# ReleasableAccidents

BARDID: 2009-CO-0021
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-06-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:16:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACK GORE CREEK
NearestCityTown: VAIL
County: EAGLE
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR/VICTIM WAS GOING THROUGH RAPIDS WHEN HE GOT STUCK IN A HYDRAULIC.  VICTIM RELEASED OUT OF VESSEL AND FLOATED DOWN A SERIES OF SMALL WATER FALLS HEAD FIRST.  HE BECAME SEPERATED FROM HIS PFD AND DROWN.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS III-IV RAPIDS AND WAS FLOWING AT AN UNKNOWN RATE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0028
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: ARKANSAS RIVER
NearestCityTown: SALIDA
County: CHAFFEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 CAPSIZED DUE TO RAPIDS AND VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO RIGHT IT.  SHE EXITED THE VESSEL AND STRUCK SEVERAL SUBMERGERD ROCKS WHILE GETTING TO SHORE.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS 3/4 RAPIDS AND WAS FLOWING AT APPROXIMATELY 2420 CFS.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0030
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: JACKSON LAKE
NearestCityTown: ORCHARD
County: MORGAN
WaterConditions: Choppy
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
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN VESSEL INTO A WAKE THAT STRUCK THE PORT SIDE.  UPON IMPACT, THE WAVE/WAKE THREW HIM OFF VESSEL 1, BUT HIS FOOT REMAINED PLANTED ON THE VESSEL, CAUSING A TWISTING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0034
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CARTER LAKE
NearestCityTown: LOVELAND
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS TOWING A TUBE WITH 3 PASSENGERS, WHICH FLIPPED.  WHEN THE PASSENGERS WERE GOING INTO THE WATER, VICTIM WAS STRUCK IN FACE BY PASSENGERS KNEE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0036
Date: 2009-07-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:55:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: BEAR CREEK LAKE
NearestCityTown: LAKEWOOD
County: JEFFERSON
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Passenger/Skier Behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 HAD 4 PASSENGERS, ALL HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL.  VESSEL CAPSIZED, EJECTING ALL.  VICTIM HAD HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE AND WAS TRANSPORTED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0037
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANDHILL RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: FT LUPTON
County: WELD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL & OPERATING THE VESSEL AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN THE DARK.  OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN TO PORT AND STRUCK A CONCRETE DIVERTER.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0040
Date: 2009-05-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: VELLECITO CREEK
NearestCityTown: DURANGO
County: LA PLATA
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WENT THROUGH THE UPPER RAPID AND GOT TURNED AROUND.  HE THEN WENT THROUGH THE LOWER RAPID BACKWARD AND CAPSIZED.  AT SOME POINT DURING THE WET EXIT, VICTIM TWISTED HIS ANKLE, BREAKING IT.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS IV RAPIDS AND WAS FLOWING AT AN UNKNOWN RATE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0041
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Congested Waters
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY WHEN HE ACCELERATED AND TURN HARD TO PORT TO AVOID ANOTHER OVERTAKING VESSEL.  VESSEL 1 PORT STRUCK VESSEL 2 STARBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0044
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: ARKANSAS RIVER
NearestCityTown: GRANITE
County: CHAFFEE
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE VESSEL WAS 1/2 THROUGH RAPID, IT HIT A LARGE DROP AND A BACKWASH FLUSHED VICTIMS 1 & 2 OVERBOARD.  THEY REAPPEARED AND WERE HOLDING ONTO THE PERIMETER LINES OF THE VESSEL, BUT SEEMED CONFUSED.  AFTER THE RAPID, VICTIMS LET GO, GOING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER AS THE VESSEL.  VICTIM 1 WAS RECOVED BY THE VESSEL AND WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO CPR.  VICTIM 2 WAS FOUND 9 MILES DOWNSTREAM.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CALSS IV-V AND WAS FLOWING AT APPROXIMATELY 1,850 CFS.  THE RIVER WAS UNDER A HIGH WATER ADVISORY AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0045
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:05:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO LAKE
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS LEAVINGTHE MARINA COURTESY DOCK WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH VESSEL 2 AND THEN VESSEL 3, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0050
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO LAKE
NearestCityTown: PEUBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY ON BOARD - RADIO'S, PERSONAL BELONGINGS, FISH FINDER, ETC.
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING INTO THE WIND TO GET OFF OF THE WATER IN HEAVY WEATHER.  MULTIPLE WAVES CAME OVER THE BOW, SWAMPING THE VESSEL.  VESSEL FINALLY SANK NEAR THE MARINA.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0056
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:44:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR PUT THE VESSEL INTO A SHARP TURN, CAUSING THE VICTIM TO FALL OVERBOARD.  WHILE OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO PULL VICTIM INTO THE VESSEL, WHICH WAS AT IDLE SPEED, THE VICTIM HIT HER HEAD ON THE GUNWHALE, CAUSING A CUT ABOVE HER EYE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0059
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: RIDGWAY
County: OURAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS WATERSKIING, FELL AND INJURED HER LEG DURING THE COLLISION WITH THE WATER AND SKIES SHE WAS WEARING.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:15:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CARTER LAKE
NearestCityTown: LOVELAND
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: Auxiliary
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Person struck by activity equi
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ALUMINUM TOWER THAT HELD THE 3/8" NYLON TOW ROPE.  AS VESSEL 1 WAS TOWING A TUBE, ONE OF THREE POLES PULLED FREE FROM THE DECK AND STRUCK VICTIM 1.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0064
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:44:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 CROSSED WAKE OF UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL 2, AND FLIPPED, EJECTING OPERATOR & 2 PASSENGERS.  IMPACT WITH WATER, VESSEL AND EACH OTHER CAUSED INJURY TO OPERATOR & 1 PASSENGER.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0065
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:52:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 AND TURNED IN ABRUPTLY TO "SPIN A DOUGHNUT."  VICTIM FELL OFF VESSEL DURING TURN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL, CAUSING DISLOCATION.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0066
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:40:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS TOWING A SKIIER AND DID NOT HAVE PROPER LOOKOUT.  VESSEL 1 TURNED INTO VESSEL 2, CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $5000 OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0067
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE PUEBLO
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL HIT SERIES OF WAVES IN HEAVY WEATHER, BREAKING OVER THE BOW.  AS THE BOW WAS IN THE TROUGH OF 1 WAVE, ANOTHER 4' + WAVE CAME OVER THE BOW, SWAMPING THEN CAPSIZING THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0070
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: HIGHLINE LAKE
NearestCityTown: LOMA
County: MESA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS BEING TOWED WHEN THE TUBE LEFT THE WAKE AND FLIPPED.  THE IMPACT WITH THE WATER AGREVATED VICTIMS EXISTING SPINAL DISORDER.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0071
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:03:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CACHE LA POUDRE
NearestCityTown: GOULD
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS KAYAKING IN AN AREA WHERE MOST GO FAR RIVER LEFT.  VICTIM APPROACHED AREA RIVER RIGHT AND WAS CAUGHT UPSIDE DOWN IN A STRAINER.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0073
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:40:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: WAKEBOARD BINDING WAS CUT OFF
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS BEING TOWED ON A WAKEBOARD.  HE FELL AND IMPACT WITH THE WATER/EQUIPMENT RESULTED IN A BROKEN LEG.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0075
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS SOUTH BOUND TO BOAT RAMP WHEN VESSEL 2 RAN INTO THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL 1, CAUSING INJURY.  NEITHER OPERATOR 2 NOR VESSEL 2 WAS NEVER SUFFICIENTLY IDENTIFIED OR LOCATED.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0076
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE PUEBLO
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS OPERATING VESSEL AT FULL THROTTLE WHEN HE HIT A WAVE AND STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE HANDLEBARS, CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0077
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 & VESSEL 2 WERE ON PLANE NORTHBOUND.  VESSEL 2 WAS SLIGHTLY AHEAD ON THE PORT SIDE.  VESSEL 2 TURNED STARBOARD INTO VESSEL 1 BOW, CAUSING INJURY & PROPERTY DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0078
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:32:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: Person struck by activity equi
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
SKIER BEING TOWED BY VESSEL LET GO OF TOW ROPE.  TOW ROPE REBOUNDED INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF VESSEL, STRIKING VICTIM, CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0085
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: TRINIDAD LAKE
NearestCityTown: TRINIDAD
County: LAS ANIMAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
OtherAccidentEvent: Person struck by activity equi
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL'S 1 & 2 WERE BEING OPERATED PARRALLEL; VESSEL 2 TOWING A TUBE.  VESSEL 1 DID NOT HAVE A PROPER LOOKOUT, MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND OPERATOR 1 STRUCK THE TOW ROPE WITH HER FACE, CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0089
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS SOUTH BOUND WHEN IT CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND.  OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE MAIN SAIL, BUT WAS UNABLE TO.  THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE ENTANGLED IN LINE, CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0090
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS WESTBOUND WHEN IT STRUCK THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 1 THEN BOUNCED OFF OF VESSEL 2 AND STRUCK THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 3.  VESSELS 2 & 3 WERE MOORED TOGETHER.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0093
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 & VESSEL 2 WERE BOTH TRAVELLING WEST, WATCHING A THIRD VESSEL TOWING A TUBE.  NEITHER WERE MAINTAINING A PROPER LOOKOUT.  VESSEL 2 STARBOARD SIDESWIPED VESSEL 1 PORT, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0097
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: ARKANSAS RIVER
NearestCityTown: COTOPAXI
County: FREMONT
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM STRUCK SEVERAL LARGE WAVES, CAPSIZING THE VESSEL.  VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO ROLL UNSUCCESSSFULLY.  AS HE WAS EXITING THE VESSEL, HIS FEET BECAME ENTANGLED.  HE WAS ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF BUT SUFFERED INJURY.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS III/IV RAPIDS AND WAS FLOWING AT APPROXIMATELY 778 CFS.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0101
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:40:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: GREEN RIVER
NearestCityTown: DINOSAUR
County: MOFFAT
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAPID, THE RAFT HIT A CUT AND CAPSIZED PORT, OPERATOR AND VICTIM.  OPERATOR & VICTIM STAYED WITH RAFT, THEN BROKE FREE SEPERATELY.  OPERATOR WAS RESCUED BY ANOTHER VESSEL, VICTIM FLOATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.  ATTEMPTS TO RESECUE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO VICTIM BEING UNRESPONSIVE AFTER STRIKING MULTIPLE SUBMERGED OBJECTS.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0104
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: COLORADO RIVER
NearestCityTown: KREMMLING
County: GRAND
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
BEFORE ENTERING THE RAPIDS, OPERATOR 1 APPROACHED IT FROM A BAD ANGLE, SETTING THE BOAT UP SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS.  WHILE GOING THROUGH THE RAPIDS, VICTIM/OPERATOR FELL OVERBOARD AND WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE FLOATING IN THE RIVER RESCUE POSITION.  HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED 2 WEEKS LATER APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS III RAPIDS.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0105
Date: 2009-08-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOYD LAKE
NearestCityTown: LOVELAND
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATING WITHOUT A PROPER LOOKOUT AND RAN INTO VESSEL 2, CAUSING INJURY TO VICTIMS 1 & 2, PROPERTY DAMAGE TO BOTH PWC'S.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0107
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE PUEBLO
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A PWC UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND FELL OFF WHEN HE HIT A WAVE.  HE STRUCK HIS CHIN ON THE PWC.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0114
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: FORT COLLINS
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS BEING TOWED ON A WAKEBOARD WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE WATER.  THE WAKEBOARD STRUCK VICTIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0115
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: FT. COLLINS
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: DAMAGE TO BOWS, ANCHOR HOUSING, RAILINGS & HULLS ON VESSELS 2 & 3 - NO MORE DETAILS.
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH A LARGER BOAT.  OPERATOR BACKED OUT OF SLIP AND BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD, STRIKING THE BOWS OF VESSELS 2 & 3, WHICH WERE STILL MOORED IN THE SLIP.  NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN REGARDING VESSEL 2 OR 3 AND PERSON COMPLETING THE REPORT QUIT.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0116
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:01:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: RIDGWAY RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: RIDGWAY
County: OURAY
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS DOCKED IN THE MARINA, VESSEL 2 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK NEXT TO VESSEL 1 WHEN IT STRUCK THE STERN STARBOARD CORNER WITH THE PORT MIDSHIP IN A GLANCING COLLISION.  THE IMPACT CAUSED DIRECT DAMAGE TO BOTH VESSELS.  VESSEL 1 WAS ALSO DAMAGED WHEN THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION FORCED ITS BOW INTO THE DOCK.  ALL PARTIES INVOLVED DENIED ANY WRONGDOING OR KNOWING ABOUT THE COLLISION.  UNKNOWN EXACT DATE, TIME OR CONDITIONS OF ACCIDENT.  NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION GIVEN TO SET A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0118
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAYLOR PARK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: CRESTED BUTTE
County: GUNNISON
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
AccidentCause3: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM AND PASSENGER WERE IN A CANOE FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOT WEARING PFD'S, WHEN THE WIND BEGAN TO PICK UP.  AS THEY WERE PADDLING TO SHORE, A GUST CAPSIZED THE CANOE, EJECTING THE VICTIM & PASSENGER.  THE PASSENGER HELD ON TO A PFD AND THE VICTIM DROWNED.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0121
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:07:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CARTER LAKE
NearestCityTown: LOVELAND
County: LARIMER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM  WAS ON A TUBE BEING TOWED BY VESSEL 2 WHEN SHE FELL OFF.  OPERATOR 1 DID NOT HAVE A PROPER LOOKOUT TO SPOT PEOPLE IN THE WATER BUT HAD AN AGREEMENT TO PICK UP PEOPLE AS THEY FELL OFF THE TUBE.  DUE TO THE INTOXICATION OF THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, HE COULD NOT PROPERLY REACT TO THE SITUATION AND STRUCK VICTIM.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0122
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 WAS BEING OPERATED NORTHBOUND WHEN IT HAD TO MAKE A SHARP PORT TURN TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VESSEL WESTBOUND.  THE MOTION OF THE TURN EJECTED OPERATOR 1 AND VICTIM 1.  AT SOME POINT DURING THE EJECTION, VICTIM 1 BROKE HIS FEMUR.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0123
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:40:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS SAILING EB NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE RESERVOIR WHEN A GUST OF WIND AROSE.  THE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VESSEL AND IT CAPSIZED, EJECTING ALL ABOARD.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0124
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:13:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: AURORA
County: ARAPAHOE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL 1 & 2 WERE RACING WB.  VESSEL 2 STRUCK WAKE/WAVES, CAUSING OPERATOR 1 & 2 TO FALL OFF AT FULL THROTTLE.  VESSEL 1 WAS SLIGHTLY BEHIND VESSEL 2 AND STRUCK OPERATOR 2/VICTIM IN THE HEAD.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0125
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-11-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHATFIELD RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: LITTLETON
County: DOUGLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL #1 CAPSIZED, EJECTING VICTIM 1 & 2.  THE OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE OPERATING A CANOE IN MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, COMBINED WITH PEOPLE MOVING ON BOARD.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0127
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: limb tangled in vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE OPERATING VESSEL 1, OPERATOR HIT LARGE WAVES AND FELL OFF OF THE VESSEL.  IN THE PROCESS, HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE RUNNING BOARDS.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0129
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: PUEBLO RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: PUEBLO
County: PUEBLO
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: N/A
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS BEING OPERATED BACK TO SHORE, INTO THE WIND IN HEAVY WEATHER.  A LARGE WAVE CAME OVER THE BOW - SWAMPING & SINKING THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-CO-0132
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: CO
NameOfBodyOfWater: SWEITZER RESERVOIR
NearestCityTown: DELTA
County: DELTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Failure to vent
AccidentCause2: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
AccidentCause3: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR DID NOT TURN ON VESSEL'S BLOWER WHILE IDLING, CAUSING FUMES INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO BUILD UP, EVENTUALLY IGNITING & CAUSED AN EXPLOSION.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0001
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Pattagansett River
NearestCityTown: East Lyme
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
AccidentCause2: Overloading
AccidentCause3: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: Passenger's shotgun was destroyed when it aborbed 95% of the BB's from the shooters shotgun shot.
RedactedNarrative:
Two adult males were waterfowl hunting from a canoe. While they shot four times at approaching geese the canoe capsized in 3-4 feet of water. As the canoe capsized one of the firearms discharged. One of the occupants was struck in the hand with pellets and the other sustained a minor hand injury when the canoe capsized. Investigators determined that the capsize was due to the heigh of the victim's sitting poisition, wind gusts and unstable characteriscs of a fully loaded canoe and recoil of the shotgun blasts the canoe capsized. Both victims were able to get themselves out of the water and drive themselves to a nearby hospital for medical treatement.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0002
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:24:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Housatonic River
NearestCityTown: Stratford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: Other
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
The victim lived aboard the vessesl which was docked at the Boardwalk Marina. Shortly after midnight, a fire started in the cabin area of the vessel. The victim was the only person aboard the vessel. Stratford Fire Department responded and used foam and water to suppress the fire and were unable to get the victim out of the vessel before it sank. It was determined that the fire was initiated from a propane heater in the cabin of the vessel. The cause of death was smoke inhalation.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0003
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: West Haven
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Weather
AccidentCause3: Alcohol
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
The operator and passenger departed the boat launch to go fishing. The two were not wearing a personal flotation device nor were any flotation devices or safety and survival equipment on boat. While anchored, the two experienced heavy waves, wind, fog and rain. As the victim actively fished and talked on the telephone, he stood up within the canoe and began to urinate over the portside. As he did this, a wave struck the starboard side and capsized the canoe. The passenger and operator attempted to re-board the canoe, but were unsuccessful. The two attempted to swim to shore, however the weather conditions disoriented the two. As the two swam, the victim made a comment that he was not a good swimmer. A large wave struck the two and the operator lost visual contact with the victim. The operator swam for another two hours and sought refuge aboard an unoccupied vessel moored in New Haven Harbor. The body of the victim was recovered in the area where the operator last saw him.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0004
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Zoar
NearestCityTown: Southbury
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Operator 1 was floating in no current or wind in Kettletown State Park alongside a friends boat. They had been there for about one hour prior to the accident. They were approached by a Lake Zoar patrol boat. The police officer aboard yelled ahead at them to have the boat registration and boating licenses ready for his inspection. Operator 1 retrieved the requested information and looked to his port side and saw the patrol boat coming towards vessel 1 and making no attempt to stop. The patrol boat rammed into the port bow at a speed of approximately 5-10 mph and partially rode up onto the front deck. The operator of vessel #2 (the patol boat) stated he reached down to get the sound meter for another passenger and looked up and could not avoid the collision.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0005
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:38:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Old Saybrook
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
AccidentCause2: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: unknown
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: Bridge/Catwalk bent/broken - heavy damage
RedactedNarrative:
Operator of vessel 1 was returning to Saybrook Point marina wherer his boat is docked. The boat is equipped with electronic controls. Operator attempted to shift the boat into neutral, then reverse. The boat continued going foward. The boat continued until it struck the bridge/catwalk between two docks.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0006
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: New Haven
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The USCG New Haven advised the officer that at approximately 2030 hours a USCG vessel was returning to the station and observed a PWC with two POB jumping the wake within 100 feet of their vessel. The estimated speed of the PWC was 40 MPH. Upon jumping the wake, the PWC went airborn throwing both the operator and passenger from the PWC. USCG retrieve both parties from the water and transported them to USCG New Haven while towing the PWC. The passenger bit his lower lip, requiring stitches and transport to hospital. The operator was under the age of 18 therefore could not sign a refusal and transported with the passenger but sustained no injuries. No Fire ext., sound device, or certificate to operate.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0007
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:45:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Stamford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was heading towards gas dock. The operator attempted to put the vessel into reverse. Reverse failed and vessel 1 was unable to stop and collided into vessel 2.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0009
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:21:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Greenwich
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Operator of the sailboat was securing lines when he lost his balance and fell overboard. At this time a line became wrapped around his leg, which caused the subject to be dragged by the boat. At an undetermined point the subject became free from the line and was subsequently rescued.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0010
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Stratford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The two personal watercraft were operating in close proximity to each other. Vessel #2 was doing 360 degree turns on the PWC. Vessel #2 lost control of the vessel while coming out of a turn and struck Vessel #1.  The operator of vessel #1 reported she could not avoid the collision. The operator of Vessel # 2 was ticketed for operating without a license and reckless boating. The operator of vessel #1 was verbally warned for operating without a license.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0011
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Westbrook
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
On the afternoon of July 5th, witnesses aboard "Minx" in adjacent slip 32 observed a power boat described as a dark colored hull Sea Ray about 30ft in length collide with the inflatable and the dock piling while attempting to enter an adjacent vacant slip to visit friends aboard "Absolutely" in slip 35. The inflatable was hanging in davits on the stern of my sailboat, Emerald City, docked in slip 34. No one was aboard Emerald City at the time and the damage was not known until I boarded Emerald City on July 12th. The owners of "Minx" reported the events to me at that time. The operator was overheard to say he would return by car. No notice or contact information by the operator of the Sea Ray was left aboard my boat, nor did the operator stop to assess the damage, according to the people aboard Minx. No report was filed at the marina office by the operator.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0012
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:10:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Clinton
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was backing into his slip. Vessel 2 was docked and not moving. The operator of vessel 1 was acccelerating in reverse and stuck vessel 2.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0013
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Greenwich
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
We were sailing on Starboard tack. Other boat was clearly visible and sailing on Port tack. We hailed her repeatedly expecting her to tack or duck, but she responded too late, trying to duck behind us. I was on the helm and tried to avoid her but she struck us on the rear portside quarter, about 2 feet back from the stern, probably doing about 6 knots. Etchells have a pointly bow and she took out the stern rail post, pushing it into the deck and pulling the life lines is such away that they bent and split the bow pulpit.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0014
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Thames River
NearestCityTown: Groton
County: New London
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The sailing vessel "Blue Jay" was making way under auxiliary power at 6 knots out of the Thames River and into Fisher's Island Sound at approximately 2300 hours. The vessel encountered swells, just south of the Red N"6BL" off of Black Ledge, approximately three to four feet on her broadside due to heavy vessel traffic and south westerly winds of 15 to 20 knots. The passenger was below decks, seated on the starboard side as we encountered the swells. The passenger moved to retrieve an item on the cabin sole as the boat rolled to sharply to port then quickly back to starboard. The passenger was thrown from the port side of the cabin to the starboard side, striking the navigation station. After an initial assessment of the passenger's condition, it was determined she was conscious and not bleeding but unable to stand due to pain. The vessel "Blue Jay" then hailed the Coast Guard for assistance for an injured passenger. A first responder from a local fire department was brought by boat and then escorted to CG Station New London where she was transported to the hospital.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0016
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Chester
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: bolts torn off finger pier connection on dock. Finger pier bent.
RedactedNarrative:
Operator 2 was temporarily deocked in the slip to the right of vessel 1. At 1400, he undocked and backed out. Vessel 2 turned and when the bow was pointed at vessel 1, operator 2 engaged forward gear. He accelerated and collided with vessel 1. He accelerated more and pushed vessel 1 so far as to break the finger off the dock.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0017
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 03:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Candlewood Lake
NearestCityTown: New Milford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
The three males were out on the lake traveling south when the boat struck the rocky shoreline on the west side of the lake. The three victims suffered injuries as a result of the impact and were then transported to area hospitals to receive medical treatment. The operator had been drinking prior to the accident and was arrested for BUI. Speed and operator action were the cause of the accident with alcohol being a contributing factor. The operator was reaching to change the radio and leaning into the cabin to speak to the passengers at the time of the collision.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0018
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:20:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Milford
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
An unoccupied sailboat was found under power in Long Island Sound. A search was started for the victim. Four days later the victims body was located in Long Island Sound. Investigation revealed that the victim fell overboard at some point prior to 1830 hours. Alcohol use was a contributing factor listed by the investigator as the operator's body was recovered several days later the victim had a BAC of 0.14 and there were numerous alcoholic beverage container (consumed and un open) on board the vessel. Cause of death was listed as accidental drowning. The vessel was found to be in good working condition.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0019
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:55:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Cromwell
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 2 bow struck vessel 1 stern while heading south on the Connecticut River in a no wake zone in front of the Cromwell Ski boat launch. Vessel 2 operator is arrested for Boating Under the Influence and Reckless operation of a vessel in the first degree while under the inflence of intoxicating liquor or drugs by Cromwell Police. No injuries.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0020
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:15:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Old Saybrook
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
The operator and passengers departed the area of Chalker Beach on vessel 1. The operator wanted to ride on an inflatable tube being pulled by vessel 1. A passenger assumed the controls and began to operate the vessel. The current operator did not have a safe boating certificate or formal boating education nor had ever operated a vessel before. The operator did not affix the kill switch lanyard prior to operation. The operator operated the vessel approximately 1500 feet off shore and began making large circles towards the left. The operator was on plane with full throttle when the chine of the vessel caught its own wake, causing the vessel to hook abruptly to the right. This abrupt hooking motion caused the operator, and two passengers to go over the portside gunwale and into the waters of Long Island Sound. One victim's leg was caught on the vessel as they got ejected injuring their ankle and another victim tried to swim to the unoccupied vessel and board it and was struck by the propeller.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0021
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-05-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Windsor
County: Hartford
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
The operator and his passengers finished fishing and began cruising downstream. While on a plane and crusing at about 15-30 MPH they impacted a mostly submerged log at this point and went airborne. The operator saw the log at the last second. The resulting impact with the water caused the passenger to hit his face on something near the bow of the boat, injuring his mouth and face. They called 911 and proceeded to the closest boat launch. One passenger was transported to the hospital for injuries sustained.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0024
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:20:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Fishers Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Groton
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Failure to vent
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
DEP dispatch received a call that there was an explosion on a boat at the Noank Shipyard and there was a single victim who suffered burns to his hands and face as a result. The victim had turned on the 10 gallon propane tank at the boat's stern, and then subsequently lit the propane stove within the cabin; moments later, an explosion occurred followed by a fire, which burned the victim and totaled his vessel. The victim's burns were very severe and later transfered to a hospital with a burn unit. The cause was believed to be accidental but is being investigated by the state fire marhsal who has not yet released the report to DEP officers.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0025
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Candlewood Lake
NearestCityTown: Brookfield
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Three occupants were riding a jetski. The operator was accelerating away from shore and did two turns. The last passenger on the PWC fell overboard during the sequence of events. The victim got back on and when they returned back to the dock realized that the victim was bleeding. The victim stated she felt like she had a stomach ache. At this point the victim was driving to the hospital were it was discovered she suffered from a perforated colon. The operator was charged with failure to report a boating accident.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0026
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:15:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Quadick Lake
NearestCityTown: Thompson
County: Windham
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Congested Waters
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Operator 1 was driving his boat and as he passed by an island on his left, a boat appeared coming from his left about 60 degrees to his direction. Operator 1 started to slow and turn right so vessel 2 could pass across his bow. Instead, he took a hard right and traveled down vessel 1's left side at high speed. At that point, vessel 1 hit what he thought was his wake. Operator 1 stopped to say something to operator 2 since operator 1 felt they had maneuvered too close and that is when operator 1 realized that he had hit a tube with two people on it.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0027
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:41:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Highland Lake
NearestCityTown: Winsted
County: Litchfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel number 2 was idling along shore looking at homes. Vessel #1 was cruising around in the middle of the lake. The operator of vessel #1 fell out of the seat and pushed the throttle of the vessel to full when falling. Vessel #1 was now operating with no driver. Vessel #1 circled back around and hit the port side of Vessel #2 in a side swiping manner. It then kept traveling. On the next pass around Vessel 1 caught its own wake and ran over Vessel 2. All of the passengers on Vessel 2 except one had jumped out of the vessel when they saw the vessel coming the second time. After running over Vessel 2, Vessel 1 continued traveling towards the shore and hit a dock. The operator of vessel 1 then took control of the vessel and proceeded to their dock. Operator 1 was under the influence and arrested. Vessel 2 was towed by a passer-by back to shore.

