain in his right ankle and knee, so he went to Lakes Region General Hospital.  X-rays revealed that there was no fracture, so the injured party was advised to rest the ankle and knee.  The nurse who saw the patient advised NH Marine Patrol and an officer contacted the injured person.  He was able to give the boat owner's information and the officer made several attempts to contact the owner of Vessel 1.  The owner stated he could not remember who was operating the boat at the time of the accident, and said he was not aware that the skiier had suffered any injury at all.  He did not understand the need to file a report regarding this accident and was not entirely cooperative throughout the process.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0043
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Gilford
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On August 4, 2009, at approximately 1600 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was about to start towing a skiier.  When the boat began to move forward and the tow rope tightened, the pull on the rope injured the skiier's right shoulder and back.  The injured party and the occupants of the boat all heard an audible pop.  The operator of the vessel picked up the injured party and drove back to shore, where an ambulance took the injured person to the local hospital.  He was diagnosed with a pulled tendon in his back and has made a full recovery.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0044
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnisquam
NearestCityTown: Sanbornton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On September 20, 2009, at approximately 1300 hours, Vessel 1 was towing a skiier in a straight line.  The skiier lost his balance and fell head-first into the water.  Once the vessel retrieved the injured party, he began to feel disoriented and was suffering from some memory loss.  The operator of the vessel returned to shore and one of the occupants of the boat drove the injured party to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a mild concussion.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0045
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:45:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Wolfeboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On August 14, 2009, at approximately 0945 hours, Vessel 1 was towing a skiier when the skiier caught the edge of the wake with her left ski.  This caused her leg to twist.  The skiier reboarded the vessel and was taken to the Wolfeboro town docks, where an ambulance was waiting to transport her to Huggins Hospital.  She was diagnosed with a strained hamstring.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:40:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Spofford Lake
NearestCityTown: Spofford
County: Cheshire
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
On July 5, 2009, at approximately 1440 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was driving in a easterly direction on Spofford Lake.  He came upon a black top navigational buoy but wasn't sure to which side of the buoy he should drive.  He drove on the south side of the buoy, where the water is shallow and there are submerged rocks.  The operator hit the rocks and disabled his boat, causing $3,764.00 worth of damage to the propeller and shaft.  There were no injuries and the disabled vessel was towed to the owner's dock by a Marine Patrol officer.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0048
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:31:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Alton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at approximately 1300 hours.  The operator of Vessel 1 was headed in a southerly direction at approximately 35 miles per hour when he hit the wake of another boat.  When he hit the wake, Vessel 1 seemed to break apart and immediately began to sink.  Another boater picked up the operator of vessel 1 and brought him to shore.  The subsequent inspection of the vessel revealed a large hole in the hull and a complete loss of the boat.  The vessel was removed by a local towing company.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0049
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:35:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Onway Lake
NearestCityTown: Raymond
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on June 29, 2009, at approximately 1243 hours.

The operator of vessel 1 was in reverse, backing toward a skiing tow rope that had fallen off the stern of the boat.  One of the occupants laid on her stomach to try to reach for the rope, and subsequently fell over the back of the boat.  As she fell, she hit her foot on the propeller.  The operator was able to pull the injured party back on board and drove to shore where EMS transported the injured party to Elliot Hospital.  She was diagnosed with a deep laceration, for which she received 22 stitches, and a cracked bone in her left foot.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0050
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnepocket
NearestCityTown: Webster
County: Merrimack
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: improper loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on April 18, 2009, at approximately 1500 hours.

The three occupants of Vessel 1 began fishing on the morning of April 18 around 1030 or 1100 hours from the operator's canoe.  Around 1500 hours, the cell phone of one of the occupants rang.  Apparently due to the sound, the person seated in the middle of the canoe stood up, causing the canoe to capsize.  The occupant who stood up ended up underneath the capsized vessel, while the two other occupants were outside the canoe and began swimming it toward shore.  After about 30 minutes, someone driving by noticed the two men in the water and launched his boat to assist them.  He brought the two men to shore but the third occupant (under the canoe) was not seen.  The two injured parties were taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.  The third occupant was later found in the water and was deceased, as determined by the autopsy, due to drowning as a result of hypothermia.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0051
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:54:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Sunapee
NearestCityTown: Sunapee
County: Sullivan
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on July 10, 2009, at approximately 1754 hours.

The operator of vessel 1 was traveling at about 17 miles per hour when he drove on the incorrect side of a navigational buoy and struck some submerged rocks.  The operator attempted to continue but the motor and outdrive would not respond. The vessel began taking on water and was assisted by a nearby boat until NH Marine Patrol arrived to tow the boat and assist the operator with its removal.  The outdrive suffered disabling damage, costs for which are estimated about about $10,369.00.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0052
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Piscataqua River
NearestCityTown: Portsmouth
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on September 3, 2009, at approximately 1300 hours. 

The operator of vessel 1 was headed in a Southeasterly direction on the Piscataqua River when a large vessel passed by.  It seems that the wake of this vessel may have caught the transom of vessel 1.  Somehow the operator of the vessel was thrown overboard and was submerged until his Type V PFD inflated and brought him to the surface.   The operator's t-shirt became entangled in the propeller and he suffered abrasions to his back.  At this time, the NH Marine Patrol arrived and detangled the injured party from the propeller and escorted him to shore, where the local fire department was waiting to transport to the hospital.  The injured party is epileptic and considers that he may have a seizure which could have caused his fall overboard.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0053
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on September 6, 2009 at approximately 1630 hours.

The operator of vessel 1 was traveling at approximately 25 miles per hour when he struck the wake from another boat.  A passenger sitting in the open bow on the port side was bounced into the air and landed in the boat, hitting his back on the edge of the fiberglass seat.  The operator drove back to his home and the injured party climbed out onto the dock and was unable to move any further.  An ambulance transported him to a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with three broken ribs,  a thoracic spine sprain, and contusions inside the chest cavity.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0054
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:25:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Moultonborough
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on July 19, 2009, at approximately 0025 hours.

The operator of vessel 1, after consuming alcohol, decided to take a passenger out on a PWC that was docked at the hotel owned by the operator's parents.  The operator did not have the owner's permission or any authorization to use the vessel.  After a short time, during which the vessel was operated without any running lights, the operator struck Vessel 2, which was moored nearby.  Both the operator and the passenger of Vessel 1 were ejected from the PWC.  Witnesses state that after the collision, they heard the injured female crying, but the operator and the injured party both reboarded the vessel and drove back to their original launching point.  The injured party refused treatment by EMS, but later that day went to the hospital, where it was determined that she suffered only bruising to her leg during the accident.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0055
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Horace Lake
NearestCityTown: Weare
County: Hillsborough
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on July 12, 2009, at approximately 1300 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was towing two tubers on Horace Lake when they hit a wake.  Both of the tubers were ejected and then were picked up by the boat and brought back to shore.  One female was suffering increasing pain as she was transported back to her home, so she was taken to the local hospital by her parents, where she was diagnosed with a fracture to her right hip.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0056
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:53:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Meredith
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on September 26, 2009, at approximately 1453 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was an inexperienced boat operator, attempting to dock the vessel. As he approached his slip, a southerly wind arose and caused Vessel 1 to first strike Vessel 2 and subsequently Vessel 3.  The operator of Vessel 1 then attempted to back away from the slip and ran aground in about 18" of water.  The majority of the damage was suffered by Vessel 1.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0057
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Sunapee
NearestCityTown: Sunapee
County: Sullivan
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on August 15, 2009, at approximately 1200 hours.

Vessel 1 was headed to the starting line of a regatta that was taking place at the Lake Sunapee Yacht Club.  Vessel 1 was traveling in a northeasterly direction, full sail, at approximately 5-7 miles per hour.  Vessel 2 is owned by the Yacht Club and was setting out racing markers, traveling 10-15 miles per hour in a northerly direction.  Due to the markers that were contained within Vessel 2, neither the operator nor the occupant of Vessel 2 saw Vessel 1.  The occupants of Vessel 1 saw Vessel 2 and tried to yield, but at this time Vessel 2 sped up, still unaware of Vessel 1, and struck the bow of Vessel 1 with the bow of Vessel 2.  The force of the impact was such that it caused Vessel 2 to spin around and hit the starboard side of Vessel 1, resulting in approximately $9,070.00 worth of damage to Vessel 1.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0058
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:40:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Sagamore Creek
NearestCityTown: Portsmouth
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occurred on September 5, 2009, at approximately 1510 hours.

The operator of Vessel 2 was driving his neighbor's PWC in a westerly direction at approximately 10 miles per hour.  He let off the throttle in an attempt to slow down as he approached Vessel 1, which was docked at the time, but was unable to slow down quickly enough.  Vessel 2 struck the engine of Vessel 1, tearing it off from the brackets and resulting in approximately $14, 613.00 worth of damage.  There were no injuries, and Vessel 1 was towed by Portsmouth Tow to a local marina.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0059
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Piscataqua River
NearestCityTown: Newington
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following boating accident occured on September 8, 2009, at approximately 2130 hours. 

Vessel 1 was headed inbound in a westerly direction on the Piscataqua River, when the operator had his girlfriend take control of the vessel.  She was an inexperienced boater but he had been showing her how to operate the vessel.  The prior operator went to close the door to the bathroom of the vessel.  He was only gone for a few moments, but when he came back out of the cabin, he noticed a cement pillar directly in the path of the vessel.  He turned hard to the port side to avoid a collision with the pillar, but then hit second pillar with the port side of the vessel.  The operator of the vessel was thrown to the floor and sustained lacerations to her face.  The occupant at the rear of the vessel sustained a broken rib, vertebrae, and punctured lung.  The original operator of the boat was aware of the injuries on board and that the vessel was taking on water, so he drove full-throttle to shore where they docked the boat and he drove the two injured parties to the local hospital.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0060
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Cocheco River
NearestCityTown: Dover
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
The following incident occurred on September 20, 2009 at approximately 1420 hours.

Vessel 1 was cruising on the Piscataqua River when the engine hatch suddenly blew off in an explosive manner and the engine stalled.  The force of the explosion knocked one of the occupants into the engine compartment, causing him to sustain first and second degree burns.  The operator pulled the injured party out of the engine compartment and then attempted to put out the fire using a fire extinguisher.  It appeared that the fire was out, but then it flared up again.  The operator used a second extinguisher to try to subdue the flames, but was unsuccessful.  He had the occupants board another vessel that had approached Vessel 1, dropped anchor himself, and then swam to the other vessel.  The fire aboard vessel 1 resulted in a complete loss of vessel, as it burned completely down to the water line.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:34:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Baboosic Lake
NearestCityTown: Amherst
County: Hillsborough
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
On August 15, 2009, at approximately 0934 hours, the operator of Vessel 1 was driving a water skiier through a slalom course at appoximately 30 miles per hour.  As the skiier crossed the wake of the boat, he fell and his ski hit him in the back of the head, rendering him unconscious.  The operator brought the boat around and pulled the injured party on board and drove to shore, where he began to administer CPR.  Some family members of the injured person witnessed the accident and returned to shore as well and relieved the operator and began performing CPR until EMS arrived.  As EMS began to cut off the injured party's PFD, he regained consciousness although he was in a state of confusion.  He was transported to the hospital where he received stitches to the laceration on the pack of his head.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0062
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:18:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Alton
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on October 6, 2009, at approximately 2018 hours. 