PropertyDamageDescription:
Section of dock was smashed into. Composite board planks destroyed and stainless steed underframe warped.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0029
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Essex
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: Hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent3: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: 2 pilings at marina- one snapped in half; the other damage
RedactedNarrative:
Operator 1 operates vessel 1 using the remote control for the 58' motor yacht. Operator 1 backs vessel 1 out of launch. Operator 1 notices vessel is not operating correctly and flips the remote hanging around his neck. Operator 1 continues to operate vessel 1 using remote. Vessel 1 stops in the channel changes gears and proceeds forward. The bow and anchor of vessel 1 engages the railing of vessel 2 which was tied to the dock at the marina. Vessel 1 continues forward pulling the stainless steel railings from vessel 2, railing goes across the front windshield and tears into the windshield fabric cover. Approximately, 50' linear feet of railing torn from deck of vessel 2, then vessel 1 disengages from vessel. Operator 1, still utilizing the remote control, spins vessel 1 in the channel. Vessel 1 proceeds forward hitting piling 1, then hits vessel 2 on the port side aft of vessel 3. Vessel 3 was in a slip and unoccupied. Vessel 1 traveling at speeds less than 10 mph. Vessel 1 proceeds forward hitting and breaking piling 2 in half. Vessel 1 continues into the next slips and engages vessel 4 which is in a slip and unoccupied. Vessel 1 hits and damages stanchion, shroud, rigging and mast on sailboat which is vessel 4. Vessel 1 cames to rest and is secured in slip adjacent to slip with vessel 4. Marina later discovered that the propellers were installed backwards on vessel 1.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0030
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:45:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Essex
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The operator was operating his jet ski south on the CT River in Deep River with a passenger on the back. Both subjects were wearing the proper life jackets which are requried by law. Both subjects state that a wake which came from the port side caused the jet ski bounce and/or go air borne which then caused both operator and passenger to be thrown off the left (port) side into the water causing injuries to both. Speed may have been a factor, however, the investigator could not prove. The operator was taken by LifeStar helicopter with chest injuries to the hospital and the passenger was driven by a family memeber to the hospital with shoulder and head injuries.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0031
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:50:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Farmington River
NearestCityTown: Barkhamsted
County: Litchfield
WaterConditions: Strong Current
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Three occupants were in a canoe paddling in a whitewater environment. They were headed downstream when the canoe hit a rock causing the canoe to capsize. The three held onto a rock in middle of river and were rescued by fire department personell. All passengers refused medical treatment at first but later one complained of pain in both ankles and was transported to a hospital. The river had a high flow rate at the time of the accident and was a contributing factor. The main operator of the canoe was experienced.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0033
Date: 2009-08-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:45:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Greenwich
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
Pumpout operator struck Salt Rock in Greenwich with lower unit of outboard motor. Caused substantial damage to lower unit. Salt rock well marked on nautical chart and locally known.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0034
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:12:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Coventry Lake
NearestCityTown: Coventry
County: Tolland
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
The operator and sole person onboard a PWC was operating in the middle of the lake. While cruising the operator decided to jump the wake of a passing vessel. He crossed the vessels wake about 50ft to 75ft behind the vessel at approx. 45 mph. The PWC went airborne and rotated sideways throwing the victim off the PWC. While being ejected the operators ankle hit the PWC breaking it in four places. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0035
Date: 2009-09-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:34:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Guilford
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
At approximately 2134 hours, there was a single vessel accident on Long Island Sound. The vessel involved struck a large rock break wall (retaining wall). The vessel involved was an 18 foot Boston Whaler. There were four occupants at the time of the accident/ The incident resulted in the death of one occupant, severe injuries of two occupants and injuries to one complaint.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0036
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 01:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Milford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Weather
AccidentCause3: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The victim and passenger had been at a party on the beach. Both began drinking alcoholic drinks. At around 0030, they decided to take a kayak from the house and paddle to Charles Island. The injured victim stated that they made it to the island but on their way back, the waves were larger and their kayak took on water. After taking on water, their vessel capsized. They did not have lifejackets on board so they held onto the boat and tried to swim for the island. After approximately 45 minutes they had been swept out south of the island and decided to abandon the boat and try to swim back, the two checked on each other by yelling back and forth during the swim. After approximately 35 minutes of swimming the injured victim called back to the deceased and did not get an answer. The injured victim reached the island 10 minutes later. Once on the island, the injured victim caught his breath and decided to swim to a nearby boat for help. The people on the nearby anchored boat called 911. The missing victim has not been located to date.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0037
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Stonington Harbor
NearestCityTown: Stonington
County: New London
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was sailing in a northerly direction in Stonington Harbor on starboard tack. Vessel 2 was sailing in a southerly direction in Stonington Harbor on port tack and collided with vessel 1. Vessel 2 attempted to yield to vessel 1 however while in close quarters the lookout on vessel 1 yelled "come up". The operators of both vessels thought the instruction was for them and the vessels collided. Both vessels were in  a sailboat race and at the starting line sailing for a good position across the line.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0038
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Mystic River
NearestCityTown: Stonington
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was traveling west on the north side of the Mason's Island company marina. Vessel 1 struck an unknown submerged object and began taking on water. Vessel 1 turned back and overturned as the operator attempted to turn into the dock at the Mason's Island company marina. No injuries were reported.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0039
Date: 2009-08-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Lyme
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The owner moored his 38 foot sailboat. He left the vessel at 8pm on August 21, 2009. He returned on Saturday, August 22, 2009. Overnight, someone hit his sailboat, on the starboard side, midship. About 10-12 inches above the waterline, there were approximately 15 separate scratches and gouges in the fiberglass. It appeared someone struck the vessel on the mooring.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0040
Date: 2009-07-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:15:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Salmon River
NearestCityTown: East Haddam
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
Operator 1 states while traveling northeast on the Salmon River the vessel began to smoke. Operator 1 left the vessel and boarded a friend's vessel. Vessel 1 sank. Operator 1 returned to the Salmon River boat dock leaving the submerged vessel.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0043
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Niantic River
NearestCityTown: Waterford
County: New London
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel was tubing in the Niantic River. The vessel was operating safely and prudently when the tub hit a large wave. The victim, an 11 year old female had her hand wrapped around the handle. She did not relase and tried to hold on. During the sequence of events she felt a snap. Then she fell off the tube. The operator picked her up and brought her to shore and called her parents. An ambulance came and transported her to a local hospital where it was found she had compound fracture to her right wrist. Officers determined the operator was not at fault and the accident was a result of the tuber's inexperience in tubing and inability to maintain a proper grib and now when to relase the handles of the tube.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0044
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Hitchcock Lake
NearestCityTown: Wolcott
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
AccidentCause2: Improper Loading
AccidentCause3: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel, a small jet boat, was just getting underway. It was overaloaded with 2 more occupants than recommend and over the max weight. The seating configuration of passengers and additional weight caused the bow of the vessel to submerge. At this point, the passengers shifted positions and water continued to enter the vessel. The operator then made a turn back to the dock in order to return to it. Additional water entered the vessel at this point. The operator felt the vessel was going to sink and now saw either smoke or steam coming from the engine compartment and ordered everyone to jump overboard. In the process of doing so the operator jumped overboard as well. The operator failed to shift the boat to neutral, shut off the boat, or pull the kill switch (which was not attached to his person) before leaving the vessel. The vessel then took off at full throttle across the lake and hit a docked boat then ramped up and landed in a gazebo on land. There were no injuries. Operator 1 was issued an infraction for reckless boating and recieved several verbal warnings for insufficient PFDs and overloading.

PropertyDamageDescription:
Damage to dock at #24 Roosevelt Drive, Wolcott (Owner Alan Trott); Damage to Lawn on lake right of way at #13 Roosevelt, Wolcott (Owner Helen Daniels); Damage to lawn, tree and gazebo at #16 Roosevelt, Wolcott (Owner Andy Giordino)


BARDID: 2009-CT-0045
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Quinebaug River
NearestCityTown: Plainfield
County: Windham
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Two kayaks overturned in the river due to recent rains and increased waterflow. The two kayakers made it to shore without injury but were unable to recover their kayaks. Both paddlers were wearing PFD's. No injuries. Kayaks lost.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:25:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Zoar
NearestCityTown: Newtown
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Two minors were operating a jet ski. The owner's daughter operated the jet ski first for a few laps around the lake. She then switched to let the victim operate. The new operator was not familiar with jet ski operation. The operator (and victim) were operating for a few minutes when the jet ski accelerated toward the shoreline. She tried to turn the jet ski around but in doing so took her thumb off the throttle and the jet ski continued to go straight, into a rock sea wall. The passenger tried to pull the lanyard but was unsuccessful. The passenger rolled off the watercraft as it was approaching the rock wall and tried to pull the operator off but was unsuccessful. In Connecticut, anyone under the age of 16 is required to not only have a certificate allowing them to operate a PWC but have an adult (over 18) who also has their certificate onboard to supervise the minor. The owner of the PWC was issued an infraction for allowing a minor to illegally operate a PWC. The victim suffered a pelvic fracture/dislocation, bruises, and scratches.

PropertyDamageDescription:
Damage to rock wall. The impact of the accident caused five rocks to be moved from their original position. One large rock was moved about two inches to the left causing the other rocks to collapse onto it. Two small rocks (which were on top of the large


BARDID: 2009-CT-0047
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Terramuggus
NearestCityTown: Marlborough
County: Hartford
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
In the early morning, the victim and a passenger went fishing. They fished a few hours and it began to rain. The passenger did not have any rain gear so they rowed to shore and the passenger got out. The victim (who had rain gear) went back out on the lake, anchored and began to fish. The passenger went to get coffee at a nearby store then came back to the lake and parked and slept in his car for a while. When he woke up and wanted to leave he tried to find his friend on the lake. He drove around and saw the rowboat in the middle of the lake, empty. At some point, the victim fell out of the boat and drowned. The victim was recovered in about 16ft of water about 35 ft from the vessel. The vessel was anchored and had some water in it. Investigators were unable to determine if this was just from rain or if some water entered when the victim fell overboard.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0048
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Mystic River
NearestCityTown: Mystic
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The owner was transiting up river with his wife as well as another couple. They were waiting for the Mystic Rail Bridge to open when the vessel struck a well known, charted rock in the mooring field. The vessel stopped abruptly, throwing his wife, against a bulkhead and then to the floor. The operator was able to back off the rock, and safely transit to the marina. The injured was transported to a hospital. The victim had minor bruising and fractures to her face bones.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0050
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-02-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:25:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Pawcatuck River
NearestCityTown: Pawcatuck
County: New London
WaterConditions: Unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
A boat was observed on fire at a marina. After investigation and inspection by the fire marshal it was determined that an employee of the marina had sometime prior to the fire installed a battery charger aboard the vessel. In doing so, the battery charger was powered by an orange colored extension cord and plugged in to an electrical service. When the vessel's batter compartment door was closed, it pinched the cord, subsequently causing overheating, short circuit and subsequent ignition. All were in agreement as to the cause and determination of the fire being accidental. The vessel was a total loss. Unoccupied.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0051
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Candlewood Lake
NearestCityTown: Danbury
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel had just finished spending an evening on the lake watching the sunset. While driving back to the dock at night the boat hit a submerged rock then was launched off the rock onto another larger boulder. The boat was inoperable and later found to have lost the lower unit and propeller when it was pulled from the water. The vessel operator and passenger called a friend and were towed into a nearby boat ramp. Both operator and passenger suffered minor injuries not requiring hospitalization or medical treatment (sprained thumb, broken tooth). The operator was issued a warning for improper lookout. The operator thought she was traveling along the center of the lake and was really much closer to shore than she had thought. Also of note the lake had recently been lowered two feet and the hazard markers removed for the season.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0052
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Candlewood Lake
NearestCityTown: Danbury
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: missing or inadequate navigation aids
AccidentCause3: Other
OtherAccidentCause: low water level
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
While Bringing boat home to slip the operator ran aground near Crystal Bay. The lake was recently lowered by approximately 2 feet and markers had been removed from lake. Immediately after the grounding, the operator was able to drive the boat back to its slip at Crystal Bay. The operator thought the prop had just been bent. The next day when he took the vessel out, he found that all of the sudden, the boat went from moving fine to a sudden stop. The vessel had to be towed by a passing boat. The grounding had cracked the lower gear drive and caused the oil level to drop so that the gears in the upper drive were not being lubricated. Without lubrication the teeth on the gears burned and the boat stopped.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0053
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Chester
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
Victim was on an inflatable tube on the CT River being pulled by a friend operating his vessel when he lost his grip on the tube when the vessel took a starboard turn, causing him to fall off the tube, hitting the water surface head first, then flipping over with his legs apart hitting the water again described as very hard. The Operator and passengers on board saw that he was injured, and call 911 to report this incident. They were unable to pull him back onboard due to his injuries and fire department personnel had to come remove him from the water and bring the victim to a a nearby yacht club where he was evaluated and brought to the hospital. Victim sufferred a pelvic fracture.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0054
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Bridgeport Harbor
NearestCityTown: Bridgeport
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: restricted vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
The operator was returning from fishing. It was a foggy evening and overcast. The operator was coming in and hit a buoy due to the fog and reduced visibility.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0055
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:47:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: East Hartford
County: Hartford
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Other
AccidentCause3: Restricted Vision
OtherAccidentCause: Congested Waters
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The two vessels involved were a police PWC and a university rowing shell. While working the regatta, operator 1 was attempting to reach the west bank of the CT River while traveling north in order to get a better position to monitor the activity. Having his emergency lights engaged, operator 1 was idling up the river. The operator observed four racing shells traveling south at what appeared to him as full speed. The operator looked to the rear and sides to see if anyone was approaching from behind; no other racing shells were approaching. As the operator waited in his location, he was struck from behind by a racing shell. The rowers did not see the PWC because they face the stern. Only the coxswain could have seen the PWC and she stated she saw a PWC in the course and thought it may have been a race official. When she looked again, she thought the PWC was gone. Next thing she knew they collided with the PWC. There is also a blind spot directly in front of the vessel due to the crew's seating position.

In reviewing the facts Vessel 1 should not have been on the race course, but after making entry onto the course the operator failed to maintain proper lookout. The operator of vessel 2 reconginized an unusual occurance on the course and as the sole person responisble for the safe operation of the vessel failed to maintain a proper lookout.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0056
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Thames River
NearestCityTown: Groton
County: New London
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Alcohol
AccidentCause3: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent3: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was boarded by the USCG for a routine boarding. Once on board, they observed that the operator had facial injuries and two passengers were complaining of injuries sustained from what the operator described as "hitting something in the water". The boarding team also observed that the vessel was taking on water and decided to terminate the voyage and tow the vessel back to the launch. That boarding team noticed an odor of an alcoholic beverage on the operator as well as the passengers, and observed numerous open beer bottles on the deck. The boarding team began dewatering the vessel and were met at the dock by members on the police department and ambulance company. The operator was transported via ambulance for head injuries, and another passenger was taken to the hospital via private vehicle for bruised ribs and hip.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0057
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 06:20:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Fishers Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Stonington
County: New London
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
The vessel was anchored in the lee of Napatree Island overnight. Sometime in the early morning hours, the vessel began dragging the anchor while the operator was asleep. The operator woke up to find the vessel hard against the outer breakwall to Stonington Harbor. The USCG came and got the owner off of the vessel. The vessel then broke apart and sank during the storm. The engine and fuel compartments were later salvaged by a commercial operation due to the fact they were environmental hazards.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0058
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Norwalk Harbor
NearestCityTown: Norwalk
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The vessesl was underway and just reduced speed to an idle because they reached a no wake zone. All four occupants were sitting together on fly bridge. The occupants reported hearing a large "pop" then observing flames from the area of the motor covers over the aft deck/cockpit. The occupants attempted to use a fire extinguisher but the flames quickly spread and were too intense. The occupants jumped overboard and were picked up by a passer-by and a police boat. No injuries. After being extinguished by a fireboat, the vessel sank while being towed in due to all the water used to extinguish it. The exact cause of the fire is unknown although investigators believe it to be from a fuel related problem either raw fuel or vapors. Vessel had fiberglass tanks and they were entacted and not burnt. No known instances of fuel system or gas tank problems with the vessel.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0059
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-10-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Milford
County: New Haven
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
Sailing downwind in a southerly direction. Jibing to change direction. Mid jib the rudder struck a submerged object (log). A loud crack was heard and inspection revealed damage to the transom causing water to enter the boat. The sails were taken down and the boat was motored to the dock and removed from water without further incident.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0060
Date: 2009-10-12 00:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Stonington Harbor
NearestCityTown: Stonington
County: New London
WaterConditions: unknown
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
While the vessel was on its mooring, another boat collided with it. First, it hit the jenniker. The impact snapped the support stay. The vessel also must have hit the port side hull with sufficient force to shatter the fiberglass. Although both the harbormaster and the local boatyard were notified of the accident, the offending boat could not be located. No further info.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0061
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:16:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Stratford
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
The two males occupants were sailing in LIS. About 20 minutes into the trip the boat capized for an unknown reason. Both occupants were trying to right the boat by pulling it back over with no success. The victim then swam to the top of the mast to try and push the boat up as the passenger pulled from the side of the boat. They tried this multiple times but the boat had too much water in it. The victim became very frustrated and when asked if he was ok the victim reported "No". At this point the passenger didnt hear anything else from the victim and swam around the vessel to check on him and found him floating in the water unresponsive. The passenger screamed for help and waved his arms but no other boats were around. The passenger was then able to right the boat and get the vcimt out of the water a little. Some kayaks eventually came over and helped keep the victim out of the water, then another sailboat came over and called the CG over the radio. The victim was transported to shore by police and then to the hospital. This accident was found to be caused by a sudden medical condition but reportable because the righting of the capsized sailboat caused exertion which may have contributed to the medical condition. The victim was recreationally sailing and righting of a small sailboat such as a Sailfish is common.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0062
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Connecticut River
NearestCityTown: Chester
County: Middlesex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was preparing to leave its slip and head out into the river. After casting off a few lines and beginning foward motion out of the slip Vessel 2 was passing about 25 yards in front of Vessel 1. Vessel 2 was violating the no wake zone, traveling at about 10 knots. Vessel 2 was creating a large wake and when it hit Vessel 1 it caused the vessel to motion up and down causing the lower unit to slam into the dock and crushing the teak platform. Vessel 2 was tracked down and received a warning for violating the no wake zone. The operator of Vessel 2 stated it was his first time up the river and unaware that his wake caused any damage until a vessel came after him and took a picture of his vessel.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0063
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-12-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:51:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Long Island Sound
NearestCityTown: Norwalk
County: Fairfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
While kayaking a female overturned her kayak. She was in the water for about an hour. The woman was wearing a life jacket and running suit. She was from FL and an inexperienced paddler in CT. The kayak was a sit on top model. A work boat in the area saw the blue kayak and at a distance thought it was a piece of styrofoam dock he was looking for. Upon approach he saw the victim and called emergency services. She was transported ashore and was found to be hypothermic and brought to the hospital. No information was able to be collected because the woman was so hypothermic and did not have any ID on her at the time. The PD handling the report is still collecting information regarding the accident and holding the kayak.


BARDID: 2009-CT-0064
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:24:00
State: CT
NameOfBodyOfWater: Farmington River
NearestCityTown: Barkhamsted
County: Litchfield
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
The woman was kayaking in a fast moving section of the river when she fell out of her kayak and into the water. By the time emergency personnel responded the woman was stranded on a rock in the middle of the river. The woman was in the water about 35 to 40 minutes, which was enough time for her to be treated for hypothermia and minor injuries to both legs at a local health center. The kayak was recovered further downstream.  ***MORE INFORMATION PENDING*** 2/18/2010 - Resident State Trooper is supposed to be faxing more information regarding incident. Several phone calls to speed up the process have gone unanswered.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0001
Date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Delaware River
NearestCityTown: Delaware City
County: New Castle
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel left Bakers Ramp headed south the the Delaware River, operator attemtpted to recover his hat, he lost control of vessel and hit the pier, operator was ejected, vessel came back struck pier again and continued southboand and stopped approx 100 yard for point of impact.Delaware City Fire Company responded recovered operator and vessel and was transported ER and treated and released.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0002
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:45:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: CD Canal
NearestCityTown: Delaware City
County: New Castle
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was eastbound on the C&D Canal at the mouth of the Canal. Operator thought he was clear of the Canal. Operator struck the south jetty and ran aground and began taking on water. Fire rescue and enforcement responded. no injuries. Seatow responded and salvaged Vessel.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0003
Date: 2009-06-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Rehoboth Bay
NearestCityTown: Dewey Beach
County: Sussex
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Subject was on a sailboat/catamaran, He stated his rudder kicked up causing his bow to dip, placing operator in the water, He was unable to right the vessel CG Station personal responed and he was taken to hospital and treated for Hypothermia and released.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0004
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Rehoboth Lewes Canal
NearestCityTown: Lewes
County: sussex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was following Vessel 2. Vessel 2 was towing a skier. Vessel 1 was following too close and struck the skier. Vessel 1 was skiing in a prohibitted area, both operators were arrested.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0005
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:54:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Delaware Bay
NearestCityTown: Bowers
County: Kent
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
Victim was just leaving ramp in Bowers, shortly after leaving the dock, hit a large wake, was ejected from boat, passenger was unable to control vessel and vessel circled around and struck victim.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0006
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:00:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Heering Creek
NearestCityTown: Millsboro
County: Sussex
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 was westbound when struck in the stern by Vessel 2, Vessel 2 fled and was later arrested by Investigating Officer


BARDID: 2009-DE-0007
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Delaware Bay
NearestCityTown: Lewes
County: sussex
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel operator anchored vessel ftom the stern and while attempting to move took a large wave and vessel swamped and capsized


BARDID: 2009-DE-0008
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:45:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: BETHANY BEACH
County: SUSSEX
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause3: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Congested Waters
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was outboard inlet, lost power and drifted onto south jetty, CG responded and vessel was towed back to Marina


BARDID: 2009-DE-0009
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: assawaoman bay
NearestCityTown: Bethany Beach
County: sussex
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person tangled in activity equ
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was heading back to port and ski was sitting on stern when a gust of wind caught to tube and became airbourn, passengers hand came in contact with ski rope partially tearing off ring finger and middle finger


BARDID: 2009-DE-0010
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:50:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: REHOBOTH BAY
NearestCityTown: MILLSBORO
County: SUSSEX
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel 1 passed vessel 2 and stopped in front of vessel 2. vessel 2 operator did not see vessel 1 stop and hit vessel 1. Operator of vessel 1 broke 3 ribs and had a colllaped lung, victim was transported to hospital by EMS.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0014
Date: 2009-09-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:47:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: CD Canal
NearestCityTown: Middletown
County: New Castle
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was east bound on Canal when operator used his leg to steer vessel. Operator lost control, swerved to the left and struck jetty.


BARDID: 2009-DE-0015
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-10-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:15:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Delaware Bay
NearestCityTown: Little Creek
County: Kent
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause3: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was anchored, took heavy seas over bow, swamped and ejected occupants into water, all persons rescued by passing vessel and returned to shore


BARDID: 2009-DE-0016
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-11-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: DE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic Ocean
NearestCityTown: Dewey Beach
County: Sussex
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Good
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
Vessel was south bound. Vessel owner failed to check fuel levels and ran out of fuel, vessel then became grounded on the shore.


BARDID: 2009-FED-0001
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:48:00
State: FE
NameOfBodyOfWater: Gunpowder River
NearestCityTown: Aberdeen
County: Harford
WaterConditions: calm
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
CongestedWaters: 0
Wind: moderate
Visibility: good
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
Received reports in the news media and from the Department of the Army that two individuals drowned in the swift-moving Gunpowder River while swimming from their vessel. A witness reported that one of victims had stated that the water was cold, that the current was swift and that he had a cramp. The three started to struggle and attempted to hold onto the other for support.  They were about 20 yards from the boat.  The operator maneuvered closer to the victims and a witness grabbed a paddle to hold out to the swimmers.  Before operator jumped into the water, he explained to witness how to start the vessel.  Operator swam to and brought one victim to the boat where he was able to grab onto the paddle and engine (now turned off). The remaining victims were about 30 yards away.   Operator returned to vessel to move vessel closer and tried to contact the Coast Guard for assistance.  Opeartor had hit the "man overboard" feature on his GPS to track the location. The remaining victims were about 30 yards away. The line was fuzzy (the CG had thought there was a grounding not a drowning).  The party lit flares and talked to nearby boaters.  When boat was moved closer, one victim was just underwater and the other was trying to hold onto the paddle but could not get a firm grip. Sight of both individuals was lost and the boat drifted ¼ mile from last siting. The operator didn’t turn on the engine for fear of striking the victims with the propeller.