Vessel 1 was traveling in a southerly direction when it passed inside of a navigational buoy at Treasure Island.  Upon grounding on the rocks at approximately 10-15 miles per hour, the two injured parties were thrown forward, at which point both sustained injuries.  All occupants of the boat indicated that they had spent the afternoon drinking alcoholic beverages at a local bar. Upon leaving, they became lost and were trying to find their way back to the marina when the accident occurred.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0063
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:03:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Wolfeboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on October 14, 2009, at approximately 1203 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was attempting to turn the vessel around at the docks in order to winterize.  The operator was utilizing only one engine, which lost power during operation.  While out of power, Vessel 1 drifted into Vessel 2, which was docked at an adjacent dock.  The damage to Vessel 1 was not apparent at first, but it was later determined that there was damage to the shaft and stern drive, totaling $7,658.00.  Vessel 2 sustained scratches and chips in the gel coat, and the impact also popped the deck of of the rail for a length of about eight feet.  The cost of these repairs amounted to $5,311.00.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0064
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:15:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Laconia
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on September 27, 2009, at approximately 0015 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 misjudged his location on the lake and ended up in a shallow area.  The wind then blew the vessel onto some nearby rocks.  Fearing more damage to his boat, the operator cut the power and called for a tow.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0065
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:24:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Wolfeboro
County: Carroll
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on August 14, 2009, at approximately 1424 hours. 

The operator of vessel 1 was attempting to dock the boat when the shifting cabe snapped, preventing him from putting the boat into neutral.  He turned off the engine and attempted to stop the boat by grabbing the dock, but was unable to prevent his boat from hitting Vessel 2 and the dock.  The swim platform of Vessel 2 was crushed and two posts of the Wolfeboro Town Docks were damaged in the collision.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0066
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-12-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:17:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Oyster River
NearestCityTown: Durham
County: Strafford
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on December 29, 2009, at approximately 1517 hours.

The occupants of Vessel 1 were canoeing toward a duckblind when the wind and chop overcame the vessel.  The vessel capsized and all three occupants swam to shore.  Two of the occupants were taken to the local hospital to be treated for hypothermia, and one of the injured parties also sustained a dislocated finger.


BARDID: 2009-NH-0067
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Winnipesaukee
NearestCityTown: Laconia
County: Belknap
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: Dock Post #55
RedactedNarrative:
The following accident occurred on August 22, 2009 at 1830 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was approaching the docks at Lakeport Landing Marina.  He was instructed by the manager to back into the slip.  The operator was inexperienced and struck Vessel 2 and Vessel 3 as he attempted to back in.  He then struck a dock post and finally struck Vessel 4 before a bystander boarded Vessel 1 and docked the Vessel for the operator.


BARDID: 2009-NH-1000
Date: 2009-05-15 00:00:00
State: NH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Hampton Harbor
NearestCityTown: Hampton
County: Rockingham
WaterConditions: choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
report from news media : 05-15-09 HAMPTON, NH Five people plucked from ocean after small boat capsizes off Hampton <http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_135214555.html>  Newburyport Daily News (05-16-09) Five people were left treading water ½ mi. offshore before being rescued by a party boat captain. In choppy seas at the mouth of Hampton Harbor, the 5 people were in an 18-ft. aluminum boat when it capsized. The ocean temperature is still in the 40s. An Eastman's Dock party boat, with passengers on board, was returning from a day of fishing when it came upon the victims in the water. The crew pulled them to safety. A bridge attendant alerted public safety officials, and Hampton and Seabrook FDs responded to Eastman's Docks in Seabrook to treat the victims. No one was seriously injured. "We got a call from the bridge attendant who said party boat was picking up the 5 people from a small boat overturned at the mouth of the river," Lt.  of Hampton FD said. "All 5 were taken to the pier where they were evaluated by Hampton and Seabrook Fire and Rescue personnel." Two people were transported to Exeter Hosp. by Seabrook ambulance with minor hypothermic symptoms. The 3 others showed no injuries and did not wish to be transported. One person suffered a minor laceration to their leg. It is unknown where the boaters were from. subject was unsure if the five people were wearing life jackets. http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_135214555.html <http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_135214555.html>


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0001
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:31:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: OCEAN TOWNSHIP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: improper anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
PropertyDamageDescription: NONE
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS ANCHORED AND THE OPERATOR STARTED THE ENGINES AND PLACED THEM IN GEAR WHILE HE TRIED TO PULL THE ANCHOR.  THE OPERATOR FELL
OVER BOARD IN THE ROUGH SEAS AND THE BOAT DRAGED ANCHOR MOVING AWAY FROM THE OPERATOR. THE VESSEL RAN AGROUND AND WAS REPORTED.
A SEARCH LOCATED OPERATORS BODY AT 1816 HOURS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0002
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:11:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE HOPATCONG
NearestCityTown: HOPATCONG BORO
County: SUSSEX
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE STATE PARK.  THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT WHENEVER SHE SLOWED DOWN THE ENGINE WOULD STALL.
THE THIRD TIME IT OCCURED, WHEN SHE PULLED THE STARTER CORD,  SHE SAW FLAMES ON THE OUTBOARD ENGINE.
HER PASSENGER THEN DISCONECTED THE FUEL LINE AND THEY PADDELED TO SHORE WHERE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS USED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0003
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:17:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: TUCKERTON CREEK
NearestCityTown: TUCKERTON BORO
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS BEING TEST RUN FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT DAY. AS THE OPERATOT RETURNED THE VESSEL TO THE MARINA, HE HEARD A POP 
AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE SUPPRESION SYSTEM WORKED, BUT DID NOT FULLY EXTINGUISE THE FIRE.
FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE VESSEL BACKFIRED.  FLAMEARRESTERS WERE LOCATED IN THE 
DEBRIS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0004
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:24:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ABSECON CREEK
NearestCityTown: ABSECON
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS UNDERWAY WHEN ONE OF THE ENGINES STALLED.  WHEN THE OPERATOR TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE HE HEARD A POP AND SAW FLAMES
COMING FROM THE ENGINE.  HE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0005
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:10:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: HEREFORD INLET
NearestCityTown: NORTH WILDWOOD
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS OPERATING IN HEREFORD INLET.  THE SEA CONDITION WAS ROUGH AND HE WAS JUMPING WAVES. WHEN  HIS PWC
LANDED ON ITS LEFT SIDE THE OPERATORS LEG WAS BROKEN BELOW THE KNEE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0006
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:44:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ABSECON INLET
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: NONE
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS ENTERING ABSECON INLET AND THE OPERATOR WAS CHANGING DIRECTION AND HE REALIZED THAT 
THE STEERING HAD FAILED. HE REVERSED ENGINES IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING THE VESSEL TO A HAULT,  BUT IT
STRUCK THE STEEL JETTY.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0007
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:21:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: NONE
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 REACHED FOR A SEAT CUSHION THAT WAS ABOUT TO BLOW OVER THE SIDE.  AS HE DID SO,  HE LOST CONTROL OF
VESSEL #1 WHICH MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND THREW HIM OVERBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0008
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:44:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: FORKED RIVER
NearestCityTown: LACEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE LIFT SLIP AND HAD THE THROTTLES UP WHILE SHIFTING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND LOST CONTROL. 
HE STRUCK SOME PILINGS AND THEN BACKED INTO VESSEL #2 WHICH WAS IN IT'S BERTH. tHE FORCE OF THE IMPACT FORCED VESSEL #2 TO STRIKE
THE BULKHEAD WITH IT'S SWIM PLATFORM.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0011
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BRICK
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS OPERATING AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS IN BARNEGAT BAY IN THE FOG.  THE OPERATOR TURNED TO STARBOARD AND THE VESSEL LISTED TO STARBOARD 
AND THEN ROLLED OVER.  a MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VESSEL AFTER IT WAS PULLED SAW NO MECHANICLA REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0012
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:51:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ABSECON INLET
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS APPROACHING THE BRIGANTINE BRIDGE ON A STARBORD TAC WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED  THE VESSELTO VEER TO PORT AND STRIKE THE ICE BREAKER 
OF THE BRIDGE.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0013
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: OCEAN TOWNSHIP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # WAS HEADING EAST IN OYSTER CREEK CHANNEL. THIS IS A NARROW CHANNEL THROUGH SHALLOW WATER.  THE OPERATORS VISSION WAS IMPAIRED 
BY SUN GLARE AND HE FAILED TO TO REMAIN IN THE CHANNEL. tHE VESSEL RAN AGROUND AND HIS PASSANGER WAS THROWN INTO THE BULKHEAD,
INJURING HIS RIBS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0014
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:17:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE EGG HARBOR
NearestCityTown: LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Throttle
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: PILING IN MARINA PUSHED OVER
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR #1 HAD JUST LAUNCHED VESSEL #1 AND WAS TRYING TO PUT IT IN A SLIP.  HE STATED THAT THE THROTTLE STUCK AND THE VESSEL 
STRUCK A PILING AND VESSEL #2


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0016
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: LOWER TOWNSHIP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS OUTBOUND IN THE ICW APPROACHING THE LOWER THORO BRIDGE AT ABOUT 5 KNOTS.  THE OPERATOR NOTED A LARGE WAKE AND ADDED THROTTLE 
TO GET OVER THE WAKE.  tHE VESSELS' BOW ROSEUP AND WHEN IT DROPPED INTO THE TRAUGH THE PASSENGE SITTING ON THE BOW BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN LANDED ON THE DECK INJURING HER TAILBONE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0017
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:48:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREAT EGG HARBOR BAY
NearestCityTown: UPPER TOWNSHIP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST AT IDLE SPEED WHEN THE COVER BLEW OFF AND THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.  THE OPERATOR EXTINGUISED THE
FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0018
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MIDDLE THROFARE
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS HEADING SOUTH TO SEA ISLE CITY, WHEN HE OBSERVED A VESSEL IN THE CHANNEL. tHE OPERATOR SLOWED DOWN.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2
SAW VESSEL # 1 APPROACHING AND PLACED HIS  VESSEL IN REVERSE TO GIVE VESSEL #1 . THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 TRIED TO GO ARROUND VESSEL #2.