Reports indicate that the individuals had departed a party after eating and had been on the water since 1600.  Witnesses state the individuals were not consuming alcohol, just soda. Conditions of the water involved a high tide around the reporting of the accident, up 1.2 inch.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0001
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS OUT ON THE REEF LINE LOOKING FOR A SNORKEL LOCATION.  THE WIND AND SEAS PICKED UP AND WAVES BEGAN COMING OVER THE BOW.  THE BOAT TOOK ON AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF WATER.  THE RENTER CALLED THE RENTAL BOAT COMPANY AND THE BOAT OPERATOR CAME OUT TO ASSIST ALONG WITH THE USCG.  USCG ASSISTED IN BRINGING THE SUBJECTS BACK INTO ROBBIE'S MARINA.  THERE WERE SIX PERSONS ON BOARD V1 AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, BUT ONLY 5 WERE LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0002
Date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: WHALE HARBOR
NearestCityTown: TAVERNIER
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: unknown
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS MAKING A TURN TO PORT WHEN HIS STARBOARD ENGINE SHUT OFF.  THE TIDAL CURRENT THEN PUSHED V1 AGAINST THE BRIDGE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO V1.  THERE WERE 9 PEOPLE ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, BUT ONLY TWO WERE LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0003
Date: 2009-01-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:46:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NORTH FORK ST LUCIE RIVER
NearestCityTown: PORT ST LUCIE
County: ST LUCIE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF V1 WAS STARTING TO ACCELERATE.  AS SHE DID SHE LOST CONTROL OF V1.  OUT OF FEAR AND TRYING TO HOLD ON, SHE FURTHER ACCELERATED BY SQUEEZING THROTTLE AND STEERED PWC DIRECTLY INTO A PALM TREE CAUSING HER TO BE EJECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0005
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: GULF STREAM
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
BOYNTON BEACH POLICE VESSEL (V2) WAS TIED TO THE DOCK.  V1 WAS SOUTHBOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 RPM.  V1 WAS THROWING A LARGE WAKE WHICH CAUSED V2 TO SMASH INTO THE PILING AT THE DOCK.  V2 WAS CRACKED ABOVE AND BELOW THE RUB RAIL.  THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD V2 AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0006
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LEMON BAY ICW
NearestCityTown: ENGLEWOOD
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING IN THE ICW, THE TIDE WAS VERY LOW.  V1 OPERATOR SLOWED DOWN AND MOVED TO HIS STARBOARD SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO MAKE ROOM FOR AN APPROACHING VESSEL AND STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING HIS WIFE TO FALL IN THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0007
Date: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DRIFTING WITH THE OCCUPANTS ENGAGED IN FISHING ACTIVITIES.  AS THE OPERATOR WAS POSITIONED AT THE STERN, V1'S STERN SLOWLY BEGAN TO FLOOD AS A RESULT OF LIMITED FREEBOARD.  V1 QUICKLY BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER OVER THE STERN, CAUSING V1 TO CAPSIZE EJECTING THE OCCUPANTS.

THE OCCUPANTS WERE PULLED FROM THE WATER BY ANOTHER VESSEL UNTIL THE USCG AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED.  THE VESSEL WAS RECOVERED WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM ECKERD COLLEGE SEARCH AND RESCUE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0008
Date: 2009-01-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:25:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS LAUNCHING HIS BOAT AT ARLINGTON MARINA.  WHEN HE TRIED TO START THE MOTOR, THE BOAT BLEW UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.  HE STATED THAT HE DID TURN THE BLOWER ON PRIOR TO STARTING THE ENGINE.  HE QUICKLY EXITED THE VESSEL AND WAS UNINJURED.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED IMMEDIATELY.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE DOCK OR BOAT RAMP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0009
Date: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: OCCUPANTS PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND FISH AND TACKLE HARDWARE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DRIFTING OUTSIDE OF THE CHANNEL IN GOVERNMENT CUT WHILE THE OCCUPANTS WERE FISHING.  V1 WAS STRUCK BY THE WAKE OF A CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP AS IT EXITED GOVERNMENT CUT.  THE WAKE CAUSED V1 TO CAPSIZE THROWING THE OCCUPANTS AND THEIR CONTENTS INTO THE WATER.  THE OCCUPANTS REMAINED IN THE WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES UNTIL USCG AND MIAMI BEACH PD ARRIVED.  USCG REMOVED THE PERSONS FROM THE SCENE.  V1 WAS TOWED BY COMMERCIAL ASSISTANCE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0010
Date: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE KEYSTONE
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Inadequate Onboard Navigation Lights
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DRIFTING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, AND V2 WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION.  V2 STRUCK V1'S PORT BOW TO PORT BOW JUST AFTER DUSK.  BOTH V1 AND V2 DID NOT HAVE FULLY FUNCTIONAL NAVIGATION LIGHTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0011
Date: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: STUB CANAL/LAKE
NearestCityTown: WEST PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Operator inexperience
OtherAccidentCause: carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS NORTHBOUND ON STUB CANAL COMING INTO STUB LAKE/CLOUD LAKE AREA TO THE REAR OF THE AIRPORT HILTON.  V1 WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT HILTON DOCKS IN THE NARROW SECTION OF THE CANAL DOING TURNS OR DONUTS.  THE COUNTER CLOCKWISE TURNS BECAME LARGER IN DIAMETER, PLACING V1 IN THE PATH OF V2.  V2 STRUCK V1  WITH ITS BOW IN THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V1 FROM BOW TO MIDSHIP.  THE IMPACT EJECTED BOTH OPERATORS FROM THEIR VESSEL AND ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES TO BOTH OPERATORS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0012
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MANALAPAN
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN IT HIT A WAVE.  THIS WAS V1 OPERATOR'S FIRST TIME OPERATING A PWC.  WHEN V1 HIT WAVE, IT CAPSIZED CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO FALL OFF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V1.PASSENGER WAS EJECTED OFF PWC TO THE REAR.  WHEN OPERATOR FELL, SHE STRUCK HER FOREHEAD ON THE PWC CAUSING A LACERATION.  OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL BY FIRE RESCUE WHERE SHE WAS TREATED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0014
Date: 2009-02-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LIGHTHOUSE POINT
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 RETURNING FROM OFFSHORE  TO HILLSBORO INLET FROM THE SOUTH.  V1 TURNED WEST TO ENTER INLET AS IT RAN AGROUND ON THE NORTH JETTY.  CONTACTED TOW BOAT US ON VHF FOR ASSISTANCE.  V1 WAS REMOVED FROM THE JETTY BY TOW BOAT US AND WAS TOWED TO LIGHTHOUSE POINT MARINA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0015
Date: 2009-01-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:31:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS EASTBOUND, AT JUST PLANING SPEED.  V2 WAS TROLLING SOUTHWESTERLY BOUND.  V1 STRUCK V2 IN THE STARBOARD STERN AREA.  OPERATOR OF V1 STATED HE WAS BLINDED BY THE RISING SUN.  OPERATOR OF V2 STATED HE DID NOTICE V1 BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID COLLISION.  V2 SUSTAINED FIBERGLASS AND TRIM DAMAGE.  V1 WAS APPRENTLY UNDAMAGED.  BOTH OPERATORS WERE WARNED FOR NAVIGATION RULE VIOLATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0017
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS FISHING WHILE USING SEA ANCHORS APPROXIMATELY 1/8 MILE EAST OF GOVERNMENT CUT OFF MIAMI BEACH.  V1 WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND.  THE OCCUPANTS OF V2 SAW V1 APPROACHING AND AS V1 GOT CLOSER THEY SAW V1 WAS UNMANNED.  V2'S OCCUPANTS STARTED SCREAMING AND YELLING TO GET V1 OPERATOR'S ATTENTION.  V1 STRUCK V2'S FORWARD PORT AND SCRAPED THE HULL.  V1 THEN CONTINUED PAST V2 AND CAUGHT V2'S SEA ANCHOR LINE.  V2 TURNED AND SCRAPED V1 PORT TO PORT.  AFTER THE COLLISION V1 LEFT THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0018
Date: 2009-02-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person strikes propeller
PropertyDamageDescription: BAY BOTTOM GRASS BEDS
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL RAN AGROUND WHILE TRAVELING FROM BLACK POINT TO BOCA CHITA KEY.  OPERATOR TRIMMED ENGINE UP AND EXITED VESSEL.  HE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE VESSEL FROM THE GRASS BEDS WHEN HE HIT THE PROPELLER WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND CUT HIMSELF.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0019
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS AT ANCHOR NEAR PICKLES REEF, AROUND 3 MILES SE OF KEY LARGO.  THERE WERE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD V2 AND 3 PERSON SCUBA DIVING APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM V2.  THE MIDDLE DIVER WAS NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND WAS STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN VESSEL (V1).  THE OTHER TWO DIVERS SURFACED AND SAW V1 LEAVING THE SCENE.  THE TWO SUBJECTS ON V2 DID NOT WITNESS THE ACCIDENT.  THE INJURED DIVER WAS BROUGHT TO V2 AND TAKEN TO THE MARINER'S CLUB AT MILE MARKER 97 WHERE EMS ARRIVED AND STABILIZED THE INJURED DIVER.  THE DIVER WAS MEDIVAC TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTER FOR SURGERY.  A BOLO WAS PUT OUT FOR V1 BUT HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED YET.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0020
Date: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 02:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAPE ROMANO
NearestCityTown: MARCO ISLAND
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: sinking
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A GROUNDED SAILBOAT AT CAPE ROMANO SHOALS WHEN IT RAN AGROUND ON A SAND FLAT.  VESSEL WAS STERN TO THE WIND TAKING ON WATER.  V1 OPERATOR TURNED ON THE BILGE PUMP AND IT WOULD NOT WORK.  HE TOOK THE HATCH OFF TO FIX THE PUMP AND V1 FLOODED IN SECONDS.  V1 OPERATOR MANAGED TO TAKE MOST OF HIS GEAR OFF V1 AND PUT IT ONT THE SAILBOAT.  WHEN THE TIDE ROSE ENOUGH TO FREE THE SAILBOAT THEY SAILED IT TO FORT MYERS LEAVING THE SEA CAT ANCHORED WHERE IT SANK.  I WAS CALLED BY A BOATER ON 3/1/2009 AT 0905 AND ADVISED OF THE VESSEL OFF CAPE ROMANO LEAKING OIL AND FUEL.  I RESPONDED AND OBSERVED THE VESSEL MOSTLY UNDERWATER WITH AN OIL SLICK IN FRONT OF IT.  SEA TOW WAS CALLED TO REMOVE THE VESSEL.  USCG CONTACTED THE OWNER WHO AGREED TO THE TERMS OF SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0021
Date: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WITH 3 PERSONS ON BOARD, WAS HEADING SOUTHWEST WHEN IT RAN AGROUND ON A SANDBAR OFF COQUINA KEY, JUST EAST OF LITTLE BAYOU, NEAR GREEN MARKER 7.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0022
Date: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:36:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: TITUSVILLE
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: Throttle
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADED SOUTH IN THE WESTLAND MARINA BASIN.  THE OPERATOR OF V1 ATTEMPTED TO POSITION THE STARBOARD SIDE OF HIS VESSEL ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF A STATIONARY DOCK IN ORDER TO MOOR TO IT.  THE OPERATOR OF V1 ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE VESSEL BY ENGAGING THE REVERSE THROTTLE IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW HIS SPEED AND NAVIGATE V1 ALONGSIDE THE DOCK.  WHEN V1 ENGAGED THE REVERSE THROTTLE OF V1, IT SUFFERED FROM A MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT CAUSED THE FORWARD THROTTLE TO ENGAGE INSTEAD.  V1 THEN HIT THE STARBOARD BOW OF HIS VESSEL INTO THE DOCK AND CONTINUED SOUTH UNTIL COLLIDING WITH V2, WHICH WAS SECURED TO A PILING.  THE SHALLOW BOTTOM AT THE COLLISION SITE ALSO CAUSED V1 TO RUN AGROUND.  THE COLLISION RESULTED IN GELCOAT DAMAGE TO V1 , AND THE MOTOR AND MOUNTS OF V2 BEING DAMAGED AND ALMOST COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0023
Date: 2009-02-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO, HURRICANE PASS
NearestCityTown: DUNEDIN
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WNW OUT OF HURRICANE PASS BETWEEN CALADESI AND HONEYMOON ISLAND AT AROUND 15-20 KNOTS.  V1 OPERATOR TURNED TO THE STARBOARD TO AVOID CRAB TRAP BUOYS AND HIT A SANDBAR AT THE EDGE OF THE CHANNEL.  NO OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED.  V1 CAME TO REST ON THE SANDBAR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0024
Date: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:52:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACKWATER SOUND
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS INBOUND TOWARDS SHORE AS VESSEL 2 HAD DEPARTED FROM SHORE MOMENTS BEFORE AND WAS RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE.  V2 STRUCK V1 ON ITS PORT SIDE.  THIS CAUSED A SECTION OF V1 TO BE CRUSHED INWARD AND THE BOW OF V2 TO BE CRUSHED.  EACH OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM BOTH VESSELS.  V1 CONTINUED MOTORING AND BEACHED ITSELF ON SHORE.  V2 SETTLED IN THE WATER.  FIVE OF THE OCCUPANTS FROM THE BOATS WERE ABLE TO CLIMB ONTO V2.  subject WAS FOUND BY GOOD SAMARITAN FACE DOWN IN THE WATER AND WAS LATER DELCARED DECEASED AT MARINER'S HOSPITAL IN TAVERNIER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0025
Date: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: APALACHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: SHELL POINT
County: WAKULLA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1'S ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE UNDERWAY.  SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR SHORTING OUT.  THE FIRE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE'S OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0026
Date: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HILLSBOROUGH BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR STATED THAT V1 WAS BEING OPERATED BY AUTO-PILOT AND THEY STRUCK A CHANNEL MARKER.  THE CATAMARAN STYLE VESSEL BECAME STUCK ON CHANNEL MARKER AND WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO OPERATE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0027
Date: 2009-01-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HALIFAX RIVER
NearestCityTown: ORMOND BEACH
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN THE ICW.  V1 OPERATOR DID NOT ASK FOR A BRIDGE OPENING.  V1'S RADAR TOWER AND ELECTRONICS MADE CONTACT WITH THE BRIDGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO V1.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0029
Date: 2009-01-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:58:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING SOUTHWEST NEAR CARYSFORT REEF SOUTH.  THE SUNLIGHT WAS REFLECTING ON THE WATER MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE OPERATOR TO SEE THE BOTTOM FEATURES OF THE OCEAN.  DUE TO THE OPERATOR'S INATTENTION, V1 STRUCK AND RAN HARD AGROUND ON CARYFORT REEF SOUTH. V1 HULL AND LOWER UNIT WERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS MINIMAL REEF DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0030
Date: 2009-02-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS JUST OFF SHORE JUMPING WAVES, AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORE.  V1 BECAME GROUNDED ON A SAND BAR AND WAS THEN SWAMPED BY THE SURF COMING IN OVER THE TRANSOM.  OPERATOR WAS SOLE OCCUPANT ON V1 AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT AND WALKED UP TO THE BEACH WITHOUT INJURY.  SEA TOW WAS CALLED IN TO SALVAGE V1 AND BRING TO THEIR FACILITIES FOR REPAIRS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0031
Date: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:49:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GABLES BY THE SEA
NearestCityTown: CORAL GABLES
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DOCKED AND UNOCCUPIED WHEN A NEIGHBOR NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM V1'S BRIDGE.  CORAL GABLES FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY BAD WIRING IN V1'S ELECTRONICS.  V1'S OWNER WAS NOTIFIED AND HE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0032
Date: 2009-02-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:48:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TRAVELING NORTH BETWEEN MARKERS 22-24, AND WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY V1.  DAMAGE TO V2 TRANSOM AND POWER POLE.  V1 DAMAGE TO FRONT PORT SIDE OF VESSEL.  OPERATOR OF V1 STATED HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP AN OCCUPANTS SUNGLASSES AND WAS NOT LOOKING AHEAD WHEN HE STRUCK V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0033
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: congested waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 APPROACHED THE WHALE HARBOR BRIDGE.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT A SMALLER VESSEL IN FRON T OF V1 STOPPED AND DIDN'T CLEAR THE TURNING POINT IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE FAST ENOUGH FOR HIM TO MAKE A SAFE TURN.  AS V1 OPERATOR TURNED THE VESSEL INTO INCOMING CURRENT FOR BETTER STEARAGE, THE OUTRIGGERS STRUCK AN AREA OF THE WHALE HARBOR BRIDGE WHERE SPECTATORS WERE LOCATED.  A SPECTATOR, WAS EITHER STRUCK BY THE OUTRIGGER, OR INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE OUTRIGGER, THIS IS UNCERTAIN.  SHE LEFT THE HOSPITAL BEFORE CONTACT COULD BE MADE.  THERE WERE 6 OCCUPANTS ON BOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE V1 OPERATOR IS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0034
Date: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 06:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TARPON BASIN
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: DOCK DAMAGE FROM V1 BANGING INTO THE DOCK DUE TO WIND
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ADRIFT AND DRIFTED INTO THE SHORELINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO V2 WHICH WAS AT THE DOCK.  V1 ALSO CAUSED DOCK DAMAGE.  NEITHER VESSELS HAD OCCUPANTS ABOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0035
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SOUTH FORK OF ST LUCIE RIVER
NearestCityTown: STUART
County: MARTIN
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TOWING SKIER 1 ON A KNEE BOARD IN THE SOUTH FORK OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER NEAR MARKER 39A.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE LOOKED BACK TO SEE HOW SKIER 1 WAS DOING AND RAN INTO THE MANGROVE TREES ON SHORE.  NEITHER THE V1 OCCUPANTS OR SKIER 1 WERE INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0036
Date: 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:38:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE ICW, JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN BLVD BRIDGE IN PALM BEACH.  V1 WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 6 KNOTS, BEFORE COMING TO NEUTRAL 50 YARDS BEFORE THE BRIDGE.  THE TIDE WAS AN OUTGOING TIDE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 3 KNOTS.  V1 OPERATOR DRIFTED TOO CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE BEFORE THE BRIDGE HAD OPENED.  V1 OPERATOR REPORTED TO THE BRIDGE TENDER THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE.  V1 CONTINUED WITH THE CURRENT AND MOMENTUM OF THE BOAT AND STRUCK THE EAST SIDE BRIDGE FENDER ON THE FORWARD STARBOARD BOW.  V1 THEN VEERED TO PORT STRIKING THE UPPER STRUCTURE OF THE VESSEL CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0037
Date: 2009-02-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GASPARILLA SOUND
NearestCityTown: PLACIDA
County: CHARLOTTE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN GASPARILLA SOUND WHEN IT RAN AGROUND ON A SANDBAR.  THE SUDDEN STOP CAUSED ONE OCCUPANT TO SLAM HIS HEAD INTO THE CONSOLE.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO V1, AND NO OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0038
Date: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HILLSBOROUGH BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Governmental Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT VESSEL OF THE BRADENTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ON ASSIGNMENT ASSISTING WITH THE ANNUAL FLOTILLA IN THE TAMPA BAY.  V1 WAS DISPATCHED TO A VESSEL THAT WAS VIOLATING OTHER VESSEL'S RIGHT OF WAY CRUISING IN THE FLOTILLA. DURING THIS ACTION, V1 OPERATOR TURNED V1 TO THE PORT SIDE TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE VIOLATOR VESSEL DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED.  DUE TO THIS ACTION, IT CAUSED V1 TO MOVE INTO A DIRECT PATH OF V2 WHICH WAS CRUISING IN THE SEDDON CHANNEL IN A FLOTILLA.  V1 POWERED UP AND TURNED TO THE PORT IN THE PATH OF V2.  V2 OPERATOR DECREASED SPEED TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH V1.  V2 WAS LIMITED IN ITS ABILITY TO CHANGE COURSE DUE TO THE CONGESTED VESSEL TRAFFIC IN THE FLOTILLA.  THE DECREASING OF SPEED BY V2 WAS THE ONLY ACTION AVAILABLE TO V2.  V1 OBSERVED V2 APPROCHING HIS LOCATION.  V1 MADE A HARD STARBOARD TURN IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH V2, BUT FAILED TO AVOID THE COLLISION.  V1 RECEIVED STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  V2 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE BOW OF THE VESSEL AND ANCHOR AREA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0039
Date: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FISHING OFFSHORE.  V1 OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE ANCHOR ATTACHED TO V1'S TRANSOM FROM GULF BOTTOM.  V1 OPERATOR UTILIZED V1'S ENGINE IN HOPES TO REMOVE THE ANCHOR, BUT V1 IMMEDIATELY SWAMPED OVER THE STERN (TRANSOM), SUBMERGING V1 AND CAUSING IT TO ROLL PORT AND CAPSIZE. ALL V1 OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED.  THREE OCCUPANTS WERE WERE WEARING PFD'S, WHILE THE FOURTH OCCUPANT WAS WEARING A THROWABLE TYPE IV FLOTATION. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS STRUGGLED TO STAY ATOP THE CAPSIZED VESSEL, WHILE WATER WAS TO THEIR CHESTS.  THREE OCCUPANTS SUCCUMBED TO THE EFFECTS OF HYPOTHERMIA.  THE LAST OCCUPANT OF V1 WAS RESCUED BY USCG ON MARCH 3RD, 2009.  V1 WAS RECOVERED ON MARCH 4TH, 2009.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0040
Date: 2009-02-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING SOUTH AND RAN AGROUND ON THE REEF AT THE WESTERN SAMBO SANCTUARY.  THERE WERE 5 PERSONS ON BOARD V1, ALL OCCUPANTS LEFT THE SCENE, MINUS THE V1 OPERATOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0042
Date: 2009-03-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FLORIDA BAY
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ON A TRIP FROM NAPLES TO OCEAN REEF ON KEY LARGO.  V1 OPERATOR RAN TO THE WEST OF HIS INTENDED COURSE, CONSEQUENTLY RUNNING AGROUND ON SHOALS.  V1 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS RUNNING GEAR AS A RESULT OF GROUNDING. V1 OPERATOR RECEIVED CITATION NUMBER 128425C FOR SEAGRASS DAMAGE VIOLATION NUMBER 922.163(A)(5)(I).


BARDID: 2009-FL-0043
Date: 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MOBBLY BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: unknown
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fire/Explosion (Fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 VEERED OUTSIDE OF THE CHANNEL AND RAN AGROUND.THE OPERATOR, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE V1 HAD SOME TYPE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE WHICH CAUSED V1 TO BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES.  ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED V1 AND WENT TO SHORE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  TAMPA FIRE RESPONDED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0045
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: COW KEY CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT IDLE SPEED UNDER COW KEY CHANNEL BRIDGE.  V2 WAS ON A PLANE, HEADING NORTH IN A NO WAKE ZONE.  V1 OPERATOR HAD TO ACCELERATE HIS PWC IN ORDER TO AVOID THE WAKE FROM V2.  THE WAKE PUSHED V1 INTO THE COW KEY CHANNEL BRIDGE PILINGS CAUSING THE V1 OPERATOR TO INJURE HIS WRIST.  V2 DID NOT STOP OR EVEN NOTICE THE COLLISION.  V1 OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO TAKE HIMSELF BACK TO HIS HOUSE ON HIS PWC.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0046
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: FORT PIERCE
County: ST LUCIE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WHILE CRUISING AT LOW SPEED EASTBOUND IN THE FABER COVE CHANNEL, STRUCK A CHANNEL MARKER, PROJECTING THE PASSENGER TO STRIKE THE CHANNEL MARKER FACE FIRST.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0047
Date: 2009-02-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH GARDENS
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WITH ITS BOW POINTING NORTH WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK AT THE SEASONS 52 RESTAURANT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PGA BRIDGE.  V2 WAS DOCKED BEHIND V1.  V1 PULLED INTO THE DOCK BOW FIRST AND THEN PUT V1 INTO REVERSE SWINGING AROUND STRIKING V2 BOW SECTION WITH HIS MIDSHIP PORT SIDE.  V1 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ITS MIDSHIP SECTION AND DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD STERN SECTION.  V2 RECEIVED A SCRAPE TO THE BOW SECTION.  THERE WAS NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE.  THERE WERE 3 PERSONS ON BOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0048
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN BISCAYNE BAY UNDER SAIL.  V2 WAS ANCHORED IN THE BAY.  V1 FAILED TO SEE V2 AND STRUCK V2 IN THE PORT AFT SECTION OF THE VESSEL.  V2 MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO NOTIFY V1 BY AIR HORN AND VISUALLY ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE FORTH COMING COLLISION.  V1 MADE NO ADJUSTMENTS TO COURSE AND STRUCK V2 WHILE AT ANCHOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0049
Date: 2009-02-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:22:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FOLLOWING V2.  V1 CAME UP TOWARDS V2'S STARBOARD SIDE.  AT THE SAME TIME V2 MADE A TURN TO HIS RIGHT IN ORDER TO STAY CLEAR OF ANOTHER VESSEL IN THE AREA.  V1'S STARBORAD BOW STRUCK V2'S STARBOARD BOW.  THE BOW OF V1 STRUCK THE OPERATOR OF V2 IN THE FACE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0050
Date: 2009-03-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: C-13 CANAL
NearestCityTown: LAUDERDALE LAKES
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS WESTBOUND ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE A SECOND PWC AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  V1 TURNED SHARPLY TO THE PORT STRIKING THE EMBANKMENT AND EJECTING BOTH OCCUPANTS AFTER OBSERVING THE PWC HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE TURNING TO THE PORT IN FRONT OF HIM


BARDID: 2009-FL-0051
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: LABELLE
County: GLADES
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS PARTICIPATING IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT OUT OF HENDRY COUNTY.  V1 WAS TRAVELING SW IN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER WHEN IT APPROACHED AN AREA WITH TWO CURVES.  THE FIRST CURVE BENT TO THE STARBOARD AND THE SECOND CURVE BENT TO THE PORT.  V1 STRUCK A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS ABOUT A 1/2 FOOT BELOW THE WATER SURFACE, AN ESTIMATED 30 FOOT FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE.  THE OUTBOARD SUSTAINED ALL THE DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0053
Date: 2009-02-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:22:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: CAPE CANAVERAL
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR STARTED TO GET SICK SO HE THREW HIS ANCHOR LINE OFF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V1 AND SECURED THE LINE TO THE BACK OF THE OPERATOR'S SEAT THEN FELL ASLEEP.  WHEN V1 OPERATOR WOKE UP THE VESSEL WAS SINKING.  THE COAST GUARD WAS CALLED FROM OPERATOR'S CELL PHONE.  USCG FOUND THE V1 OPERATOR HANGING ON TO HIS SUNKEN VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0055
Date: 2009-03-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PORT ORANGE
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: operator inattention
AccidentCause3: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CIRCLING V2 AT AN UNSAFE SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT.  V-1 was circling v-2 and at an unsafe speed and distance. V-1collided with V-2


BARDID: 2009-FL-0056
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:46:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: TREASURE ISLAND
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE OPERATING 1/4 MILE OFF OF THE BEACH, V1 AND V2 FOUND THEMSELVES IN A HEAD ON CONDITION.  BOTH OPERATORS REALIZED THE SITUATION TOO LATE AND ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE, BUT CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER.  BOTH OPERATORS TURNED TO THEIR RIGHT TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  V2 SUSTAINED A HULL PUNCTURE AND WAS SWAMPED CAUSING IT TO HAVE TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0057
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:46:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE OKEECHOBEE
NearestCityTown: OKEECHOBEE
County: OKEECHOBEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
subject FELL OFF OF THE TOP RIGHT SEAT OF V1 ONTO THE HULL BREAKING HER RIGHT FEMUR AND THREE LEFT RIBS.  V1 OPERATOR AND OTHER OCCUPANTS STATED THAT THE AIRBOAT WAS RIDING OVER A ROOT BED MAKING THE RIDE UNSETTLING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0058
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 HEADED WEST OF OUT THE JETTY. HEADING NORTH V1 MADE A SHARP TURN TOWARD THE SOUTH, CAUSING V2 TO COLLIDE WITH V1.  V1. SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE AND BOW.  V2 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO FORWARD STARBOARD AREA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0059
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY
NearestCityTown: AVENTURA
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND IN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.  V2 WAS PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND IN THE SAME WATERWAY.  ACCORDING TO V1 OPERATOR, V2 FAILED TO GIVE A CLEAR AND EARLY SIGN OF HIS INTENTED HEADING.  V1 OPERATOR PLACED HIS VESSEL IN NEUTRAL AND WAS PUSHED AGROUND BY THE WINDS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS PROPELLERS. THERE WERE 17 PERSONS LISTED AS BEING ON V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0060
Date: 2009-03-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HURRICANE PASS
NearestCityTown: MARCO ISLAND
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ANCHORED ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF SEA OAT ISLAND, ACROSS FROM KEEWAYDIN ISLAND.  V1 HAD AN ANCHOR OFF OF THE BOW LEADING TO THE SHORE.  V1'S BOW WAS APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY UP THE BEACH.  AS THE TIDE CAME IN, THE WAVES CRASHED OVER THE TRANSOM OF V1.  AS V1 FILLED WITH WATER IT TIPPED OVER ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE.  NO PERSONS WERE ON BOARD.  SEA TOW WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE BY THE OPERATOR AND RIGHTED THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0061
Date: 2009-03-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: HERNANDO BEACH
County: HERNANDO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 STRUCK UNDERWATER OBJECT AND BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  BILGE PUMP CEASED AND V1 BEGAN TO SINK UNTIL ON THE BOW REMAINED OUT OF THE WATER.  OCCUPANTS WERE LOCATED ON THE BOW OF V1 WITH THEIR LIFEJACKETS ON.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0062
Date: 2009-03-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:56:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: NORTH MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TAKING ON WATER.  V1 OPERATOR PANICKED AND RAN VESSEL ON PLANE WESTBOUND THROUGHT THE KEYSTONE CANAL CREATING A LARGE WAKE THAT DAMAGED V2,V3,V4 and V-5 THAT WERE DOCKED (MOORED).