VESSEL #2 WAS STRUCK ON THE STARBOARD SIDE WHEN THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AND THE VESSELS COLLIDED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0019
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:49:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ABSECON INLET
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: improper anchoring
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS DRIFTING AS THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER DRIFTED FOR FLUKE.  WHEN THE OPERATOR TRIED TO START THE VESSEL HE HAD TROUBLE
WITH THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START.  HE TRIED TO ANCHOR BUT IT WOULD NOT HOLD AGIANST THE STRONG CURRENT AND STRONG 
WINDS.  THE OPERATOR CALLED FOR HELP AND HE AND THE PASSENGER JUMPED OFF BEFORE THE VESSEL COLLIDED WITH THE PILING.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0020
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:40:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: LOWER TOWNSHIP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS DRIFT FISHING. tHE OPERATOR DECIDED TO PLACE THE VESSEL IN REVERSE.  ANOTHER VESSEL PASSED BY AND THE OPERATOR BACKED INTO
THE RESULTING WAKE FLOODING AND CAPSIZEING VESSEL #1 .  ALL PERSONS WERE PULLED FROM THE WATER BY A PASING BOATER.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0022
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:01:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BAREMORE QUAYERS
NearestCityTown: BRIGANTINE
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS BEING OPERATED BY AN INEXPERIENCED OPERATOR.  HE WAS WAVED OVER BY SOME PEOPLE AT THE MARINA,  AS HE
APPROACHED THE DOCK WITH WAVE RUNNERS ON IT, HE HIT THE THROTTLE INSTEAD OF THE KILL SWITCH.  HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN AWAY
FROM THE DOCK BUT STRUCK IT AND FOUR PWCS THAT WERE THERE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0023
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE PANAMA
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS HEADING SOUTH IN LITTLE PANAMA, WHEN THE OPERATOR STEERED THE VESSEL INTO SHALLOW WATER AND RAN AGROUND.
THE VESSELS OUT DRIVE AND ENGINE WERE DAMAGED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0024
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SILVER BAY
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED IN CIRCLES AT A HIGH SPEED. THE OPERATOR WAS JUMPING HIS OWN WAKE WHEN HIS HEAD IMPACTED THE HANDLE
BAR. HE THEN FELL OVERBOARD AND WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0025
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:38:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: NAVIGATION LIGHT AND POLE BENT AND DAMAGED
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 HAD REQUESTED AN OPENING OF THE TUNNEY BRIDGE.  WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS OPEN HE PROCEEDED THRUOGH AS HE HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE.
tHIS TIME HIS MAST STRUCK THE BRIDGE NAVIGATION LIGHT WHICH HANGS DOWN BELOW THE BRIDGE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0026
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE HOPATCONG
NearestCityTown: JEFFERSON TWP
County: MORRIS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR # 1 HAD LAUNCHED HIS VESSEL AND TRIED TO MANEUVER AWAY FROM THE DOCK. HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SHARP TURN AND APPLIED TO MUCH THROTTLE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO STRIKE TWO BOATS IN A MARINA NEAR THE RAMP.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0027
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHREWSBURY RIVER
NearestCityTown: MIDDLETOWN
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
tHE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE FISHING WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED.  HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED.  THE STRONG WINDS 
PUSHED THE VESSEL TOWARD THE SHORE AND THE OPERATOR FAILED TO ANCHOR, WHICH MAY HAVE PREVENTED THE VESSEL FROM GOING AGROUND.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0028
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE RIVER
NearestCityTown: FLORENCE
County: BURLINGTON
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 WAS WAITING FOR THE MUNICIPAL RAMP TO CLEAR WHEN HE OPSERVED VESSEL #2 APPROACHING.  HE
DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A RISK OF COLLISION.  DO TO HIS PROXIMITY TO THE MUNICIPAL DOCK, HE TURNED LEFT INTO VESSEL
#2S' PATH.  tHE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 HAD PLACED HI BOAT TOO CLOSE TO  SHORE AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE OR
TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT A COLLISION


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0029
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:02:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: UNION LAKE
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ANCHORED WHENWATER STARTED COMING IN OVER THE BOW.  THE ANCHOR WAS PULLED AND MORE WATER FLOODED 
THE BOAT CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE. THE OPERATOR AND PASSANGER GOT PFDS FROM THE BOAT AND GOT THEM ON. THEY WERE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER
BOATER AFTER ABOUT 10 MINS. IN THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0030
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: WOODBURY CREEK
NearestCityTown: NATIONAL PARK
County: GLOUCHESTER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: SEVERAL PLANKS AND TWO CLEATS DAMAGED
RedactedNarrative:
WITNESS OBSERVED A WHITE BAYLINER LEAVE CATTAILS BAR AND GRILL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND STRUCK A DOCKED VESSEL 
AT THE NATIONAL PARK BOAT CLUB.  THE VESSEL THEN CONTINUED DOWN WOODBURY CREEK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0031
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:37:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE RIVER
NearestCityTown: FIELDSBORO
County: BURLINGTON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING IN THE DELAWARE CHANNEL AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS WHEN THE TRANSOME AND ENGINE FELL OFF.  THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER
MANAGED TO SET THE ANCHOR BEFORE THE VESSEL CAPSIZED. A PASSING VESSEL PICKED THEM UP PRIOR TO THE CAPSIZING.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0032
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:20:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAVESINK RIVER
NearestCityTown: MIDDLETOWN
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS WEST OF THE OCEANIC BRIDGE HEADING WEST AT ABOUT 35 KNOTS.  THE VESSEL WENT OVER A WAKE AND THE PASSENGER FELL OFF.
WHEN THE OPERATOR WENT TO RECOVER HER, HE NOTED THAT SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE SO HE HELD ONTO HER UNTIL HELP ARRIVED.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0033
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE BAY
NearestCityTown: DOWNE TWP
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS DRIFTING AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE FISHING.  A FISHING LINE GOT TANGLED IN THE PROPELLER AND THE OPERATOR
DECIDED TO LOWER THE MOVABLE PORTION OF THE TRANSOME. THEN THE ENGINE WAS RAISED AND THEY TRIED TO REMOVE THE LINE.
THE WATER BEGAN TO COME OVER THE STERN AND IT COULDN'T DRAIN FAST ENOUGH AND THE PUMP WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP
THEY ALL PUT ON PFDS AND THEN THE VESSEL CAPSIZED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0034
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE BAY
NearestCityTown: DOWNE TWP
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
AccidentCause2: sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: Seats
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS TRAVELING AT 20 KNOTS, WHEN THE OPERATORS SEAT  BROKE. THE OPERATOR FELL LOSING HIS GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL.  THE BOAT TOOK
A SHARP RIGHT TURN , SENDING VICTIM INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT CAUSING HIS INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0035
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SILVER BAY
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TOWING TWO PERSONS ON AN INNERTUBE.  THE TUBE WENT OVER A WAKE AND THE PERSONS BUMPED HEADS RESULTING
IN INJURIES TO VICTIM #1.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0036
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:18:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: WEST POINT ISLAND HARBOR
NearestCityTown: LAVALLETTE
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #2  WAS HEADED SOUTH IN WEST POINT ISLAND HARBOR, WHEN IT STRUCK THE RAISED OUTBOARD ENGINE OF VESSEL #1.
VESSEL # 1 WAS MOORED AT THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0037
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MANAHAWKIN BAY
NearestCityTown: STAFFORD TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS HEADING SOUTH EAST AND WAS USING HIS SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE THE BOW LIGHTS WERE OUT. VESSEL #2 WAS HEADING SOUTH WEST AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS.
VESSEL # 2 WAS THE GIVEWAY VESSEL IN A CROSSING SITUATION. BOTH OPERATORS FAILED TO SEE THE OTHER VESSEL UNTILL IT WAS TOO LATE.
VESSEL #1 COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #2 DOING SOME DAMAGE TO BOTH BOATS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0038
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BRICK
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 HAD BEEN BEACHED IN F-LAGOON AND ALL PARTIES HAD GOTTEN OFF.  WHEN THE PASSANGERS REBOARDED, THEY DID SO AT THE STERN.
THIS CAUSED THE STERN TO DIP AND ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER OVER THE STERN.  THE PASSANGERS WERE ORDERED OUT BUT THE VESSEL HAD TAKEN ON TO
MUCH WATER AND THE STERN SANK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0039
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:25:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BRICK TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Failure to vent
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Fire/Explosion (Non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1, A MECHANIC, ADDED 5 GALLONS OF FUEL TO EACH TANK.  HE THEN STARTED THE VESSEL AND RAN THE ENGINGE FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. .
HE NOTED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAGES WERE A READING A LITTLE HIGH. hE SHUT DOWN AND CHECKED THE EXPANSION TANKS, ADDING TO THE STARBOARD TANK.
WHEN HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE HE HEARD A POP AND THEN SAW FLAMES. HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A HOSE.
THE FIRE SPREAD TO VESSELS  #2 AND  #3 CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ANT THE HEAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO VESSEL #4.
CAUSE OF FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0040
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT
NearestCityTown: HARVEY CEDARS
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS STOPPED, DRIFTING WHILE RECOVERING PERSONS FROM THE TUBE HE HAD BEEN PULLING.  THE OPERATOR OBSERVED VESSEL #2 APPROACHING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HEADING RIGHT AT VESSEL #1.  HE WAVED HIS ARMS AND YELLED TO TRY AND GET ATTENTION OF OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2.  ALL PERSONS THEN DUCKED DOWN ON VESSEL #1 AS VESSEL #2 STRUCK HEAD ON AND TRAVELED COMPLEETLY OVER VESSEL #1.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 2 WAS ISSUED SEVERAL SUMMONES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0041
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:19:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MANAHAWKIN BAY
NearestCityTown: STAFFORD TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS APPROACHING THE DOCK. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 ACCIDENTLY HIT THE THROTTLE INSTEAD OF REVERSE AND THE VESSEL 
STRUCK THE NEIGHBORS DOCK.  THE INJURED PARTY REPORTED PAIN IN THE RIB AREA AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0042
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: SEASIDE PARK
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STARTED HIS VESSEL AND THEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE. HE  USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
HE RECEIVED MINOR BURNS TO CHEST AREA.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0043
Date: 2009-07-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BERKELEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS TOWING SEVEN SMALL SAIL BOATS,  WHEN THE OPERATOR OBSERVED A VESSEL APPROACHING  FROM HIS RIGHT AND HEADING FOR 
A COLLISION WITH HIS TOWS.  HE ATTEMPTED TO WARN THE OPTHER OPERATOR, BUT VESSEL #2 CROSSED BETWEEN TOWS #6 AND #7, STRIKING #7.
VESSEL #2 CONTINUED ON WITH OUT STOPPING .


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0044
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:50:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREAT CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: MIDDLE TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 IS A RENTAL VESSEL. AFTER TAKING THE RENTAL ZONE SAFETY COURSE, THE OPERATOR WAS ALLOWED TO OPERATE IT IN THE RENTAL AREA UNDER SUPERVISION.
AS VESSEL #1 WAS FOLLOWING THE SUPERVISOR BACK TO ISLAND WATER SPORTS, IT ENCOUNTERED A WAKE.  THE WAKE CAUSED THE VESSEL TO LEAN AND THE 
OPERATOR LEANED OVER CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE. THE OPERATORS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN THE FOOT WELL AND THE LEG WAS BROKEN ABOVE THE ANKEL.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0045
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:22:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: RICHARDSON SOUND
NearestCityTown: MIDDLE TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 HAD BEEN RENTED TO A COUPLE, NEITHER OF WHOM WERE SWIMERS.  AS THE RENTAL PERIOD WAS FINISHING, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS WAITING FOR
THE OTHER RENTERS TO GATHER FOR THE TRIP BACK TO THE DOCK. A WAKE FROM A PASSING VESSEL STRUCK VESSEL #1 CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS TO FALL INTO THE WATER.
BOTH THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER PANICED AND BEGAN STRUGGLING.  THEY BEGAN TO STRUGGLE AGIANST EACH OTHER, AND THE OPERATOR BECAME
UNRESPONSIVE AND HAD DIFICULTY BREATHING.  HE WAS STABALIZED BY PARAMEDICS, TRANSPORTED AND ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NEAR DROWNING.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:44:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: JARVIS SOUND
NearestCityTown: LOWER TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1 AND #2 ARE RENTALS.  THE  VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN THE RENTAL ZONE. VESSEL #2 WAS AT REST.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 DID NOT SEE VESSEL #2 UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE AND VESSEL #1 STRUCK THE PORTSIDE OF VESSEL #2.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0047
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:22:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1, A RENTAL WITH TWO POB, WAS BEING OPERATED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN VESSEL 
#1 WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE WAVE WHICH CAUSED BOTH PERSONS TO FALL OFF. THE PASSANGER STRUCK THE VESSEL AND BRUISED HIS GROIN AS A RESULT.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0048
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:22:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE RENTAL ZONE SUPERVISOR.  HE WAS HEADING TO SHORE WHEN HE WENT OVER A LARGE WAVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
THE WAVE FLIPPED THE VESSEL OVER BACKWARDS AND THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN OFF AND STRUCK HIS KNEE  ON THE SEA FLOOR.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0049
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 03:05:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LITTLE EGG HARBOR TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Weather
AccidentCause3: equipment failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: Auxiliary
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS SOUTH BOUND AT NIGHT.  THE OPERATOR WAS INEXPERIENCED, AND FAILED TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS GETTING CLOSE INSHORE AND RAN AGROUND
ON A SANDBAR 1 MILE OFF ABSECON INLET.  THE VESSELS DEPTH SOUNDER AND AUTO PILOT WERE NOT OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0050
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:13:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LONGPORT
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS PARTICIPATING IN A RACE.  a GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE AND THE MAST SNAPPED.
ALL THREE POB WERE RESCUED UNINJURED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0051
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:44:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: RAINBOW CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS FOLLOWING VESSEL #2.  THE VESSELS WERE OPERATING IN A RENTAL ZONE.  THE RENTAL ZONE IS MARKED BY BOUYS.
 THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 TURNED TO GO AROUND THE BOUY. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 MANEUVERED HIS VESSEL
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPRAY VESSEL #1.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 REALIZED THAT A COLLISION WAS IMMNENT  BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0052
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:13:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LONGPORT
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS ENGAGED IN A RACE,  WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.  THE MAST WAS SNAPPED AT THE BASE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0053
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: HEREFORD INLET
NearestCityTown: NORTH WILDWOOD
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATORS OF VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.  THE VESSELS WERE HEADED INTO THE INLET WHEN THEY TRIED TO JUMP A WAKE AND THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL# 1 TURNED RIGHT AND STRUCK VESSEL #2