BARDID: 2009-FL-0063
Date: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: KEY BISCAYNE
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
AccidentCause2: Machinery failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR ANCHORED VESSEL IN ORDER TO FIX A FUEL PROBLEM.  WHILE V1 WAS ANCHORED THE VESSEL WAS SWAMPED BY A WAVE FROM THE TRANSOM(STERN).  V1 CONTINUED TO TAKE ON WATER FROM THE TRANSOM.  V1 WAS COMPLETELY SWAMPED BY WATER AND CAPSIZED, TOSSING ALL PASSENGERS INTO THE WATER.  THE FOUR PASSENGERS REMAINED WITH V1 HOLDING ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES UNTIL A GOOD SAMARITAN NOTICED V1 AND RENDERED AID.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0064
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FLORIDA BAY
NearestCityTown: LAYTON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING AND SLOWED DOWN.  WHEN V1 OPERATOR SLOWED DOWN THE TABS MOVED THE BOW DOWN AND HE TOOK A WAVE OVER THE BOW.  ONCE THE BOAT TOOK ON WATER IT STARTED TO TAKE ON MORE WATER.  EVENTUALLY THE BOAT ROLLED OVER AND CAPSIZED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0065
Date: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ALAFIA RIVER
NearestCityTown: GIBSONTON
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING NORTH TO ENTER THE ALAFIA RIVER FROM THE SOUTH.  A SPOTLIGHT UTILIZED BY THE OPERATOR WENT OUT SO A TRACK LINE ON A GPS WAS USED.  UPON ENTERING THE CHANNEL, THE PORT BOW OF THE VESSEL STRUCK WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE MARKER 7.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MARKER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0066
Date: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: PALMETTO POINT CANAL
NearestCityTown: FT MYERS
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: SLIP PYLONS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO VESSEL COLLIDING WITH THEM
RedactedNarrative:
V1 HAD JUST RETURNED FROM THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER AND WAS BEING MOORED AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN FT MYERS.  V1 HAD ITS MOTOR ON IN NEUTRAL WHEN IT EXPERIENCED EQUIPMENT FAILURE.  THIS FAILURE RESULTED IN V1 GOING INTO GEAR AND STRIKING V2 IN THE STERN.  V2 WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FEET IN FRONT OF V1.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0067
Date: 2009-03-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHARLOTTE HARBOR
NearestCityTown: BOCA GRANDE
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRVELING WEST INTO BOCA BAYOU CHANNEL.  V1 PARTIALLY STRUCK A SUBMERGED CHANNEL MARKER WITH ITS STARBOARD BOW.  THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE CONSOLE CAUSING MULTIPLE WOUNDS TO HIS FACE.  PASSENGER WAS THROWN INTO THE BOW OF THE VESSEL.  AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, THE STEEL CHANNEL MARKER WAS BROKEN OFF APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE AND HAD NO BUOY ATTACHED TO IT SHOWING ITS LOCATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0068
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULFSIDE
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR OF V1 HAD BEEN DRINKING AT THE LORELEI REESTAURANT IN ISLAMORADA KEY,  HE STOPPED DRINKING AROUND 18:42 AND THEN GOT ON V1 AND WAS LAST SEEN HEADING TO HIS OTHER VESSEL THAT WAS ANCHORED IN THE BIG BASIN.  operator NEVER MADE IT TO HIS OTHER VESSEL.  HE WAS FOUND THE NEXT MORNING FLOATING IN THE MANGROVES, ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HIS OTHER VESSEL "ADRIANA".  HIS INFLATABLE DINGHY, V1, WAS FOUND 20-30 METERS FROM HIM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0069
Date: 2009-03-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: JOHNS PASS
NearestCityTown: TREASURE ISLAND
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR HIT A FLOATING 2X4 WHICH THREW HER INTO THE THROTTLE ENGAGING FULL THROTTLE AND THROWING HER OUT OF V1.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0070
Date: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: PALMETTO BAY
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHEAST ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY TOWARDS BOCA CHICA LIGHTHOUSE.  V2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHEAST ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY TOWARDS BOCA CHICA LIGHTHOUSE.  V1 AND V2 CROSSED PATHS 3 MILES EAST OF DEERING BAY AND COLLIDED.  V1 STRUCK THE PORT STERN SIDE OF V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0071
Date: 2009-03-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: LONGBOAT KEY
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST TOWARD THE MARKED CHANNEL, ENTERING NEW PASS.  V1 STRUCK A MARKED SUBMERGED DREDGE PIPE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE REPORTED TO THE DREDGE PIPE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0072
Date: 2009-03-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACKBURN BAY
NearestCityTown: NOKOMIS
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR CAME OFF OF PLANE TO GO OVER ANOTHER VESSEL'S WAKE.  OCCUPANT FELL DOWN AND BROKE HER RIGHT CALCANEUS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0074
Date: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1, A COMMERCIAL VESSEL TRYING TO UNGROUND V2 FROM A SANDBAR OFF COQUINA KEY, WAS KNOCKED BY A WAVE INTO V1 ON THE STARBOARD STERN QUARTER PANEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0075
Date: 2009-04-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE CRUISING THE ICW.  V1 OPERATOR THREW HIS ANCHOR OVERBOARD AS THIS DEPUTY WAS PULLING UP TO THE VESSEL, THE OCCUPANTS JUMPED OVERBOARD AND WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSING BOAT.  THE VESSEL HAD AN ACTIVE FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAMES WERE AS HIGH AS 3 FEET OFF THE DECK.  THE VESSEL WAS PULLED TO THE BEACH LOCATED NEARBY, WHERE THE FLAMES EXTINGUISHED THEMSELVES.  POMPANO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECKED THE VESSEL OUT FOR ANY FURTHER DANGER.  SEA TOW TOWED THE VESSEL BY OWNERS REQUEST.  IT APPEARS THAT THE VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE OCCUPANTS.  THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0076
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLUE JAY CANAL
NearestCityTown: CAPE CORAL
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR HAD JUST GOTTEN GAS AT THE FUEL DOCK.  SPECULATE THAT OPERATOR PUMPED GAS INTO BILGE.  BILGE PUMP IGNITED IN FLAMES.  OCCUPANTS WERE OFF-LOADED BY A LOCAL TOW BOAT.  VESSEL BURNT TO WATERLINE.  THERE WERE THREE PERSONS ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR'S INFORMATION WAS GIVEN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0077
Date: 2009-03-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE SARASOTA
NearestCityTown: CAPE CORAL
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS APPROACHING THE SHORELINE AND STOPPED.  V2 WAS UNDERWAY AND APPROACHING THE SHORELINE LOOKING BEHIND HIM FOR ANY OTHER BOAT TRAFFIC, AND STRUCK V1.  HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT OWNER OF V1 AND V2 FOR ANY INSURANCE INFORMATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0078
Date: 2009-04-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOGA CIEGA BAY
NearestCityTown: MADEIRA BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TRAVELING IN TIGHT CIRCLES, UPON COMPLETION HE STARTED TO HEAD SOUTH.  V1 CUT IN FRONT OF V2'S STARBOARD BOW, VIOLATING V2'S RIGHT OF WAY.  V2 BOW IMPACTED WITH V1'S PORT SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0079
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TRIBUTARY/ALLIGATOR CREEK
NearestCityTown: PUNTA GORDA
County: CHARLOTTE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHEAST IN A CANAL SYSTEM IN THE BURNTSTORE ISLES AREA.  TRAVELING AT 10-15 MPH IN A SPEED RESTRICTED AREA, THE OCCUPANT SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT CAUSING A GAS TANK TO SLIDE TO THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  THE GAS TANK STRUCK THE OPERATOR IN THE ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO RELEASE THE TILLER HANDLE OF THE OUTBOARD.  V1 STEERED UNCONTROLLED INTO A DOCK PILING CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO BE EJECTED.  THE OPERATOR SHUT DOWN THE OUTBOARD AND JUMPED IN THE WATER TO ASSIST THE OCCUPANT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0081
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:27:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: CORAL GABLES
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY.  V2 WAS TRAVELING WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY.  V1 FAILED TO SEE V2 AND STRUCK V2 MIDSHIP ON THE PORT SIDE.  V1 WENT OVER TOP OF V2 ALMOST COMPLETELY ACROSS.  V1 CAME TO REST ON TOP OF V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0083
Date: 2009-04-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Submerged Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUMP ON PLANE TO CLEAR THE SHALLOW CANAL/CHANNEL OUT OF CARIBBEAN RESORT IN ISLAMORADA.  V1 OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VESSEL ON PLANE BEFORE STRIKING THE BOTTOM OF THE CANAL CHANNEL CAUSING LOWER UNIT AND PROP DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0085
Date: 2009-04-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: WHITE RIVER
NearestCityTown: PACE
County: SANTA ROSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE WHITE RIVER.  THE RIVER IS STILL SWOLLEN DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.  V1'S ESTIMATED SPEED WAS BETWEEN 35-40 MPH.  V1 STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT, DAMAGING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HULL.  V1 STARTED INSTANTLY TAKING ON WATER.  V1 OPERATOR DECIDED TO BEACH THE VESSEL ON THE BANK'S EDGE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0086
Date: 2009-04-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
DEPUTY OBSERVED V1 SOUTHBOUND ON THE ICW IN VIOLATION OF THE SLOW SPEED MINIMUM WAKE ZONE.  DEPUTY  STOPPED THE VESSEL AND ISSUED A WARNING TO OPERATOR  FOR THE VIOLATION.  APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, I WAS CONTACTED BY DISPATCH IN REFERENCE TO WAKE DAMAGE DONE TO V2 BY V1 JUST NORTH OF HIS ORIGINAL STOP.  I MET WITH V2 OWNER, WHO ADVISED THE LARGE WAKE PUT OFF BY V1 HAD CAUSED THE REAR PORT SIDE OF HIS VESSEL TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DOCK PILING.  V2 SUFFERED FIBERGLASS DAMAGE AND RUB RAIL SEPARATION AT POINT OF IMPACT.  V1 HAD ALREADY LEFT THE AREA BUT A MESSAGE WAS LEFT WITH ITS OWNER TO NOTIFY HIM HIS VESSEL WAS INVOLVED IN A WAKE DAMAGE ACCIDENT.  I WAS LATER IN CONTACT BY operator1 WHO ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE THAT SHE CAUSED ANY DAMAGE AND PROVIDED ME WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0087
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW-KEEWAYDIN
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 2/28/09, 2 OFFICERs WERE HEADED NORTH ALONG KEEWAYDIN ISLAND IN COLLIER COUNTY.  AT THAT TIME A PWC DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US TRIED TO JUMP THE WAKE OF THE VESSEL IN FRONT OF IT .  THE PWC WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AS HE JUMPED THE WAKE.  THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN FROM THE JET SKI AND THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THE LANYARD WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE OPERATOR.  I MANEUVERED OUR VESSEL ALONG SIDE THE PWC, WHILE OFFICER1 REMOVED THE KILL SWITCH.  AFTER SECURING THE PWC, WE THEN RETURNED TO THE LOCATION OF THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS IN OBVIOUS PAIN BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  THE BOAT WHOSE WAKE HE WAS JUMPING WAS THE OPERATOR'S FAMILY.  THEY TOOK THE OPERATOR ON BOARD THEIR VESSEL AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE PWC AS WELL.  I TOOK THE OPERATOR'S AND HIS FAMILIES INFORMATION AND THEN ALLOWED THEM TO LEAVE THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0088
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:14:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: KEY BISCAYNE
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: machinery failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE.  WHILE DRIFTING IN BISCAYNE BAY ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE, A LARGE WAVE CAME OVER THE TRANSOM OF V1, CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM V1.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0089
Date: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FISHING AT THE TIME AND TOOK A WAVE OVER THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  IT BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  THE OPERATOR QUICKLY HEADED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE AT ALLIGATOR REEF.  THE BOAT WAS FOUND CAPSIZED AT ALLIGATOR REEF.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0090
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR HAVING NO EXPERIENCE ON BOATS, TOOK FLORIDA TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE TEST AND PASSED.  V1 OPERATOR RENTED A PWC AND LEFT THE BEACH IN CHOPPY WATERS.  WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, V1 HIT A LARGE WAVE, EJECTING BOTH OCCUPANTS.  V1 OPERATOR STRUCK HIS HEAD ON V1 WHEN EJECTED.  V1 PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  V1 OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL WALK-IN MEDICAL CLINIC BY FRIENDS.  THE CLINIC HAD HIM TRANSPORTED TO GULF COAST HOSPITAL VIA EMS FOR A CT SCAN AND TO RECEIVE 11 STITCHES.  THE INJURY WAS NEAR HIS LEFT EYE, TOWARDS THE TEMPLE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0091
Date: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS LEFT OUT FROM operator'S CONDO AT PELICAN BAY ON PANAMA CITY BEACH AT ABOUT 1630 TO GO POMPANO FISHING.  THE PLAN WAS TO ANCHOR THE BOAT GULF SIDE OF SHELL ISLAND AND FISH FROM THE SHORELINE. AROUND 1700 A LARGE WAVE ROLLED V1 OVER WHILE IT WAS BEING OPERATED.  THEY WERE 100 YARDS OFF SHORE FROM SHELL ISLAND AND ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE EAST JETTY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.  NEITHER WAS WEARING A FLOTATION DEVICE.  subject WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE BUT operator DID NOT MAKE IT.  subject WALKED DOWN THE BEACH WHERE TWO MEN WERE SURFING.  THEY WENT BACK DOWN THE BEACH AND FOUND operator IN THE SURF NEXT TO THE BEACH.  THEY DRUG HIM FURTHER OUT OF THE WATER AND ADMINISTERED CPR BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REVIVE HIM.  FWC OFFICER TRANSPORTED EMS AND USCG TO THE SCENE.  THEY TRANSPORTED subject TO AN AMBULANCE THAT WAS WAITING AT THE ST ANDREWS STATE PARK BOAT RAMP, FROM THERE HE WAS TAKEN TO BAY MEDICAL CENTER ER WHERE HE WAS GIVEN BREATHING TREATMENTS AND KEPT FOR OBSERVATION.  operator WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0092
Date: 2009-04-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE EVANHOE
NearestCityTown: ORLANDO
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
PropertyDamageDescription: SEA WALL DAMAGE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN EASTBOUND.  THE OPERATOR STATED THAT V1 DID NOT TURN AS SHARP AS EXPECTED CAUSING HIM TO RUN ASHORE AND HIT THE SEA WALL.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST TO STOP PRIOR TO HITTING THE SHORELINE/SEA WALL.  ONE OCCUPANT JUMPED OVERBOARD BEFORE V1 HIT THE SHORELINE/SEA WALL.  WHEN OCCUPANT JUMPED OUT OF V1, HE STRUCK A TREE THAT WAS IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE SHORE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0093
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:03:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MANALAPAN
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DRIFT FISHING AT THE ABOVE LOCATION WHEN THE OPERATOR NOTICED THAT THE VESSEL WAS TAKING ON WATER.  V1'S BILGE PUMPS COULD NOT KEEP UP AND THE VESSEL FLOODED AND THEN CAPSIZED, EJECTING BOTH OCCUPANTS.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE PICKED UP BY A GOOD SAMARITAN VESSEL.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.  SEA TOW RIGHTED THE VESSEL AND TOWED IT TO SHORE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0094
Date: 2009-04-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: HUDSON
County: PASCO
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: COUNTY CHANNEL MARKER 10 DAMAGED
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH TOWARDS SKELETON KEY MARINA.  BEGINNING TO SPEED UP THE OPERATOR'S GIRLFRIEND YELLED POLE.  WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE VESSEL, HE REALIZED THAT THE STEERING BAR WAS BROKEN.  THE OPERATOR THEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VESSEL BY TURNING THE MOTOR.  PARTIALLY TURNING, THE VESSEL STRUCK RED CHANNEL MARKER 10 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AMIDSHIP.  V1 OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE MARKER, FALLING INTO THE WATER.  THE OTHER OCCUPANT WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER WHERE THE VESSEL STRUCK HER.  OPERATOR SWAM TO SHORE BUT COULD NOT FIND HIS GIRLFRIEND, SO HE YELLED AT A VESSEL PASSING BY THAT WAS ABLE TO FIND HER AND BRING HER TO THE BOAT RAMP.  ARRIVING ON THE SCENE I OFFICER  FOUND A RUNAWAY VESSEL.  I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE IT TO SHORE AND SHUT IT OFF.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0095
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE SARASOTA BAY
NearestCityTown: SARASOTA
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BOTH PARTIES GAVE STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN THE ICW IN LITTLE SARASOTA BAY JUST NORTH OF POINT CRISP. IN THE AREA OF CHANNEL MARKER 55.  V1 PASSED V2 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, TURNED LEFT AND STOPPED.  V2 TURNED LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID COLLISION BUT WAS UNABLE TO.  THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V2 STRUCK V1 ON THE PORT SIDE EJECTING ALL THREE OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0096
Date: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BOCA CIEGA BAY
NearestCityTown: NORTH REDINGTON BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING SOUTH IN THE ICW NEAR MARKERS 21 AND 22.  V2 WAS HEADING NORTH FOLLOWING IN LINE BEHIND TWO VESSELS.  THESE VESSELS WERE SPACED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET APART.  V1 AND THE LEAD VESSEL IN LINE APPROACHED EACH OTHER AND, NOTICING THAT V1 WAS NOT ALTERING ITS COURSE, THE LEAD VESSEL WAS FORCED TO ALTER COURSE TO PORT.  THE NEXT VESSEL IN LINE WAS APPROACHED QUICKLY BY V1 ON RECIPROCAL COURSES.  V1 MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ALTER COURSE OR SPEED AND FORCED THE SCOND VESSEL TO AALTER COURSE HARD TO STRABOARD TO AVOID COLLISION.  V2, BEING THE THIRD BOAT IN LINE SURVEYING THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN V1 AND THE TWO PREVIOUS VESSELS IN FRONT OF HIM, SLOWED TO AN IDLE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY FACED WITH A HEAD ON SITUATION.  V2 ALTERED COURSE TO PORT AND APPLIED INCREASED THROTTLE AND V1 PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLES WHEN HE NOTICED V2.  THE BOW OF V2 STRUCK THE STARBOARD REAR QUARTER OF V2.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0097
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:43:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TALQUIN
NearestCityTown: BLOXHAM CUT OFF
County: LEON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
AccidentCause3: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON LAKE TALQUIN NEAR BEN STOUTAMIRE BOAT RAMP.  THE TWO OPERATORS TURN AROUND PROCEEDING NORTH ON THE LAKE.  WHILE TRAVELING NORTH, V1 OPERATOR WHO WAS BEHIND V2 GOT CAUGHT IN V2'S WAKE.  V1 OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF HER VESSEL AND WAS EJECTED.  V1 CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTH, IMPACTING V2.  V2 OPERATOR WAS NOT EJECTED, BUT SUSTAINED MINOR LACERATIONS TO HER RIGHT LEG.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0098
Date: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BAYOU TEXAR
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: SINGLE WOOD POST WATERWAY MARKER WITH RED TRIANGLE #6 AND IDLE SPEED SIGNS ON IT
RedactedNarrative:
V1 ON PLANE NORTHBOUND IN BAYOU TEXAR CHANNEL.  ON APPROACH TO NO WAKE ZONE, V1 OPERATOR SLOWED WHEN OBJECT ONBOARD CAUSED DISTRACTION.  V1 OPERATOR VEERED COURSE TO PORT, STRUCK RED CHANNEL MARKER POST #6 ON STARBOARD BOW ABOVE WATERLINE, CAUSING MARKER POST TO DISLODGE.  PASSENGER FELL FROM SEAT TO DECK.  OPERATOR RESUMED OPERATION OF VESSEL TO BAYOU TEXAR BOAT RAMP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0099
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: WEST PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: SOUTHERN BLVD (SR 80) BRIDGE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE ICW.  V1 HAD TO STOP AND WAIT FOR THE SOUTHERN BLVD BRIDGE TO OPEN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SOUTH.  V1 OPERATOR WAS HAVING TROUBLE MAINTAINING THE VESSEL'S POSITION WITHIN THE ICW DUE TO STRONG WIND AND TIDAL CURRENT.  V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE CONVERSED VIA VHF RADIO WITH V2 WAITING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE ABOUT HIS PROBLEM.  HE STATED THAT BOTH OPERATOR'S AGREED TO ALLOW V1 TO PASS THROUGH FIRST.  V1 MADE ITS APPROACH EVENTHOUGH THE WESTERN BRIDGE SPAN WAS NOT COMPLETELY OPEN OR VERTICAL.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE THOUGHT V2 WAS TRYING TO PASS UNDER THE EASTERN FULLY OPENED BRIDGE SPAN, AND THAT HE WAS FORCED TO QUICKLY PUT V1 IN REVERSE LOSING ALL HEADWAY.  THE WIND AND CURRENT PUSHED V1 INTO THE PARTIALLY OPENED WESTERN BRIDGE SPAN.  THE FORWARD MAST RIGGING ON V1 MADE CONTACT WITH THE BRIDGE SPAN LIGHTING SYSTEM.  THE CONTACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO PULPIT AND PULLED OUT HARDWARE CREATING A HOLE IN THE HULL OF V1.  THE BRIDGE TENDER STATED THAT HE WAS NOT IN POSITION TO WITNESS THE ACTUAL IMPACT WITH THE BRIDGE, BUT HE DID STATE THAT V2 DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOATING ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0100
Date: 2009-04-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:36:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JUPITER INLET COLONY
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THE VESSEL CAPSIZED TRYING TO ENTER THE JUPITER INLET FROM OFFSHORE.  THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED AND LATER RECOVERED FROM THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0101
Date: 2009-04-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: LANTANNA
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS MOORED TO THE DOCK AT THE ABOVE LOCATION FACING EAST.  V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIE UP TO THE DOCK TO THE WEST OF V2.  V1 WAS FACING WEST.  WHILE DOCKING, V1 BACKED INTO THE STERN OF V2 WHICH WAS UNOCCUPIED.  V2 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ITS SWIM PLATFORM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0102
Date: 2009-03-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING NORTH GOING BACK TO SHORE.  V2 WAS HEADING SOUTH.  V1 AND V2 STRUCK EACH OTHER HEAD ON.  V1 OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0103
Date: 2009-03-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: PENSACOLA BAY
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 JUST LEFT A BOAT RAMP AND ENTERED A CHANNEL OF BAYOU CHICO.  V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE BOAT ON PLANE WHEN HE HEARD THE TRANSOM CRACK.  V1 FILLED UP WITH WATER QUICKLY, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.  V1 OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0104
Date: 2009-04-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:52:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: OCEAN RIDGE
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING ON A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 350 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF THE BOYNTON INLET.  V1 OPERATOR WAS FISHING/TROLLING WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND.  operator STATED THAT HE STOOD UP IN THE SMALL VESSEL TO FIGHT A FISH AND TOOK HIS ATTENTION OFF OF THE ROUGH OCEAN CONDITIONS.  AT THIS POINT A LARGE WAVE STRUCK THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL CAUSING THE BOAT TO CAPSIZE.  operator AND THE OTHER OCCUPANT WERE FORCED INTO THE WATER.  BOTH OCCUPANTS HELD ONTO THE CAPSIZED VESSEL UNTIL RESCUED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0105
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BIG LAGOON (ICW)
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ON PLANE HEADING WESTBOUND THROUGH THE ICW WEST OF PENSACOLA PASS INTO BIG LAGOON.  ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WAS KNEELING ON A CENTER CUSHION NEAR THE BOW HOLDING THE BOW LINE.  V1 MANEUVERING FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN A "S" PATTERN, HIT A WAKE DURING A SHARP STARBOARD TURN.  THIS CAUSED THE OCCUPANT TO BE EJECTED OVER THE PORT BOW.  EJECTED RIDER WAS STRUCK BY PROP CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES.  VICTIM RECOVERED BY ONBOARD CREW AND MOORED ABOUT 150 YARDS FROM SCENE AT HARBOUR POINTE CONDOMINIUM DOCKS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0106
Date: 2009-03-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: BIG PINE KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
AccidentCause2: Overloading
AccidentCause3: improper loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: other
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
THE FIRST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS ACCIDENT IS BILGE PUMP FAILURE.  THE SECOND CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS V1 WAS OVERLOADED AND THE WEIGHT WAS NOT PROPERLY DISTRIBUTED.  WHEN V1'S BILGE PUMP FAILED THE OPERATOR TRIED TO JUMP THE VESSEL ON PLANE.  HE INCREASED THE THROTTLE BUT THE HELM WAS HARD TO EITHER PORT/STARBOARD, HE COULD NOT REMEMBER, AND V1 TILTED SHARPLY.  ALL OF V1'S WEIGHT WAS TO THE SAME SIDE AS THE VESSEL TILTED.  THIS CAUSED THE VESSEL'S GUNNELL TO DIP BELOW THE WATERLINE AND FILL WITH WATER.  THE VESSEL DECENT WAS RAPID, RESTING ON THE BOTTOM IN APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0107
Date: 2009-02-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE BEACH
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK BEHIND V2.  V2 WAS ALREADY DOCKED AND THERE WAS NOBODY ON BOARD.  V1 LOST CONTROL DUE TO WIND.  V1 STRUCK V2 STARBOARD TO STARBOARD AND SCRATCHED THE FIBERGLASS OF V2 IN SEVERAL AREAS.  V1 HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUB RAIL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0108
Date: 2009-01-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: BROKEN 2X6 SUPPORT BEAMS ON DOCK
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER RUNNING ON ONE MOTOR (PORT).  V1 WAS ON PLANE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH.  THE OPERATOR STEPPED AWAY FROM THE WHEEL TO HAND A BLANKET TO AN OCCUPANT SEATED AT THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  THE VESSEL'S TRACK DRIFTED TOWARDS THE WEST BANK.  THE OPERATOR RUSHED BACK TO THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED A HARD LEFT TURN, BUT FAILED TO CLEAR THE BULKHEAD.  V1 STRUCK THE BULKHEAD ON THE STARBOARD BOW AREA AND IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A SHARP LEFT TURN.  V1 CONTINUED ITS TURN AND COLLIDED WITH A FUEL DOCK, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO PITCH UPWARD AND DIPPING THE STERN OF THE VESSEL UNDER WATER.  V1 QUICKLY TOOK ON WATER AND CAPSIZED AT THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0110
Date: 2009-03-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE LOUISE
NearestCityTown: WINDERMERE
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSELS 1 AND 2 WERE PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND ON LAKE LOUISE FOLLOWING A SKI BOAT.  V1 HAD ONE OPERATOR ABOARD, V2 HAD TWO OCCUPANTS ABORAD.  WITNESS AND OPERATOR'S STATEMENTS INDICATE BOTH VESSELS WERE JUMPING THE WAKE OF THE SKI BOAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BOTH VESSELS WERE ON PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED.  V1 HAD JUMPED THE WAKE WHILE MOVING OTWARD V2.  V1 STRUCK THE LEFT FRONT OF V2 WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO EJECT ALL THREE OCCUPANTS FROM BOTH VESSELS.  BOTH OCCUPANTS ON V2 SUFFERED INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO ORMC FOR TREATMENT FROM THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0111
Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:31:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MASSALINA BAYOU
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM MASSALINA BAYOU.  THERE WAS A MIX-UP BETWEEN THE TARPON DOCK BRIDGE OPERATOR AND THE V1 OPERATOR.  THE MAST OF V1 STRUCK THE TARPON DOCK BRIDGE CAUSING IT TO BREAK LOOSE FROM THE VESSEL AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE VESSEL.  V1 ANCHORED OFF A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF THE TARPON DOCK BRIDGE AND RADIOED THE USCG TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0112
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-03-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:22:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: CLEARWATER
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
PWC HAD TWO OCCUPANTS ON IT.  WHEN THE OPERATOR PUSHED THE START BUTTON, THE PWC EXPLODED.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TREATED AT THE HOPSITAL FOR NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.  VESSEL WAS A TOTAL LOSS.  THIS INCIDENT WAS A RENTED PWC.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0113
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
operator ADVISED THAT SHE WAS THE V1 OPERATOR AND THEY HAD BEEN TROLLING FOR SPANISH MACKERAL WHEN subject CAUGHT ONE.  SHE PLACED V1 IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED AROUND TO ASSIST HIM WITH THE FISH.  AT THAT TIME A LARGE WAVE HIT V1 SPINNING IT SO THAT THE STERN WAS POINTING TOWARDS SHORE.  ANOTHER LARGE WAVE PUSHED V1 BACKWARDS, CAUSING THE TRANSOM TO GO UNDER, SWAMPING V1, ULTIMATELY CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.  ALL FIVE PERSONS AND TWO DOGS WENT IN THE WATER.  operator AND ONE DOG SWAM TO SHORE.  THE OTHER PERSONS AND DOG WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE WATER BY A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN IN THE AREA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0114
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NORTH JOHNSON BAY
NearestCityTown: MARCO ISLAND
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: GREEN CHANNEL MARKER 15 WITH DAYBOARDS AND MANATEE ZONE SIGNS
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE AREA OF CALHOUN CHANNEL, NAPLES-MARCO WATERWAY, IN COLLIER COUNTY.  V1 OPERATOR FAILED TO SEE GREEN CHANNEL MARKER 15 OFF HIS STARBOARD BOW, DESPITE THE ATTEMPTS OF THE PASSENGERS TO TELL HIM IT WAS DEAD AHEAD.  V1 OPERATOR COLLIDED WITH GREEN CHANNEL MARKER 15 BREAKING IT OFF THE SEA BOTTOM.  FOUR OF THE FIVE PASSENGERS ADVISED ME THAT JUST PRIOR TO THE COLLISION, THEY JUMPED OVERBOARD AS THEY FELT THAT THE CRASH WAS AT A SPEED WHICH WOULD CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM.  ALL V1 OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT THEN RELEASED.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT, A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO BUI WAS CONDUCTED.  V1 OPERATOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR BUI WITH PROTERTY/PERSONAL INJURY AND BOOKED INTO NAPLES JAIL CENTER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0115
Date: 2009-05-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: APOLLO BEACH
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM BEER CAN ISLAND.  V1 OPERATOR PUT THE VESSEL IN NEUTRAL AND WALKED TO THE STERN OF THE VESSEL ONTO THE DIVE PLATFORM TO URINATE.  THE OPERATOR STATED THAT THE SEAS WERE ROUGH AND THE HIGH WIND CAUSED HIM TO FALL OVERBOARD.  HE WAS UNABLE TO SWIM BACK TO THE VESSEL.  THE CURRENT CARRIED THE VICTIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE VESSEL.  THE HIGH WINDS PUSHED THE VESSEL FARTHER AWAY FROM THE OPERATOR.  THE VICTIM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APOLLO BEACH AT "C" CUT.  THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN ABOARD USCG VESSEL 25362 AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO HIS VESSEL.  THE VESSEL DRIFTED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST AND ENDED UP AGAINST THE ROCKY SHORE OF APOLLO BEACH WHERE IT SUSTAINED DAMAGE BELOW THE WATER LINE RESULTING IN FLOODING IN THE CABIN AREA.  THE VESSEL WAS RELEASED TO THE VICTIM AND HE WAS ARRANGING SALVAGE IN THE MORNING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0116
Date: 2009-05-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: DAY MARKER #6 IN THE ICW. BROKE OFF AT MUD LINE.
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE ICW IN PALM BEACH, WHEN HE STRUCK DAY MARKER #6 ADJACENT TO RYBOVICH SPENCER MARINA WITH THE BOW ANCHOR SECTION OF HIS VESSEL.  THE MARKER WAS CUT AT THE MUD LINE OF THE WOODEN POLE.  THE MARKER WAS RETRIEVED BY TOWBOAT US AND TEMPORARILY TIED UP TO RYBOVICH.  V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS READING HIS CHARTS WHEN HE STRUCK THE MARKER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0117
Date: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 LOST STEERING CONTROL AND DRIFTED NORTH (STERN FIRST).  V1 DRIFTED SIDEWAYS INTO SLIP #42 AND STRUCK V2 (DOCKED AT SLIP #41) IN THE BOW AND PORT SIDE.  V1 THEN STRUCK THE FINGER PILINGS BETWEEN SLIP #41-#42.  V1 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE WINDOW, WOOD MOLDING, AND FIBERGLASS.  V2 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE BOW AND PORT SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0118
Date: 2009-03-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS UNDERWAY AS V1 WAS FOLLOWING.  V1 OPERATOR HIT A WAKE AND FELL OF THE VESSEL.  V1 HIT THE OPERATOR WITH THE BOW OF HIS VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0119
Date: 2009-04-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS IDLE/DRIFTING WHILE BEING APPROACHED BY V1.  V1 STRUCK V2 RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO V2'S STEERING CONTROLS AND EJECTING THE OPERATOR OF V2, POSSIBLY BREAKING THE V2 OPERATOR'S RIGHT ARM.  V2 OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE KEY WEST ER FOR ASSESSMENT