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0054
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:46:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Person pinched between vessels
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 IS A NJSP PATROL VESSEL.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STOPPED VESSEL #2 FOR A VIOLATION.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO READ THE HULL ID NUMBER, THE WAKE FROM A PASSING 
VESSEL CAUSED THE VESSELS TO COME TOGETHER AND HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE VESSELS CAUSING THE INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0055
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:50:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: CORSONS INLET
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED INCORSON'S INLET.  THE VESSEL WAS EAST BOUNDAND THE OPERATOR CHOSE TO JUMP A WAVE.  WHEN THE VESSEL BECAME AIRBORNE,
THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AND THE VESSEL PLUNGED BOW FIRST INTO THE A  WAVE.  THE OPERATOR STRUCK THE HANDELBARS WITH HIS FACE AND THEN FELL OVERBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0056
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: HUDSON RIVER
NearestCityTown: FORT LEE
County: BERGEN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #2 WAS TOWED INTO THE RAMP WITH IT'S OUTDRIVE UP AND SECURED TO THE END OF THE DOCK.  VESSEL #1 WAS ALREADY AT THE DOCK.
THE OWNER OF VESSEL #1 MOVED HIS VESSEL CLOSER TO VESSEL #2 AND SECURED IT TO THE DOCK. THE TWO VESSELS THEN COLLIDED CAUSING DAMAGE TO VESSEL #1.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0057
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:50:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: HUDSON RIVER
NearestCityTown: FORT LEE
County: BERGEN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE HEADING NORTH IN THE HUDSON RIVER, WITH VESSEL #2 FOLLOWING DIRECTLY BEHIND VESSEL #1.  VESSEL # 2 JUMPED A WAVE AND THE OPERATOR FAILED TO OBSERVE VESSEL #1 STOP. VESSEL #2 STRUCK VESSEL #1 IN THE STERN AND THE VESSEL ALSO STRUCK OPERATOR #1 CAUSING SEVERE
INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0058
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 05:38:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE RIVER
NearestCityTown: BURLINGTON CITY
County: BURLINGTON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS HAD SPENT THE NIGHT ON BOARD VESSEL #1 IN TULLY TOWN COVE.  THEY DEPARTED THE COVE HEADING NORTH IN THE
DELAWARE RIVER AT ABOUT 30 KNOTS.  VESSEL #1 STRUCK SOME PILINGS BY AN ABANDONED PIER CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SINK.  THE OPERATOR AND ONE PASSENGER 
FLED FROM BURLINGTON PD.  LATER THE OPERATOR CAME TO THE STATION TO BE INTERVIEWED. HE ADMITTED TO CONSUMING ALCOHOL.  DUE TO THE TIME
THAT ELASPED, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE BAC.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0059
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:20:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE BAY
NearestCityTown: FAIRFIELD TWP
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Poor vessel maintenance
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS PROCEEDING UNDER POWER, WHEN THE OWNER NOTED THAT IT WAS BECOMING SLUGISH AND WHEN HE CHECKED THE BILDGE,
HE OBSERVED THAT WATER WAS COMING IN AND THE BILDGE PUMP COULDN'T KEEP UP. THE VESSEL SETTLED UNTIL THE KEEL STRUCK BOTTOM.
THE COAST GUARD AND SEA TOW DEWATERED THE VESSEL. THE STUFFING BOX WAS LEAKING AND THIS WAS REPAIRED BY SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0060
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:05:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: COHANSEY RIVER
NearestCityTown: GREENWICH
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator inexperience
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ENGAGED IN CRABING.  ALL THREE PERSONS MOVED TO ONE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND THE VESSEL LISTED ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER, FLOOD AND
CAPSIZE THE VESSEL.  THE PASSENGERS WERE 78 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS.  THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL CENTER TO
BE EXAMINED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREAT EGG INLET
NearestCityTown: LONGPORT
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS EAST OFGREAT EGG INLET AND ATTEMPTING TO ENTER SAME.  THE VESSEL WAS ON A WESTERLY COURSE AND RAN AGROUND ON A SAND BAR.
THE VESSEL FLOATED FREE BUT THE RUDDER WAS DAMADGED AND VESSEL #1 HAD TO BE TOWED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0062
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BEACH CREEK
NearestCityTown: NORTH WILDWOOD
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 IS A RENTAL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS COMPLETEING A LAP OF THE RENTAL ZONE WHEN HE SLOWED DOWN AND TURNED LEFT.
VESSEL #2 , A NON RENTAL, WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 2 KNOTS IN THE RENTAL ZONE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 FAILED TO SEE VESSEL #2 IN TIME
TO AVOID A COLLISION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0063
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:52:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MAIN CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: UPPER TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #2 WAS ENGAGED IN WATER SKIING.  VESSEL #2 HAD STOPPED TO PICK UP SKIER, AND ALL PARTIES WERE IN THE BOAT.  INJURED WAS HOLDING THE SKI
LINE WHEN AN UNKNOWN VESSEL WENT PAST VESSEL #2 CATCHING THE TOW LINE AND PULLING IT TAUGHT.  THE LINE SNAPPED AROUND VICTIMS FINGER, SEVERING
THE END OF THE PINKY FINGER.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0064
Date: 2009-08-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:51:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BEACH THOROFARE
NearestCityTown: VENTNOR
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED IN THE SKI BEACH AREA.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, WHEN THE OPERATOR MADE A SHARP 
TURN,  EJECTING THE PASSENGER AND THE OPERATOR.  THE PASSENGER GOT HIS LEG ENTANGLED IN A LINE ATTACHED TO THE VESSEL, AND INJURED HIS LEG.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0065
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MULLICA RIVER
NearestCityTown: PORT REPUBLIC
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE MULLICA RIVER. THE OPERATOR STEERED THE VESSEL AROUND A BEND AND WENT OVER A WAKE, CAUSED BY A VESSEL HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES TO HER HEAD AND NECK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0066
Date: 2009-08-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SCHELLENGER CREEK
NearestCityTown: UPPER TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #2 WAS DEPARTING THE FUEL DOCK. HE WAS HURRIED AWAY FROM THE DOCK BEFORE HE WAS READY. HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR VESSEL #1
WHICH WAS MOORED BEHIND VESSEL #2.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0067
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:43:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE HEADING NORTHBOUND IN ICW AT ABOUT 40 KNOTS. VESSEL #1 WAS AHEAD OF VESSEL #2 AND TURNED INFRONT OF VESSEL
#2. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 COULD NOT AVOID THE COLLISION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0068
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:12:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MANAHAWKIN BAY
NearestCityTown: STAFFORD TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO START VESSEL #1. THE VESSEL HAD BEEN SERVICED DAYS BEFORE BUT WAS STIL HARD STARTING.  THE OWNER HAD NOTED AN
ODER OF GASOLINE EARLIER, HE TURNED OFF THE FUEL BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND WHERE THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM.  
LATER THE OPERATOR TRIED TO START IT AND TURNED ON THE FUEL. WHEN HE TRIED TO START IT IT BLEW AND CAUGHT FIRE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0069
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:49:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: KETTLE CREEK
NearestCityTown: BRICK
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: NONE
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #3 WAS APPROACHING THE DOCKS UNDER SAIL. HE WAS SAILING DOWN WIND AND INTENDED TO MAKE A WIDE TURN AND COAST INTO THE DOCK.
AS HE WAS MAKING HIS TURN,  HIS BOOM GOT CAUGHT ON THE BOW ANCHOR PULPIT OF VESSEL #1.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL #3 TO SWING AROUND AND STRIKE VESSEL #2
AND THEN THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0071
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:15:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: BERKELEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: NONE
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS DRIFTING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  THE OPERATOR WAS FISHING AND THE VESSEL TURNED STERN TO THE SEAS.  WATER STARTED TO COME OVER THE 
STERN AND THE BILDGE PUMP COULD NOT KEEP UP.  THE OPERATOR TRIED TO RUN FOR THE BEACH, BUT THE STERN SQUATED AND THE VESSEL SANK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0072
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:32:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: METEDECONK RIVER
NearestCityTown: BRICK TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Congested Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER AMONG THE VESSELS ALREADY ANCHORED OFF WINDWARD BEACH TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS.
THE OPERATOR IS INEXPERIENCED AND PANACKED WHEN PEOPLE ON VESSEL #2 STARTED TO YELL AT HER.  SHE PUSHED THE THROTTLE 
AND THE VESSEL STRUCK  VESSEL #2 PUTTING A HOLE IN THE HULL


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0074
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MANASQUAN
NearestCityTown: BRIELLE
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS INBOUND ON THE MANASQUAN RIVER. AS IT APPROACHED THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, THE OPERATOR OBSERVED A GREEN LIGHT AND DID NOT HEAR
THE DANGER SIGNAL WHICH WOULD HAVE INDICATED A CLOSING. AS VESSEL #1 WAS PASSING UNDER THE DRAW, THE BRIDGE WAS COMING DOWN AND
STRUCK THE TUNA TOWER OF VESSEL #1.  THE BRIDGE TENDER THEN RAISED THE BRIDGE AND VESSEL #1 WAS TOWED TO A MARINA. 
THE BRIDGE TENDER STATED THAT HE DID SOUND THE HORN FIVE TIMES AS REQUIRED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0075
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: AVON BY THE SEA
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Equipment Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: other
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE WEST BOUND OUT OF SHARK RIVER INLET.  THE PASSENGERS ON VESSEL #1 REALIZED THAT VESSEL #2 , WHICH WAS FOLLOWING 
VESSEL #1,  WAS GOING TO STRIKE VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #2 THEN COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #1 AT THE PORT STERN QUARTER. THREE PERSONS WERE THROWN TO THE DECK IN VESSEL #1, CAUSING THE INJURIES.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HIS AUTO PILOT STUCK.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF NAVIGATION RULE
#13.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0076
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST GEORGES THOROFARE
NearestCityTown: BRIGANTINE
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TOWING A PERSON ON A TUBE IN ST GEORGES THOROFARE.  HE APPROACHED THREE VESSELS THE WERE MOORED AND RAFTED TOGETHER.
HIS WAKE STRUCK  THE THREE VESSELS CAUSING THEM TO  ROCK TOGETHER AND CAUSING THE LISTED DAMAGED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0077
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:48:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SILVER BAY
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS OUT BOUND IN SILVER BAY.  THE OPERATOR SMELLED SMOKE. HE OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM
THE RISER. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY USING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM SEVERAL BOATS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0078
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:05:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: BERKELEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATETOR OF VESSEL #1 TOOK OVER THE HELM AS VESSEL #1 APPROACHED THE BARNEGAT INLET.  HE HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE AND 
THOUGHT THAT THE JETTY ENDED WHERE IT WAS VISABLE. HE STEERED VESSEL #1 OVER THE SUBMERGED PART OF THE JETTY.  THE VESSEL SUFFERED 
DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS,SHAFTS AND ENGINES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0079
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:50:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BEACH HAVEN BORO
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN BARNEGAT BAY AT ABOUT 22 KNOTS.  THE OPERATOR NOTICED SOME THING HANGING OFF THE STERN AND
ASKED HIS WIFE TO CHECK IT OUT.  OPERATOR STATES THAT HE SAW ANOTHER  VESSEL  APPROACHING ON HIS PORT SIDE AND HE ALTERED HIS
COURSE TO STARBOARD.  HE CRASHED INTO ICW MARKER AND HIS WIFE EITHER STRUCK THE MARKER OR PART OF THE BOAT.  SHE SUFFERED
A FRACTURED SKULL .


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0080
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:28:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE EGG HARBOR BAY
NearestCityTown: LONG BEACH TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS CROSSING THE CHANNEL AND PASSED BEHIND A LARGE WHITE VESSEL. VESSEL #2 WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO KEEP OUT OF THE WAY
OF A LARGER VESSEL TRAVELING IN THE CHANNEL.  VESSEL #1 HAD VESSEL #2 ON HIS STARBOARD SIDE AND FAILED TO YIELD AS REQUIRED BY THE NAVIGATION
RULES.  OPERATOR #1 DIDN'T SEE VESSEL #2 UNTIL A PASSENGER CALLED OUT THAT A VESSEL WAS HEADED RIGHT FOR THEM.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 FAILED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION, INDICATING HE FAILED TO SEE VESSEL #1 UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 INDICATED THAT VESSEL #1 CAME FROM CLOSE BEHIND THE VESSEL TRAVELING UP THE CHANNEL.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0081
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:48:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: BERKELEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS DIRFTING WHILE OCCUPANTS FISHED.  , AFTER CATCHING A FISH THE OPERATOR WENT TO PUT IT IN THE LIVE WELL AND OBSERVED THAT THE STERN WAS LOW IN THE WATER.  HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINES BUT ONE WOULDN'T START. THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO TAKE ON WATER AND THE OCCUPANTS JUMPED OVERBOARD. SHORTLY AFTER THE VESSEL CAPSIZED.
THE REASON THE VESSEL WAS TAKING ON WATER WAS NOT DETERMINED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0082
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:21:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREENWOOD LAKE
NearestCityTown: WEST MILFORD
County: PASSAIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person struck by vessel equipm
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STARTED HIS VESSEL AND ATTEMPTED TO GET UNDERWAY WITH OUT PULLING THE ANCHOR.  THE ANCHOR PULLED FREE AND CAME OUT OF THE 
WATER STRIKING A PASSENGER IN THE HEAD.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0083
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:05:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GOOSE CREEK
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ENTERED GOOSE CREEK TO GET FUEL.  HE SLOWED DOWN AND CAME OFF PLANE.  VESSEL #2 HAD STOPPED TO ALLOW SEVERAL BOATS TO PASS.
WHEN HE STATRTED AGIAN HE OBSERVED A VESSEL TOWING A SKIER SO PICKED UP SPEED, OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 , THEN SAW VESSEL #2 AND TRIED TO AVOID THE COLLISIN BY TURNING LEFT.
OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 DID NOT HAVE A BOATING SAFETY COURSE.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 FAILED TO YIELD TO A VESSEL #2 IN A CROSSING SITUATION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0084
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:01:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREAT SOUND
NearestCityTown: MIDDLE TWP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS RETURNING TO PORT AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO ALLOW ANOTHER VESSEL TO PASS.  HE HAD SEVERAL CHILDERN PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THEY ALL MOVED TO THE BOW. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE TRIED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CHILDERN AND HE TURNED THE BOAT RIGHT .
WHEN HE GOT HIS ATTENTION BACK ON THE PATH AHEAD,   MARKER #389 DEAD AHEAD AND HE TURNED TO PORTIN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION.
THE VESSEL STRUCK THE MARKER ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AND FIVE OF THE PASSENGERS WERE EJECTED.  THE OPERATOR THEN PICKED UP THE PASSENGERS AND
BEACHED THE BOAT TO KEEP IT FROM SINKING.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0085
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: LACEY
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE HEADED SOUTH IN BARNEGAT BAY. VESSEL #2 WAS BEHIND VESSEL  #1. WHEN VESSEL #1 SLOWED DOWN, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 2 
FAILED TO SEE THE CHANGE IN SPEED OF VESSEL #1 AND STRUCK VESSEL 1.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0086
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: STAFFORD TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 IS A RENTED PERSONAL WATER CRAFT.  THE VESSEL WAS OPERATING INSIDE THE ASSIGNED RENTAL ZONE. VESSEL #2 WAS OPERATED BY 
THE RENTAL ZONE SUPERVISOR. HE BELIEVED THAT VESSEL #1 WAS GOING TO OPERATE OUTSIDE THE ZONE AND HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION
TO ADVISE THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 TO STAY INSIDE THE ZONE.  VESSEL #2 APPROACHED VESSEL #1 AT A HIGH SPEED. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 
LOST CONTROL AND FELL OFF. THE VESSEL CONTINUED ON AND STRUCK VESSEL #1 AND THE PASSENGER.  THE PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN BACK AND LEG.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0087
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:04:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: BRICK TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 OBSERVED THE ENGINE OVERHEATING AND SHUT IT OFF. HE WAITED UNTIL THE TEMPATURE GAGE INDICATED THAT THE
ENGINE HAD COOLED DOWN AND TRIED TO RESTART. THE ENGINE STALLED AND WHEN HE RESTARTED AGIAN, FIRE WAS OBSERVED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
THE OPERATOR EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0088
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: GOOSE CREEK
NearestCityTown: TOMS RIVER
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TOWING A TUBE WITH TWO PERSONS ON IT.  THE TUBE HIT A WAKE THROWING THE TWO TUBERS OFF AND BOTH REPORTED INJURIES
AND WERE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. 
THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0090
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:44:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: TOWNSEND INLET
NearestCityTown: AVALON
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS APPROACHING THE TOWNSEND INLET BRIDGE WITH THE EBB TIDE. THE CURRENT CARRIED HIM CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE AND HE WASN'T ABLE
TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE 8 HP ENGINE WAS NOT ABLE TO PUSH THE VESSEL AGIANST THE TIDE.  THE OPERATOR HAD ALLOWED THE VESSEL TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE AND THEN WASN'T ABLE TO GET CLEAR.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0091
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:34:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: CORSON INLET
NearestCityTown: UPPER TOWNSHIP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR VESSEL #1 WAS JUMPING WAVES.  HE JUMPED A WAVE  AND WHEN THE VESSEL LANDED THE PASSENGER SITTING AT THE REAR LANDED
HARD ON THE SKI AND THEN FELL OVERBOARD. SHE SUFFERED A PERFORATED RECTUM AND BACK PAIN.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0092
Date: 2009-08-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:20:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MANKILLER BAY
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 SLOWED DOWN TO LET TOW BOAT WITH BOAT IN TOW PASS AFTER TOW BOAT OPERATOR CONTACTED HIM ON VHF RADIO. AFTER THE TOWED BOAT HAD PASSED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 ACCELERATED AND AND TURNED LEFT TO RESUME HIS COURSE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 SAW VESSEL #1 COMING AT HIM AND REALIZED THAT THE VESSELS WOULD COLLIDE AND HE JUMPED OVERBOARD. THE PASSENGER IN VESSEL #2, A 73 YEAR OLD MALE,  ALSO SAW THE VESSEL COMING BUT WAS
UNABLE TO GET CLEAR BEFORE THE COLLISION OCCURED.  HE SUFFERED LACERATIONS TO THE LEFT GROIN AREA AND LEG


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0093
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNEGAT BAY
NearestCityTown: LACEY TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS BEING OPERATED AT HIGH SPEED IN BARNEGAT BAY.  THE VESSEL WAS STRUCK BY A WAVE ON THE PORT SIDE.
THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE THROWN FROM THE PWC. THE OPERATOR REPORTED PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONTUSION AND TORN CHEST MUSCLES