BARDID: 2009-FL-0120
Date: 2009-03-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:25:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: JEWFISH CREEK
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TIED TO THE DOCK AT GILBERT'S RESORT ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME, WHEN AN UNKNOWN VESSEL ALLEGEDLY MOTORED PAST THE DOCK AT A RATE OF SPEED THAT CREATED A LARGE ENOUGH WAKE THAT CAUSED V2 TO ROLL ONTO ONE OF THE PILINGS THE VESSEL WAS TIED OFF ON.  TWO WITNESSES WHO SUBMITTED STATEMENTS REPORTED SEEING A RECREATIONAL VESSEL WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD MOTORING UNDER AND THROUGH THE JEWFISH CREEK BRIDGE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THAT ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO V2.  THE DESCRIPTION OF THE UNKNOWN VESSEL WAS TAKEN BY FWC LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A BOLO WAS GIVEN TO THE OFFICERS FOR THIS VESSEL; A WEEKEND TO WEEKEND SEARCH FOR THIS VESSEL CAME UP WITH NO LEADS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0121
Date: 2009-04-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:52:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Hull Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILES WEST OF NAPLES BEACH.  V1 BEGAN TO LIST FROM SIDE TO SIDE.  THE OPERATOR BACKED THE VESSEL SPEED DOWN TO AN IDLE AND VSUALLY INSPECTED ENGINES AND TRIM TABS.  WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO POWER V1 BACK UP HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE TRANSOM OF V1.  AS THE OPERATOR WALKED BACK TO THE STERN OF V1, HE OBSERVED THE ENGINES AND TOP CAP OF THE TRANSOM BRACKET PEEL AWAY FROM THE HULL AND FALL INTO THE WATER.  THE HULL FILLED UP WITH WATER CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0122
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:55:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NASSAU SOUND
NearestCityTown: FERNANDINA BEACH
County: NASSAU
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING WHEN IT STRUCK WAVES FROM ANOTHER VESSEL CAUSING THE V1 PASSENGER TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND STRUCK HER LOWER BACK UPON LANDING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0123
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NW FORK OF LOXAHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: TEQUESTA
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND IN THE NW FORK OF THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER WITH THREE PERSONS ON BOARD.  ONE OCCUPANT WAS FISHING FROM THE BOW BEHIND THE RAILING.  ALL OF A SUDDEN subject FELL OVERBOARD.  ONCE THE OTHER TWO OCCUPANTS SAW subject FALL OVERBOARD, THE OPERATOR THREW THE THROTTLE INTO REVERSE AT LEAST TWICE.  subject SUFFERED INJURIES FROM BEING STRUCK BY THE PROP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0124
Date: 2009-03-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: WEST PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent3: grounding
PropertyDamageDescription: METAL PIECES KNOCKED FROM STRUCTURE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING NORTH ON THE ICW WHEN IT STRUCK A GREEN LIGHTED MARKER 5 (POSITION 1) WITH THE STARBORAD PONTOON.  OPERATOR WAS KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS IN V1.  V1 DRIFTED NORTH WITH THE CURRENT AND THE WIND.  V1 CAME TO REST ON ROCKS AT POSITION 2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0125
Date: 2009-05-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:21:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
AFTER EXITING THE IDLE SPEED ZONE AT MARKER 33, V1 OPERATOR HEADED SOUTH IN THE CHANNEL.  A LARGE VESSEL HAD PROCEEDED SOUTHBOUND IN FRONT OF V1 CREATING A LARGE WAKE.  V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE THE WAKE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE PWC.  HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE PWC AND HE STRUCK CHANNEL MARKER 31 WITH HIS BODY.  THE PWC WENT DEAD IN THE WATER AND STRUCK NOTHING AND HAD NO DAMAGE.  V1 OPERATOR WAS WEARING A PFD AND SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED VIA MEDI-FLIGHT TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN FT MYERS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0126
Date: 2009-04-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH SHORES
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS NORTHBOUND APPROACHING THE DOCK FROM THE SOUTH.  AS V1 GOT CLOSER TO THE DOCK, THE OPERATOR ACCELERATED AND TURNED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE PORTSIDE STERN TO HIT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE DOCK.  V1 THEN CONTINUED ON AFTER HITTING THE DOCK.  NO ONE ON BOARD V1 WAS INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0127
Date: 2009-04-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BARNES SOUND
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
WAVE STRUCK VESSEL AND EJECTED BOTH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER.  THEY WERE ABLE TO CLIMB BACK ON V1.  THEN THE VESSEL STARTED TO TAKE ON WATER, CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0128
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: BOYNTON BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
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