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0094
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:09:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ATLANTIC CITY
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Throttle
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS ANCHORED AMOUNG OTHER VESSELS TO WATCH THE ATLANTIC CITY AIR SHOW.  tHE OPERATOR PULLED UP ANCHOR AND TRIED TO GET HIS 
 HIS VESSEL IN GEAR.  HE HAD JUST INSTALLED ELECTRONIC THROTTLES AND THEY DID NOT ENGAGE. HE WENT DOWN TO THE STERN OF THE VESSEL
AND THEN THE TRANSMISSIONS ENGAGED. THE VESSEL THEN STRUCK VESSEL #2 ON THE BOW PULPIT, DRAGGING IT INTO VESSEL #3. AFTER FREEING FROM VESSELS TWO AND THREE, VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #4 IN THE STERN CAUSING FIBERGLASS DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0095
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:05:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE RIVER
NearestCityTown: EDGEWATER PARK
County: BURLINGTON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS SOUTH BOUND IN THE EDGEWATER CHANNEL JUMPING WAKES. VESSEL #2 WAS EAST BOUND IN THE CHANNEL ALSO JUMPING WAKES.
AFTER VESSEL #1 JUMPED A WAKE HE FAILED TO SEE VESSEL #2 IN HIS DANGER ZONE AND THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 FAILED TO SEE VESSEL #1
AS HE WAS JUMPING A WAKE.  THE VESSELS COLLIDED CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0096
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:50:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LONG BEACH TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS HEADING SOUTH WHEN THE STEERING FAILED AND IT STARTED TAKING ON WATER. THE OPERATOR CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEN
LATER DECIDED TO ABANDON SHIP. HE AND THE PASSENGERS GOT IN A LIFE RAFT AND MADE IT TO SHORE. 
THE VESSEL GROUNDED ON THE BEACH AND THE SEAS BROKE IT UP.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0097
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHARK RIVER
NearestCityTown: NEPTUNE TWP
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST IN SHARK RIVER AT A SLOWSPEED.  VESSEL #2 WAS TOWING A WAKEBOARDER AND WHEN THAT PERSON FELL HE TURNED TO
PORT AND COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #1.
ONE PASSENGER FROM VESSEL #1 FELL OUT OF THE VESSEL AFTER THE COLLISION.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0098
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:38:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN CITY
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
THE OWNER OF VESSEL #1 WAS WORKING NEAR THE HELM WHEN HE OBSERVED VESSEL #2  PASSING BY HIS DOCK AND LEAVING A LARGE WAKE.
HE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF OPERATOR #2, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  WHEN THE WAKE STRUCK HIS VESSEL, IT CAUSED IT TO HIT
THE DOCK DAMAGING THE PAINT ON THE PORT SIDE AND THE TRANSOME. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 CONTINUED ON UNAWARE OF THE DAMAGE HIS
WAKE HAD DONE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0099
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:20:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MULLICA RIVER
NearestCityTown: PORT REPUBLIC
County: ATLANTIC
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS AT ANCHOR AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE FISHING.  VESSEL #2 APPROACHED VESSEL #1 SO THE OPERATOR COULD ASK DIRECTIONS.
THE OPERATOr of v2 FAILED TO TAKE INTO COSIDERATION THE EFFECTS OF WIND AND TIDE WOULD HAVE ON HIS VESSEL AND THE TWO VESSELS COLLIDED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0100
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:24:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE EGG INLET
NearestCityTown: LITTLE EGG HARBOR TWP
County: OCEAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS SOUTH BOUND IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE OPERATOR TURNED TO PORT TO ENTER LITTLE EGG HARBOR INLET.  HE FAILED TO
REMAIN IN THE CHANNEL AND RAN AGROUND ON A SAND BAR JUST OUTSIDE THE CHANNEL ON THE NORTH SIDE.  THE VESSEL LISTED TO PORT AND STARTED TAKING ON WATER.  THE OPERATOR #1 STAYED WITH HIS LIFE RAFT AS THE VESSEL ROLLED OVER TO PORT.  THE OPERATOR WAS RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD BUT THE VESSEL
WAS BROKEN UP BY THE SEAS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0101
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:40:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: MAURICE RIVER
NearestCityTown: COMMERCIAL TWP
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: Operator inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS INBOUND ON THE MAURICE RIVER.  THE OPERATOR FAILED TO OBSERVE A WAKE AND WHEN HIS VESSEL STRUCK IT, THE VESSEL ROCKED VIOLENTLY
THROWING THE OPERATOR OFF.  THE OPERATOR STRUCK THE GUNNEL AND THEN THE VESSEL CIRCLED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.  THE VESSEL WAS NOT RUNNING
AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING THE SAFETY LANYARD. 
THE OPERATOR SUFFERED RUPTURED DISKS AND WAS ABLE TO GRAB ONTO THE PWC , BUT UNABLE TO MOVE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0102
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHREWSBURY RIVER
NearestCityTown: HIGHLANDS BORO
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Carbon monoxide exposure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Carbon Monoxide Exposure
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE SHREWSBURY RIVER, AND ALL PERSONS ON BOARD WERE EATING IN THE CABIN.
AFTER COMPLETEING THE MEAL, ALL POBS BEGAN FEELING NAUSEOUS. THEY STARTED VOMITING AND THE OPERATOR TURNED INTO 
A NEARBY MARINA AND CALLED 911. ALL WERE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
HOW THE CARBON MONOXIDE GOT INTO THE CABIN COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0103
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:08:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHREWSBURY
NearestCityTown: HIGHLANDS
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Collision with commercial Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS UNDER SAIL AND APPROACHING THE HIGHLANDS BRIDGE.  THE NEW BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAS A WALK WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
AND THE VESSEL STRUCK THIS,  CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE AND THROWING THE OPERATOR OVER BOARD. THE CURRENT CARRIED VESSEL #1 INTO
VESSEL #2, A CONSTRUCTION BARGE.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0104
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:33:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: HEREFORD INLET
NearestCityTown: STONE HARBOR
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS #1, #2 AND #3 WERE ALL RENTED PWCS.  THE OPERATORS WERE NOT GIVEN THE INSTRUCKTION REQUIRED BY LAW.  THE VESSELS WERE MOVING
IN A COUNTER CLOCK WISE DIRECTION.  VESSEL #1 WAS ON THE OUTSIDE WITH VESSEL #2 INSIDE OF VESSEL VESSEL #1. VESSEL #3 WAS INSIDE OF BOTH 
#1 AND #2.  
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 ALLOWED HIS VESSEL TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE APPROVED RENTAL ZONE THEN MADE A SHARP LEFT IN FRONT OF VESSEL
#2. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 ALSO TURNED TO AVOID VESSEL #1.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL 3 TO ALSO TURNED TO AVOID THE COLLISION. VESSEL #2  
DOUG INTO A WAKE  AND THE OPERATOR WAS EJECTED AND STRUCK VESSEL #3 WHILE STILL IN THE AIR.  VESSEL #2 THEN STRUCK VESSEL #3 CAUSING
  THE OPERATOR  TO FALL OFF.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0105
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: RARITAN BAY
NearestCityTown: KEANSBURG
County: MONMOUTH
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR # 1 WAS OPERATING OFF THE KEANSBURG PIER AND WAS ALONE.  AT SOME POINT HE FELL OFF HIS PWC AND DROWNED.  NO ONE ACTUALLY SAW
HIM FALL OFF.
THE OPERATOR HAD A STOMA AND ELEPHANTITIS. HE WAS WEARING A TYPE III PFD.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0106
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:06:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
NearestCityTown: FRANKLIN TWP
County: SOMERSET
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: improper loading
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/Skier Behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS ON THE DELAWARE RARITAN CANAL WITH 3 POB. THEY FINISHED FISHING AND STARTED BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP. THE BATTERY FOR THE
ELECTRIC MOTOR DRAINED AND THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE BATTERIES. ONE PASSENGER AND THE OPERATOR TRIED TO CHANGE IT. IN DOING SO THEY SHIFTED 
THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, ADDING MORE WEIGHT TO THE STERN, AND THE VESSEL CAPSIZED. TWO PERSONS MADE IT TO SHORE AND THEN REALIZED THAT 
THE OPERATOR WAS CALLING FOR HELP AND STRUGELING. THEY RETURNED TO HELP HIM, USED A COOLER TO BRING HIM TO SHORE. WHEN THEY GOT TO SHORE 
THE VICTIM WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT BREATHING.


BARDID: 2009-NY-0186
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:00:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: OYSTER BAY
NearestCityTown: center Island
County: NASSAU
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 struck submerged object then operator was distracted so he hit a buoy whick knocked him overboard. V1 cirled until it hit V2 that was tied to dock muliple times untill V1 was disabled


BARDID: 2009-NY-0187
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:39:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: RAQUETTE LAKE
NearestCityTown: Raquete lake
County: HAMILTON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Victim was not feeling well before boating went tubing with his kids pwc was stopped in water and victim fell off. victim was wearing life jacket kids tried to get him back on PWC and tube but were unable to. vicitim was towed ashore wear CPR was started victim never regain consciousness. autopsy report state vicitm had ateriosclerotic coronary diseas


BARDID: 2009-NY-0189
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:21:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAYUGA LAKE
NearestCityTown: Aurrelius
County: CAYUGA
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
v1 WAS AT ANCHOR vICTIM TRIED TO PULL ANCHOR BUT COULD not so while trying to retrieve anchor the wife tried to drive the boat. knocking victim in to water. victim tried to reboard vessel but while doing so fell of boarding ladder and submerged


BARDID: 2009-NY-0191
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:21:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: NIAGARA RIVER
NearestCityTown: Niagra Falls
County: NIAGARA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
police responded to 911 Call for a kayaker in the water yelling for help. victim was transported to hospital for injuries and then released


BARDID: 2009-NY-0192
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-15 00:00:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: ONEIDA LAKE
County: ONONDAGA
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Deceased was fishing in Oneida Lake, when he had a myocardial infarction, causing his death.   He fell part of the way out of the boat.


BARDID: 2009-NY-0201
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-11-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:34:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: LONG ISLAND SOUND
NearestCityTown: PORT JEFFERSON
County: SUFFOLK
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
A 42 yr old male capsized his canoe in Long Island Sound, about 200 yds from shore.  He was able to hold onto a lobster buoy to stay afloat, until he was rescued.  He suffered from moderate hypothermia.


BARDID: 2009-NY-0204
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-11-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: NY
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREENWOOD LAKE
NearestCityTown: Greenwood
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Victim was found with boat idling in New Jersey. Information  was turned over to New Jersey police for investigation. USCG added: News media reports indicate that a 39-year old boater went boating alone and failed to return home.  A missing persons report indicated that the victim last spoke with his wife around 17:15 in  which victim indicated he would be home in 20 minutes.  When the wife did not see her husband at 1800, she asked a neighbor to look for the individual.  A neighbor checked the local bars and then took his boat to explore.  He found the empty boat idling with the engine on.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0001
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:38:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Waynoka (Private Lake)
NearestCityTown: Sardinia
County: Brown
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: operator inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
The Victim was found floating in the lake by another resident of the lake.  The Victim was not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD).  Vessel #1 was found adrift on the shoreline with the motor off, the gear in neutral, and the kill switch plugged in.  The only device turned on was the Garmin Fish Finder.  One type 3 personal flotation device (PFD) was found on board Vessel #1, but was inaccessible; there was no Type 4 personal flotation device (PFD) aboard Vessel #1.  The Victim had a colostomy bag and a broken tibia and had apparently been preparing to or was actually fishing alone at the time of the incident.  The Coroner's finding was accidental drowning (water was found in the sinus and lungs), with no signs of trauma on the Victim.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0002
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Erie
NearestCityTown: Oak Harbor
County: Lucas
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: Fishing equipment
RedactedNarrative:
The Operator of Vessel #1 was bringing fishing equipment back across an open water area between two iced areas (the open water area was approximately 250 feet wide).  The water was choppy at the time of the incident.  Vessel #1 began to take water over the sides of Vessel #1.  Vessel #1's bilge pump was unable to keep up.  Vessel #1 swamped and went down.  Vessel #1 was later salvaged.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0003
Date: 2009-03-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 02:30:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Scioto River
County: Franklin
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel #1 was travelling downriver when it capsized, putting all three passengers into the water.  A water rescue unit was called to the scene, however, the three passengers all made it to shore safely.  One passenger was transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital as a precaution however no treatment was needed.  This report was taken by a local agency and multiple attempts to obtain a copy of the report on the incident have been unsuccessful.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0099
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Erie - Sandusky Bay
NearestCityTown: Sandusky
County: Ottawa
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: unfamiliar with are
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1, with three persons on board, was traveling from Battery Park Marina toward Put-In-Bay when the Operator decided that the weather conditions were too choppy for the trip and instead decided to head back into the bay.  Although the Operator reported that he was aware that the area was shallow with a sandbar extending to the south of the swimming beach, he noted that he was not aware that it extended out even farther than he was aware and that the sandbar then hooked east.  Due to this lack of knowledge, the Operator ran Vessel 1 aground on the sandbar while cruising at 10-12 miles per hour.  The two Occupants aboard Vessel 1 were both thrown forward, with one of them suffering a large bruise on her stomach from being thrown forward against the ladder.  The Operator immediately turned off the engine upon grounding and called for assstance in getting Vessel 1 off the sandbar.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0101
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Indian Lake
NearestCityTown: Lakeview
County: Logan
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was pulling two Occupants on a "hot dog" tube near the campground beach when both Occupants fell off, striking their heads together during the incident.  One of the Victims was transported to Mary Rutan Hospital by emergency services, while the other Victim was takken to the emergency room by his father.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0102
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Indian Lake
NearestCityTown: Huntsville
County: Logan
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 were travelling parallel to each other with Vessel 1 slightly behind and to port of Vessel 2.  Vessel 2 (in the lead) observed another vessel approaching and turned abruptly to port, letting off the throttle and coasting to a stop.  The Operator of Vessel 1, now on a course to collide with Vessel 2, let off the throttle and tried unsuccessfully to turn to avoid the collision.  The bow of Vessel 1 then struck the bow and middle on the port side of Vessel 2, crushing the leg of the Vessel 2 Operator and ejecting both Operators.  Another passing boater assisted the injured Operator of Vessel 2 with contacting and meeting up with emergency services who transpirted him to Lima Memorial Hospital for treatment.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0105
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 01:30:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Chippewa Lake
NearestCityTown: Chippewa Lake
County: Medina
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
OtherAccidentEvent: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was at anchor, anchored by the bow and stern.  The two Occupants aboard Vessel 1 were both engaged in fishing with one Occupant lying in the vessel on the starboard aft side and the other Occupant toward the starboard bow of the vessel.  When the Occupant closest to the bow attempted to set the hook on a fish he lost his balance and fell out of the boat, causing the vessel to overturn.  The Occupant on board Vessel 1 when it overturned was able to swim out from under the vessel, which then sank.  The first Occupant then swam to shore while the remaining Occcupant held onto a red cooler until emergency services arrived on scene.  Both Occupants were transported to Medina General Hospital where they wre treated for mild hypothermia and released.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0106
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:45:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Erie
NearestCityTown: Fairport Harbor
County: Lake
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1, with one person on board, was adrift for approximately three hours while the Operator was fishing.  When the Operator observed that he was approaching the breakwall, he attempted to restart his engine.  The engine failed to start; the Operator stated that his electronic throttle system had failed three other times reently as well.  The Operator then donned his type three personal flotation device prior to Vessel 1 grounding on the breakwall.  Following the grounding the Operator jumped into the water with his tackle box (which contained his cell phone in a plastic bag) and swam approximately one-half mile to the shore on the south side of the harbor.  He was retrieved from the water by emergency services.  The Operator was taken to Lake East Hospital for treatment of hypothermia.  Investigation continues; the Investigator is still awaiting a report from the hospital tests with regard to alchol involvement and from the salvage company with regard to a final determination on whether the vessel was or was not underway at the time of the grounding.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0107
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:30:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Erie
NearestCityTown: Perry Township
County: Lake
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
AccidentEvent3: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
The Operator of Vessel 1 launched the vessel at the boat ramp but was unable to maintain control of Vessel 1 with its dock lines.  Vessel 1 then began to strike the west side of the dock with each incoming 1-2 foot wave.  Vessel 1 rotated until it faced north and was then pushed into the cement ramp by the waves.  The open bow of Vessel 1 was then swamped by waves.  Vessel 1 was eventually lifted back onto its trailer by light duty construction equipment.


BARDID: 2009-OH-0108
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:54:00
State: OH
NameOfBodyOfWater: Seneca Lake
NearestCityTown: Senecaville
County: Noble
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The Victim was wakeboarding behind Vessel 1.  The Victim cut out to the right from behind the boat, then came back to the left and jumped the wake.  The Victim landed the jump, but as soon as he landed it he felt his left hip pop.  The Victim was assisted back on board Vessel 1 and taken to the ramp where he was transported to Southeastern Medical Facility for treatment.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:54:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Grand Lake
NearestCityTown: Langley
County: Mayes
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was attempting to pull passenger up on a wake board, who immediately fell and began screaming that he broke his leg.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0049
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:51:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Durant Lake
NearestCityTown: Durant
County: Bryan
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Witnesses state they observed subject fishing and at about 1050 hours they noticed his boat appeared to be a drift.  At approx. 1150 hours, witnesses decided to check on the welfare of subject.  They found that the vessel was empty and began searching for subject.  They found him floating face down in the water.  Since subject's 's body did not sink, the M.E. stated he appeared to have a heart attack.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0050
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:10:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Tenkiller Ferry Lake
NearestCityTown: Cookson
County: Cherokee
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was adrift with the operator and two passengers onboard.  The ballast tank contained 1200 lbs. of water.  Vessel 2 came by on Vessel 1's starboard side swamping the rear of Vessel 1 causing it to capsize bow over stern.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0051
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:30:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Burtschi Lake
NearestCityTown: Chickasha
County: Grady
WaterConditions: Unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Witness states that three (3) men had launched a boat and headed out to fish.  A short time later, witness heard calls for help.  The following morning at approximately 0800, Troopers began search with sonar and found 3 bodies and the boat on the bottom of the lake.  From witness statements and inspection of the boat, it is likely that the three men were too big/heavy for the boat and it capsized.  There was also the odor of alcohol on victims.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0052
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:25:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Copan Lake
NearestCityTown: Copan
County: Washington
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Both operators came to the lake together and were on the water for approximately 15 minutes. According to witness and operators, V-1 was cruising across the lake when V-2 came up on his left rear.  It is unclear whether V-1 recklessly sprayed water onto V-2 or if V-2 was just so close the operator got water in his face from V-1.  Either way, V-2 looked left to avoid water in his face.  Operator of V-1 saw V-2 and thought V-2 had turned left.  V-1 made a hard left turn directly in front of V-2's path and was struck.  Both operators were ejected.


BARDID: 2009-OK-0053
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:37:00
State: OK
NameOfBodyOfWater: Texoma Lake
NearestCityTown: Kingston
County: Marshall
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessels 1 and 2 were both Northbound with Vessel 2 following Vessel 1.  Vessel 1 throttled down and Vessel 2 operator was looking off and did not realize Vessel 2 had slowed down.  Vessel 2 hit the rear of Vessel 1, climbing up on top of Vessel 1's starboard side continuing through the windshield. off the bow and striking operator of Vessel 1.  Passengers in Vessel 1 state they shouted at Vessel 2 operator but he could not hear them.  Vessel 2 operator states that he was looking away and did not realize that Vessel 1 had slowed down.  Operator of Vessel 2 was transported to Marshall County Sheriff's office, administered a breath test and booked for public intoxication with breath test result of .06.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0057
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: Block Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Charlestown
County: Washington
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
Owner/operator of Vessel #1 was headed west out of Charlestown Breachway when the vessel took in a wave over the stern. Operator was unable to remove the water which in turn swamped the boat.   Operator beached the vessle.  According to investigator's inspection, the drain plug was placed in the scupper which did not allow the deck to drain properly.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0058
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:14:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: Block Island Sound
NearestCityTown: New Shoreham
County: Washington
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
Occupant stated that he and owner/operator of the boat were leaving New Harbor, Block Island with the sails down.  the boat was being powered by the aux. motor.   Occupant stated that strong winds picked up in the channel and that the boat motor  was not strong enough to sustain the conditions.  The boat ran aground along a stone jetty.  Both victims were able to exit the boat w/o incident and no injuries.  Due to heavy winds and heavy sea conditions, the boat was totally destroyed.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0059
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:00:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: Block Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Westerly
County: Washington
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Owner/opeator of Vessel #1 and occupant were in the vicinity of Napatree Point, BI Sound fishing.  The weather was cloudy with showers and strong wind gusts between 2-6ft (ssw).  Operator and occupant decided to head back to port on the Pawcatuck River.  As the vessel was headed for the fisherman's cut into Little Narragansett Bay, the boat suddely was uplifted by a wave and the bow was driven into the sea with the stern comming up and over flipping the vessel upside-down (PITCH POLED) .  Both occupants were NOT wearing life jacket; they hung onto the hull until they were rescued by a Westerly rescue boat.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0060
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: Seekonk River
NearestCityTown: East Providencce
County: Providence
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
According to witness, Vessel #1 was traveling (Seekonk River, East PVD) northbound through the channel under the Henderson Bridge.  The boat was cruising and then took a sudden right turn and crashed into the wooden fender on the bridge column.   The impact caused the bow to crush and completely separate from the boat.  Both operator and occupant were taken to the hospital by rescue. 

Investigators concluded that the operator was under the influence alcohol. East Providence Police reported a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the operator and Police also overheard the operator telling a fireman that he had consumed six beers.  DEM Police seized an empty 12-pack Budweiser container and a partically-fulled bottle of beer from the vessel for evidence.  Officer reported that when he interviewed the operator in the hospital, the operator told him that he had consumed six beers ealier in the day.  DEM officers also concluded that the operator was driving reckless.  Charges filed were:  1) Reckless Operation of Motorboat and 2) Chemical Test for Intoxication.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: NARRAGANSETT BAY
NearestCityTown: NORTH KINGSTOWN
County: WASHINGTON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1, was sailing in an easterly direction on starboard track in Quonset, Fox Island and Jamestown area.  Vessel #2  was sailing in a southwest direction on port track in the same location.  Each vessel was underway and did not see the other vessel until it was too late, and then collided.  The cause of the collision was the operator's restricted vision and improper lookout.   Each operator being on the opposite side of the sail had created a blind spot.


BARDID: 2009-RI-0063
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:15:00
State: RI
NameOfBodyOfWater: Greenwich Bay
NearestCityTown: East Greenwich
County: Kent
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Congested Waters
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On 8-31-2009, during a WBYC fall race owner/operator of Vessel #1 stated that he was on a starboard tack as the leeward boat and the second vessel involved was on a starboard tack as the windward vessle.  Vessle #2 allegedly  turned into the starboard rear quarter of vessel #1.   Officer 1 then contacted Vessel #2 owner to get his statement.  He confirmed vessel #1 owner's statement and stated that there was a 3rd vessel on a collision course with the committee boat if Vessel #2 did not get out of the way.  Vessel #2 owner "bore off" to avoid that collision and as a result his boat collided with Vessle #1.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0010
Date: 2009-05-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: Holston River
NearestCityTown: KNOXVILLE
County: Knox
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  On 5-7-2009 at approximately 16:00 a 20' Malibu ski boat  ran aground just downstream from the I-40 Bridge on the Holston river.  As a result of this accident the vessel took on water causing it list heavily to the port side causing the lower unit and hull to be completely aground.  Their were three individuals on board the vessel at the time of the accident.  Only the operator sustained any injuries.  The operator left IC king Park at approximately  14:30 and headed upstream to meet the two passengers at Volunteer Landing.  The three occupants then proceeded upstream into the Holston River where the vessel ran aground at approximately river mile 4.4.  The vessel was running on plane at the time of the accident.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0011
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: NICKAJACK LAKE
NearestCityTown: GUILD
County: MARION
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Submerged log
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel operator/owner was engaged in recreational cruising at 22:00 hours on 25 APR 09.  While proceeding downstream in the navigation channel to his slip at Hales Bar Marina, he struck a submerged log.  The vessel immediately suffered drive shaft, shift, engine, and rudder damage.  Realizing that his vessel was taking on water, he proceeded to the shallows of a sand bar while calling MAYDAY.  Upon coming to rest on the sand bar, he shut down his vessel's power systems.  He relayed his situation to the U S Coast Guard and Tow Boat US came to his assistance at about 01:00 hours on 26 APR 09.  At about 1900 hours that day, his vessel was recovered and towed to the dry dock at Hales Bar Marina.  Also assisting:  New Hope Volunteer Fire Department provided a 12 H.P. pump.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0012
Date: 2009-05-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: REELFOOT LAKE
NearestCityTown: SAMBURG
County: OBION
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Restricted Vision
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  

After lunch in SambOperator 1 launched his boat, Vessel 1, with two passengers at Kirby pocket and was on the plane heading roughly north along the boat trail.  The only other boat in the area was on his right, making its way across the open water toward him.  Vessel 1 became concerned, and then worried when it appeared that Vessel 2 wasn’t going to slow down and didn’t seem to see his boat.  Finally, Vessel 1 had to idle down so Vessel 2 wouldn’t hit him, and in fact, missed by about 30 feet.  Thinking the coast was clear and Vessel 2 would continue in the same direction, Vessel 1 then started to climb back on plane and head for the fish.  The coast was not clear.  Vessel 2 had made a right turn and was also headed for the main lake.  Right before they hit, Vessel 2’s wife and Vessel 1’s kid screamed “watch it” or “watch out”.  At this point it is likely that Vessel 1 was traveling faster than Vessel 2 as the starboard rear corner of Vessel 2 and the port side of Vessel 1 met, opening a hole in Vessel 1 approximately 18 inches by almost 8 inches wide, folding the aluminum to the back, plus another 22 inches of scratching and denting.  Vessel 1 then began to fill with water.  Or ……………………
Vessel 2, operor 2 and one passenger had been fishing near Little Daddy’s Resort, and after a good morning of bluegill fishing decided to head for another hot spot.  Crossing the open water east toward the boat trail that led to Bayou du Chien and points north, they didn’t see any other boats until they had made a right and got into the boat trail only to see “nothing but boat”, as Vessel 1 was now accelerating, with the bow high in the air.  At this point, Vessel 2’s wife and Vessel 1’s kid screamed “watch it” or “watch out”, and the boats met, the starboard rear corner of  Vessel 2 opening a hole in Vessel 1 approximately 18 inches by almost 8 inches wide, folding the aluminum to the back, plus another 22 inches of scratching and denting along the port side of Vessel 1.  Vessel 1 then began to fill with water.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0013
Date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: PICKWICK LAKE
NearestCityTown: COUNCE
County: HARDIN
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Sharp turn
AccidentCause3: Weather
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On Saturday, May 15, 2009, P1 with passenger P2 was docked at the Pickwick Landing State Park (Slate Rock Creek / Pickwick Lake) adjacent to the boat assess area.   They were in P1’s vessel a 19’6’ Ebbtide TN Registration TN 5224 DI (V1).  A very bad thunder storm had developed and everyone was trying to get off the water.   P3 had just dropped off a passenger to go get a trailer, P3 was in a 14’ Sea Ark flat bottom Aluminum vessel TN Registration TN 5224 DI.   At this time the weather conditions had become worse with lighting, strong wind, and heavy rain; the water was rough.  P3 made a sharp turn toward the assess area and gave the throttle excessive gas in an effort to get off the water.  As he (V2) approached the docking area he turned at too sharp of an angle and went straight into the side of V1.   This resulted in a large 12 to 14 inch hole being made in starboard bow area of the V1 just below the wind shield.  V2 was not damaged and no one injuried.   The approximated damage to V1 is $2500.00.  V1 was not damaged so that it took on any water and was loaded onto a trailer.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0014
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: TIMS FORD LAKE
NearestCityTown: WINCHESTER
County: FRANKLIN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS LEARNING TO RIDE WAKEBOARD. AS HE WAS STARTING UP OUT OF WATER HE LET GO OF THE SKI ROPE. VICTIMS FEET SLIPPED OUT OF WAKEBOARD STIRRUPS AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON FLOATING WAKEBOARD AS HE LANDED IN WATER.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0015
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:50:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHEROKEE LAKE
NearestCityTown: MORRISTOWN
County: HAMBLEN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause3: Restricted Vision
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  

On the afternoon of May 25, 2009 at approximately 18:40 hours, subject1 was operating a 20' Strarcraft deck boat on Cherokee Lake in Hamblen County.  subject1 was traveling downstream towards the dam and was passing between the Point 9 marker and the rock bluff wall of Panther Creek State Park. subject1 advised he was traveling approximately 20-25 miles per hour.  He stated that the boat was on plain.  subject1 noticed some floating debris out in front of him and reduced throttle quickly in order to avoid striking the floating debris.  The quick reduction in throttle caused the victim, subject2, to be ejected out of the bow of the boat.  Upon entering the water,subject2 stated she tucked into a fetal position and rolled underneath the boat and was struck by the out drive and propeller.  She surfaced approximately 15 yards behind the boat.  She stated that she could not feel her legs and started to tread water.  She screamed for help.  subject1 immediately turned the boat around to render aid.  One male passenger, subject3, jumped into the water and pushed her onto the swim platform.  The rest of the occupants rendered aid to subject2 while her brother subject1 drove the boat to Cedar Hill Marina.  subject2 was transported by ambulance to Panther Creek State Park and was flown by helicopter to Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, TN.

There was a total of 8 people on the vessel.  All occupants of vessel were under the age of 21 and were consuming alcoholic beverages.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0016
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: DOUGLAS LAKE
NearestCityTown: SEVIERVILLE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE: P1 was operating a personal watercraft (PWC) in McGuire Creek along with his nephew who was also operating a PWC.  P1 claims that he made a left hand turn and looked up to see the other PWC coming at him.  P1 instinctively put out his left leg to sheild himself from impact and the PWC struck his leg and watercraft.  The impact caused damage to his PWC cracking the rearview mirror on the port side.  P1 suffered injury to his left leg in the calf area and apparantly received medical treatment at the UT Medical Center.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0125
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:36:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: MEADOW PARK LAKE
NearestCityTown: CROSSVILLE
County: CUMBERLAND
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
OtherAccidentEvent: Person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS, V1 STRUCK UNDERWATER OBJECT. V1 RAMPED OVER OBJECT EJECTING OCCUPANT, UPON CROSSING OBJECT, V1 WAS CAPSIZED EJECTING OPERATOR. OPERATOR RIGHT V1 AND REACHED INSIDE VESSEL AND SHUT OFF MOTOR. OCCUPANT WAS PULLED INTO PROPELLER AND CUT. V1 WAS PULLED TO SHORE AT ACCIDENT SCENE AND MADE TRAVEL-WORTHY AT WHICH TIME THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT BOARDED VESSEL AND RETURNED TO BOAT RAMP. OCCUPANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. OPERATOR WAS UNINJURED AND V1 SUFFERED NO DAMAGE OR LOSS OF PROPERTY.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0126
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: KENTUCKY LAKE
NearestCityTown: PARIS
County: HENRY
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF V2 STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER HIS VESSEL INTO A DOCKING SLIP DURING WINDY AND STORMY WEATHER, HIS VESSEL STRUCK V1 ON THE REAR STARBOARD AREA OF V1. 

V1 HAD MAJOR DAMAGE TO REAR STARBOARD AREA AND MINOR DAMAGE TO REAR PORT SIDE AREA FROM THE REAR PORT SIDE STRIKING THE DOCK AFTER IMPACT FROM V2. 

V2 HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD BOW AREA OF THE HULL.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0127
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:35:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOONE LAKE
NearestCityTown: JOHNSON CITY
County: WASHINGTON
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  On 08/15/09 at approximately 4:35PM a vessel, operated by P1, was traveling downstream on the Watauga arm of Boone Lake.  The vessel was in a high traffic area and there were several waves.  P1 throttled down and made a left turn when he saw his in-laws traveling upstream.  The vessel operated by P1 was also occupied by his wife, P2, and son, P3.  When P1 made the left turn, the vessel hit a wave and P3 was ejected from the front of the vessel and struck by the vessel.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0128
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:56:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: NORMANDY LAKE
NearestCityTown: TULLAHOMA
County: COFFEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS NOT UNDER POWER, JUST DRIFTING. V1 APPROACHED V2 IN AN ATTEMPT TO CIRCLE V2. V1 WAS TOWING TWO PERSONS ON AN INNERTUBE. V1 GOT TOO CLOSE TO V2 WHICH CAUSED THE INNERTUBE TO COLLIDE WITH V2.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0131
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:35:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: WATTS BAR LAKE
NearestCityTown: SPRING CITY
County: RHEA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  ON SEPT. 5, 2009 P1 AND HIS SON, P2,  WERE ON A SEA DOO PWC. AT THE SAME TIME HIS MOTHER, P3, WAS ALSO ON A SEA DOO. BOTH PWC'S WERE OUT IN FRONT OF THERE CAMP SITE "PLAYING AROUND". P1 CAME OUT OF A TURN WHEN P3 STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS PWC. P1 AND HIS SON WERE BOTH EJECTED FROM THE PWC. P1 HAD A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE CRASH. AFTER THE CRASH HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, AND A SORE ANKLE. P2,AGE 8, HAD 2 CUTS TO HIS THIGH. P2 WAS PICKED UP FROM THE WATER BY A SMALL BOAT AND TAKEN TO SHORE. P1 WAS TAKEN TO SHORE BY A FRIEND. 911 WAS CALLED. BOTH MALE VICTIMS WERE TRANSPORTED TO RHEA MEDICAL CENTER, TREATED AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0132
Date: 2009-11-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHEROKEE LAKE
NearestCityTown: MORRISTOWN
County: HAMBLEN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  

On Wednesday, November 11, 2009, I, Off. 1, was contacted by 911 of Hamblen County concerning a possible boat capsizing/missing person accident on Cherokee Lake.  911 provided an address of 7382 Circle Point Drive in Talbott as to the location of the call for assistance.  I arrived on scene at approximately 12:16 hrs and spoke with Hamblen County Sheriff Deputies.  They advised that the operator P1 was currently out with rescue personnel attempting to locate the passenger and missing person, P2.  P1 stated that he had met P2 at the Panther Creek State Park boat ramp at approximately 10:00 hrs and launched his 1976 14 foot fiberglass Volunteer boat to fish on Cherokee Lake.  P1 stated that he was  motoring in  and out of the coves headed downstream towards the dam using the electornic fish finders to locate fish.  He stated that they were not seeing many fish and were going to go on down towards the dam. P1 stated that the main channel was very choppy.  He advised that they were rounding the point at Point 4 marker when a large wave came over the bow of the boat.  P2 was sitting in the forward pedestal seat and both occupants were thrown into the water when the boat capsized.  P1 and P2 were not wearing personal floatation devices.  P2 grabbed a floating seat and started swimming towards shore.  P1 stated he grabbed the gas tank and noticed P2 was 30 yards ahead of him and about 20 yards from shore.  P1 stated that he returned to the boat and swam underwater to retrieve a life jacket.  He was successful and swam towards shore.  Once on shore, P1 looked for P2, could not find him, and walked to the nearest house to call for help.

The vessel sank in approximately 40 feet of water and was approximately 58 yards from shore due North West of the downstream Point 4 marker.

The bodP2 was recovered by Hamblen County Rescue Squad approximately 15 yards from shore in line with sunken vessel and Point marker at approximately 17:30 hours.


BARDID: 2009-TN-0133
Date: 2009-09-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 03:30:00
State: TN
NameOfBodyOfWater: NORRIS LAKE
NearestCityTown: MAYNARDVILLE
County: Union
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2009, P1 WAS SPENDING THE NIGHT ON HIS RECENTLY PURCHASED 1974 DRIFTER HOUSEBOAT AT LAKEVIEW MARINA.  P1 GOT OUT OF BED AROUND 03:30 AND NOTICED WATER IN THE FLOOR OF THE VESSEL.  P1 WAS ABLE TO GATHER SOME ITEMS AND GET ON ANOTHER VESSEL TO CALL FOR HELP.  I RECIEVED A CALL FROM UNION COUNTY 911 AT 04:34 ABOUT A VESSEL SINKING.  I CALLED P1 AND AS I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE THE VESSEL COMPLETELY SANK.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0107
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LUDLAM THOROFARE
NearestCityTown: UPPER TOWNSHIP
County: CAPE MAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 WAS SOUTH BOUND ON THE ICW. VESSEL # 1 PAST VESSEL #2 AT AROUND 20 KNOTS. THE OPERATOR FAILED TO REMAIN IN THE CHANNEL
AND STRUCK THE DREDGEPIPE .
THE PIPE WAS PROPERLY MARKED AND THE OPERATOR WAS UNFAMILURE WITH THE RULES IN REFERENCE TO BARGES AND LIGHTS AND MARKERS.


BARDID: 2009-NJ-0108
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:35:00
State: NJ
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE HOPATCONG
NearestCityTown: JEFFERSON TWP
County: MORRIS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL # 1 WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT30 KNOTS AND HIT A WAKE FROM ANOTHER VESSEL. THE PWC PORPOISED AND DIVED INTO THE WAKE
THROWING THE OPERATOR OVER THE HANDLE BARS.  SHE WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER UNCONSCIOUS.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHORE AND THEN THE HOSPITAL.
THE OPERATOR SUFFERED FACE, NECK AND HIP ENJURIES0