BARDID: 2009-FL-0129
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:19:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: KEY BISCAYNE
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 CAUGHT ON FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS WEST OF THE POINT MARKER #1.  MARINE PATROL RENDERED ASSISTANCE BY USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  operator WAS PLACED IN THE MARINE PATROL VESSEL FOR SAFETY.  MIAMI FIRE BOAT ONE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.  USCG AND FWCC WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO REPORT.  THE VESSEL WAS TOWED BY TOW BOAT US.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0130
Date: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: KEY BISCAYNE
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 LEFT THE SLIP IT WAS ASSIGNED TO AT RICKENBACKER MARINA.  AS V1 WAS MOTORING WESTBOUND OUT TO THE BAY IN THE NARROW CHANNEL OF THE MARINA, THE STRONG WINDS PUSHED V1 UP ALONG THE NORTHERN SLIPS OF THE MARINA AND HIT V2'S BOW WHICH WAS DOCKED IN SLIP A-90.  V1 MOTORED OUT INTO THE BAY AND ANCHORED.  V1 OPERATOR RETURNED TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT WITH THE RICKENBACKER MARIINA DOCK MASTER.  V1 OPERATOR WAITED OVER ONE 1/2 HOURS, THEN LEFT A CONTACT NUMBER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REACH HIM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0131
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: RIVIERA BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Congested Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS PROPERLY DOCKED AT THE RIVIERA BEACH MARINA.  V1 WAS SAILING SOUTHBOUND IN THE ICW ON A WESTWARD TRACK GETTING READY TO TRACK BACK TO THE EAST.  AT THIS TIME, ANOTHER VESSEL WAS ENTERING THE RIVIERA BEACH MARINA.  THE OPERATOR OF THE OTHER VESSEL THEN STOPPED HIS CENTER CONSOLE IN THE PATH OF V1 FORCING THE V1 OPERATOR TO STOP HIS VESSEL TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE CENTER CONSOLE. UPON DOING SO, THE WIND AND CURRENT PUSHED V1 INTO V2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO V2'S PORT SIDE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE OPERATOR OF THE CENTER CONSOLE LEFT THE AREA AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION REGARDING THAT VESSEL. SIX PEOPLE WERE ON V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0132
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAYLOR CREEK
NearestCityTown: FORT PIERCE
County: ST LUCIE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE AREA OF TAYLOR CREEK.  THE VESSEL HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND LOST STEERING.  THE MOMENTUM OF V1 CARRIED IT INTO V2.  V2 IS A DINGY THAT WAS AT THE STERN OF VESSEL 3 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE IMPACT CAUSED V2 TO BE PUSHED INTO V3. V2 SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE.  THE SOFT SIDED INFLATABLE WAS TORN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SINK.  THE IMPACT ALSO DAMAGED SEVERAL WHEELS ATTACHED TO THE STERN OF V3, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL COSMETIC SCRATCHES ON THE STERN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0133
Date: 2009-02-10 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MAULE LAKE
NearestCityTown: NORTH MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS AT ANCHOR WHEN V1'S STARBOARD BOW STRUCK V2'S STARBOARD QUARTER. V1 LEFT THE SCENE AFTER HITTING V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0136
Date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 IS A COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL VESSEL.  V1 OBSERVED A VIOLATION IN NAPLES BAY, EAST OF THE CITY DOCK. V1 ACCELERATED THROUGHT THE NO WAKE ZONE IN ORDER TO CATCH UP TO THE OFFENDERS.  AS V1 PASSED THE DOCKS, V2 SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO V1'S WAKE.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT V2 HAD ONLY THREE LINES SECURING IT TO THE DOCK.  NO SPRINGER LINE WAS USED, THEREFORE THE VESSEL WAS ABLE TO GO UNDER THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0137
Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE SEMINOLE
NearestCityTown: SEMINOLE
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Shift
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE ON THE SE PORTION OF SEMINOLE LAKE JUST WEST OF THE BOAT RAMP VEHICLE PARKING LOT TRAVELING AT IDLE SPEED TOWARD THE SHORE.  V1 OPERATOR ACCELERATED THE VESSEL AND PRIOR TO COMING INTO THE IDLE SPEED ZONE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VESSEL DOWN. THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO PICK UP FULL SPEED AND STRUCK THE BEACH AREA OF THE LAKE AND LAUNCHED THE VESSEL ON THE RAISED EMBANKMENT AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 FEET. V1 TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN DISTANCE AND LANDED ON TOP OF A PARK PICNIC BENCH WHICH BROKE ON IMPACT. V1 THEN LANDED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE BOAT RAMP WITH RIDER STILL ON BOARD SLIDING ACROSS THE PAVED PARKING LOT AREA SIDEWAYS ON THE VESSEL'S PORT SIDE.  V1 CONTINUED SLIDING AND MADE A 180 TURN BEFORE STRIKING THE STARBOARD STERN CORNER OF V1 ON A CONCRET CURB MEDIAN. THE IMPACT ABRUPTLY STOPPED V1 EJECTING THE OPERATOR OFF OF THE VESSEL WITH THE OPERATOR'S BODY STRIKING THE BASE OF TWO PALM TREES. PER WITNESS AND OPERATOR STATEMENTS, V1 WAS RUNNING AT FULL RPM'S PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE SHORELINE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0138
Date: 2009-05-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: APOLLO BEACH
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH TOWARDS THE ALAFIA RIVER FROM ST PETERSBURG, FL WHEN IT TOOK A WAVE OVER THE BOW. V1 BEGAN TO FLOOD AND SINK.  THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE BILGE PUMP WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF WATER COMING INTO V1. THE HCSO MARINE UNIT RESPONDED AND BROUGHT THE OCCUPANTS AND V1 TO THE WILLIAMS PARK BOAT RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0139
Date: 2009-04-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY
NearestCityTown: MADEIRA BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING WEST UNDER JOHN'S PASS BRIDGE WHEN ANOTHER OPERATOR SPRAYED SALT WATER IN HIS EYES.  V1 OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF THE VESSEL AND IT COLLIDED WITH THE NORTH PYLON OF THE MAIN CHANNEL UNDER JOHN'S PASS BRIDGE. V1 OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF THAT HIS SIDE WAS SORE AND RED BUT REFUSED TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0140
Date: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: HERNANDO BEACH
County: HERNANDO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Collision with Recreational Vessel
OtherAccidentEvent: grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 TRAVELING NE HIT MARKER WHICH CAUSED THE EJECTION OF THE OPERATOR. V1 TRAVELED INTO CHANNEL. V2, TRAVELING SW IN THE CHANNEL RAN INTO AND OVER V1. V1 CARRIED V2 INTO THE ROCKS OUTSIDE OF THE CHANNEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0141
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE MARIANN
NearestCityTown: LAKE ALFRED
County: POLK
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: TWO BROKEN BOARDS ON THE DOCK, WHICH WERE REPAIRED BY OWNER ON THE SCENE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE SHORELINE AND DECIDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN NEAR A DOCK.  V1 OPERATOR DID NOT TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING THE DOCK. THE PWC TRAVELED UNDER THE DOCK STRIKING PARTS OF THE DOCK. V1 OPERATOR'S HEAD ALSO STRUCK THE DOCK, WHICH CAUSED HER TO FALL OVERBOARD. OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND LATER RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0142
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: DESTIN HARBOR
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TIED UP IN ITS SLIP.  V1 WAS TRAVELING IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION AND STRUCK V2.  THE COLLISION CAUSED THE BOW SPRIT AND THE MAIN MAST TO BREAK.  V2 OWNER WAS NOTIFIED BY A FRIEND THAT SOMETHING ON HIS BOAT DID NOT LOOK RIGHT.  WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE NOTICED THE DAMAGE.  V2 OWNER HAD BEEN WORKING ON V2 THE MORNING OF THE 5TH, SO HE IS SURE THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SOMETIME ON THE 5TH. V1 INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0143
Date: 2009-04-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:53:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING ALONG THE BEACH LOOKING FOR COBIA.  V1 OPERATOR WAS UP IN THE TOWER OF THE BOAT.  WHEN OPERATOR DECIDED TO COME DOWN OUT OF THE TOWER, HE LEFT THE VESSEL IN GEAR.  WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE TOWER, A LARGE WAVE HIT THE VESSEL AND THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER.  HE WAS LATER RESCUED BY SOME PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND DETERMINED THAT THE OPERATOR HAD SWALLOWED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOR OBSERVATION.  HE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH COMPLICATIONS FROM PNEUMONIA.  THE VESSEL WAS RECOVERED 2 DAYS LATER ON THE BEACH NEAR GULF SHORES, ALABAMA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0144
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO COME INTO DESTIN PASS.  THE SEAS WERE BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT FEET.  V1 WAS RIDING THE BACK OF A WAVE AND THROTTLED UP IN ORDER TO STAY IN THAT POSITION.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND A WAVE CAUGHT THEM FROM BEHIND.  THE WAVE ROLLED THE BOAT OVER AND ALL FOUR PEOPLE WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER.  THE SUBJECTS WERE RECOVERED BY TWO DIFFERENT VESSELS AND TAKEN TO THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0145
Date: 2009-04-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE HOWELL
NearestCityTown: CASSELBERRY
County: SEMINOLE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: DAMAGE TO DOCK AND WATER/SPRINKLER LINE
RedactedNarrative:
WITNESSES STATED THAT V1 WAS SPUTTERING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED.  V1 OPERATOR REMOVED THE SEAT IN ORDER TO ADJUST THE MOTOR.  WHILE OPERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WORKING ON THE MOTOR, V1 OPERATOR WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE HE WAS HEADED.  V1 OPERATOR STATED , "THE ONLY THING I REMEMBER WAS LOOKING UP AND SEEING THE DOCK BEFORE I HIT IT".  V1 OPERATOR LEFT THE PWC SEAT ON THE BEACH BEHIND THE APARTMENTS WHERE HE RESIDES. V1 OPERATOR WAS TREATED ON SCENE BY CASSELBERRY FIRE RESCUE AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY FIRESTAR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0146
Date: 2009-02-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: MIMS
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WEST FROM HATBILL PARK.  WHEN THEY REACHED THE LOCATION WHERE THEY COULD PROCEED SW TO ORANGE MOUND, V1 OPERATOR TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT.  V1 PASSENGER WAS NOT EXPECTING TO TURN AND LOST HER BALANCE.  AT THE SAME TIME THE VESSEL CONTACTED THE RIVER BOTTOM.  THE VESSEL DID NOT AS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED.  V1 OPERATOR ACCELERATED AND STEERED HARD TO THE LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE THE TURN.  V1 IMPACTED THE EXPOSED RIVERBANK ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE.  AS THE VESSEL IMPACTED THE RIVER BANK, BOTH THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT WERE EJECTED FROM V1.  V1 OPERATOR LANDED ON TOP OF THE RIVERBANK AND WAS NOT INJURED.  V1 PASSENGER LANDED HEAD FIRST INTO THE VERTICAL PORTION OF THE RIVERBANK AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE.  SHE WAS AIRLIFTED BY FIRST FLIGHT FROM THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT TO HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0147
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: DEBARY
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS IDLING SOUTH DOWN THE ST JOHNS RIVER FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS TO THE END OF AN IDLE/NO WAKE ZONE.  V1 OPERATOR THROTTLED V1 FORWARD TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH.  ONCE ON PLANE, THE V1 OPERATOR TURNED AROUND TO LOOK AT HIS PASSENGERS AND INADVERTENTLY STEERED V1 RIGHT INTO THE WEST SHORELINE.  V1 HIT A TREE ON SHORE EJECTING ONE PASSENGER.  BOTH THE V1 OPERATOR AND THE EJECTED PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.  BOTH VICTIMS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0148
Date: 2009-05-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:26:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: JEWFISH CREEK
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: PILING SLIGHTLY DAMAGED AND LOOSENED
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WS DOCKING THE VESSEL WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT THE VESSEL CAUSING IT TO HIT THE DOCK WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE PILINGS OF THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0149
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: STUART
County: MARTIN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
PropertyDamageDescription: MANGROVES AND NEWLY INSTALLED RIP RAP ON STATE PARK
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS LEAVING FINS FROM THE MANATEE POCKET, HEADED TO THE SANDBAR TO MEET ANOTHER VESSEL.  HE STATED HE WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER VESSEL'S STERN LIGHT.  WHEN THEY REACHED THE CROSSROADS, THE OTHER VESSEL STAYED CLOSE TO SHORE AND THEN TURNED EAST WITH THE SHORELINE.  V1 OPERATOR HE WAS ONLY MAKING WAY WITH THE BOW UP.  V1 STRUCK THE SHORELINE AND ENDED UP ALMOST 20 FEET FROM THE WATER'S EDGE.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE MANGROVES ALONG THE SHORELINE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0150
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:54:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FLORIDA BAY/GULF
NearestCityTown: MARATHON KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR HAD TAKEN V1 WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER'S RESIDENCE, AND WAS CRUISING ON THE BAYSIDE OF MARATHON.  HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO TO THE DOCKS OF THE ISLAND TIKI BAR RESTAURANT IN MARATHON KEY.  V1 WAS TRAVELING AROUND 20-40 MPH FROM THE NE HEADING TOWARD THE ISLAND TIKI BAR RESTAURANT.  AS V1 APPROACHED LAND IT STRUCK AND RAN AGROUND IN THE SHALLOW END OF THE HELIPORT, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH, AND AT THE END OF THE RESTAURANT'S PARKING LOT.  V1 CAME TO REST ON TOP OF THE HARD CORAL ROCKS AND SUSTAINED GREAT DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE HULL AND I/O LOWER UNIT.  V1 OPERATOR WAS NOT INJURED, BUT DID ADMIT THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND VISUALLY SHOWED THAT HE WAS IMPAIRED.  V1 OWNER ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND STATED THAT HE HAD NOT GIVEN ANY PERMISSION TO THE V1 OPERATOR TO TAKE AND OPERATE HIS VESSEL.  THE OWNER PRESSED CHARGES AGAINST THE V1 OPERATOR.  THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTED THE OPERATOR AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE MARATHON JAIL.  V1 WAS SALVAGED BY SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0151
Date: 2009-05-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN MELOY CHANNEL.  V1 WAS ON A PLANE WHILE APPROACHING VENETIAN CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.  V1 OPERATOR WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE DESPITE BEING WARNED OF WATERWAY BEING CLOSED.  BRIDGE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HORN AND WAVING FLAGS NOTIFYING VESSELS OF BRIDGE CLOSURE.  V1 VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE BRIDGE PILING UNDERNEATH THE DRAW BRIDGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0152
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: DUCK KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
PWC WAS TOWING VICTIM ON A TUBE.  PWC OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN NEAR MANGROVE SHORELINE.  VITIM ON TUBE WAS SLUNG INTO TREES SUFFERING CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD AND LACERATION TO RIGHT SHIN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0153
Date: 2009-04-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: TAVERNIER
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS AHEAD AND TO THE LEFT OF V2.  V1 TURNED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT 90 DEGREES AND STOPPED.  V2 DID NOT CHANGE COURSE AND HIT THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V1 MIDSHIP WITH THE BOW OF V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0154
Date: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BEL AIRE CANAL (C1-NORTH)
NearestCityTown: CUTLER BAY
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
THE VICTIM WAS TRAVELING ON V1 WITH HIS NINE YEAR OLD SON, AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED ALONG A CANAL BEHIND HIS RESIDENCE.  AT SOME POINT, THEY ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL UNDERNEATH AN OVERPASS AND THE VICTIM'S HEAD STRUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERPASS.  THE VICTIM WAS LOCATED BY A GOOD SAMARITAN AND EMS WAS NOTIFIED.  THE VICTIM WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE RYDER TRAUMA CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0155
Date: 2009-05-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: BOCA GRANDE
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 RAN AGROUND WHILE ENTERING THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE BOCA GRANDE PASS.  V1 WAS ANCHORED AND WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED THE NEXT DAY BY SEA TOW WHEN THE TIDES WERE BETTER.  V1 BECAME BATTERED BY THE WAVES, THE KEEL WAS BROKEN OFF, AND THE VESSEL BROKE FREE FROM THE SANDBAR AND BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARDS BOCA GRANDE.  WHILE DRIFTING, THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  THE TWO OCCUPANTS ENTERED LIFE BOAT AND WENT TO SHORE.  SEA TOW RE-ANCHORED THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0156
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:36:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: HUDSON
County: PASCO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 FOLLOWING BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT OF V2.  V2 TURNED SHARPLY TO PORT.  V1 COLLIDED WITH V2.  BOTH OPERATORS WERE EJECTED.  V2 OPERATOR WAS INJURED, BUT V1 OPERATOR WAS UNINJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0157
Date: 2009-04-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 01:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: FORT MYERS BEACH
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS AT ANCHOR WHEN THE ANCHOR LINE BROKE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO DRIFT.  V1 OPERATOR TRIED TO PUT UP SAILS TO CHANGE DIRECTION, BUT THE SAILS BROKE AND BECAME INEFFECTIVE.  HE THREW OUT THE SECONDARY ANCHOR, BUT THE WIND CONTINUED TO BLOW THE VESSEL TOWARDS SHORE.  THE VESSEL DRAGGED AGAINST THE SHALLOW BOTTOM CAUSING THE KEEL AND RUDDER TO BREAK OFF.  THE VESSEL WASHED UP ONTO FORT MYERS BEACH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0158
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BIG CARLOS PASS
NearestCityTown: FORT MYERS BEACH
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 STRUCK A SWIMMER IN THE WATER KNOCKING HIM UNCONCIOUS, WHICH REQUIRED THE VICTIM TO BE TRANSPORTED TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0159
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: TREASURE ISLAND
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WITH 5 PERSONS ON BOARD LEFT CADDY'S WATERFRONT, TREASURE ISLAND, TRAVELING NORTH TOWARDS JOHNS PASS.  V1 WAS ON PLANE AND HAD A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF MOTOR.  MOTOR FULLY SEPARATED FROM V1 CAUSING THE VESSEL TO TURN AND DIG HARD TO STARBOARD, EJECTING ONE OCCUPANT AND SENDING ONE OCCUPANT INTO THE PORT GUNWALE CAUSING HEAD INJURIES.  INJURED VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO PALMS OF PASADENA, TREATED AND RELEASED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0160
Date: 2009-04-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW AND FLAGLER MEMORIAL BRIDG
NearestCityTown: WEST PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS DOCKED AT THE PALM BEACH YACHT CLUB FACING NORTH.  V2 UNTIED THE LINES AND BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE DOCK AS V1 WAS SOUTHBOUND COMING INTO THE NO WAKE ZONE WHERE V2 WAS.  V1'S WAKE CAUSED V2'S PORT BOW RAIL TO SLAM INTO THE DOCK CAUSING RAIL DAMAGE.  V1 DID NOT STOP BUT CONTINUED THROUGH ON PLANE. TWP ERSONS WERE STATED AS BEING ABOARD V2, BUT ONLY ONE PERSON WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0161
Date: 2009-03-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PALM COAST
County: FLAGLER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE ICW AT A SPEED THAT CREATED A WAKE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET.  V2 WAS MOORED TO A 48 FOOT PONTOON BOAT AND THE V2 OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE PONTOON BOAT.  V2 WAS OBSCURED BY THE PONTOON BOAT FROM ANY NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC.  AS V2 PASSED V2, V1'S WAKE DROVE V2 INTO A NEARBY WOOD PILING.  V2 SUSTAINED FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO ITS PORT STERN AREA AND ITS OPERATOR SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK WHEN HE FELL IN THE BOAT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0162
Date: 2009-05-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:06:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: OCEAN RIDGE
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADED EASTBOUND OUT OF BOYNTON INLET WHEN THE VESSEL LOST ITS HYDRAULIC STEERING.  VESSEL STRUCK THE SOUTH SEAWALL WITH ITS STARBOARD SIDE BOW THEN SCRAPING DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE STARBOARD SIDE. ONE OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE BOAT AT THIS TIME, BUT WAS UNINJURED.  AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, V1 THEN TRAVELED IN A NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION UNTIL THE BOW OF THE VESSEL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE NORTH SEAWALL.  THIS IMPACT CAUSED THE V1 OPERATOR TO SLAM INTO THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA WITH HIS CHEST.  ANOTHER OCCUPANT hit THE RIGHT SIDE REAR OF THEIR HEAD ON THE T-TOP FRAMING.  V1 THEN DRIFTED TOWARDS THE WEST UNTIL WE ARRIVED ON SCENE.  BOTH VICTIMS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THEIR INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0163
Date: 2009-02-05 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
THIS ACCIDENT INVOLVES THE FATALITY OF ONE 69 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE OPERATING A 24 FOOT SAILBOAT ALONE ON THE ICW IN ST JOHNS COUNTY.  HE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING THE VILANO BOAT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2009, AND HIS VESSEL WAS FOUND ADRIFT ON THE ICW WITHOUT HIM THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 6TH, 2009.  IT APPEARS THAT HE MAY HAVE FALLEN OVERBOARD ON THE EVENING OF THE 5TH OR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 6TH.HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED IN SHALLOW WATER WITHIN 50 YARDS OF HIS VESSEL ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 6TH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0164
Date: 2009-04-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PLACIDA
County: CHARLOTTE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
AccidentEvent3: capsizing
OtherAccidentEvent: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST OUT OF LITTLE GASPARILLA PASS.  A ROGUE WAVE EXCEEDING EIGHT FEET STRUCK THE BOW OF V1 CAUSING WATER TO FILL THE HULL.  V1 ATTEMPTED TO POWER UP TO DRAIN WATER BUT RAN AGROUND.  V1 CONTINUED TO HAVE WATER FILL THE HULL OVER THE TRANSOM.  V1 ULTIMATELY FLIPPED EJECTING BOTH PASSENGERS INTO THE WATER.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0165
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-02-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE SARASOTA BAY
NearestCityTown: OSPREY
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND, WHILE V2 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND.  V2 STRUCK WAKE OF V1 CAUING INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0166
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:57:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST LUCIE INLET
NearestCityTown: STUART
County: MARTIN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING OUT TOWARDS INLET AT SLOW SPEED.  V1 HIT A FEW CONSECUTIVE WAVES WHICH CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO FALL AND STRIKE THE BOTTOM OF HER CHIN ON THE BOW OF THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0167
Date: 2009-02-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS OVERTAKING V2.  V1 COLLIDED WITH THE PORT SIDE OF V2. SEVEN PERSONS WERE LISTED AS BEING ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY ONE NAME WAS LISTED. TEN PERSONS WERE LISTED AS BEING ABOARD V2, BUT ONLY TWO NAMES WERE LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0175
Date: 2009-03-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MOSQUITO LAGOON
NearestCityTown: OAK HILL
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: hull failure
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE TRAVELING EAST TOWARDS THE ICW THE OPERATOR CUT BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND SPOIL ISLAND'S SOUTH OF OAK HILL.  V1 STRUCK A SUBMERGED METAL OBJECT TEARING A LARGE HOLE IN THE VESSEL'S HULL.  THE OPERATOR PULLED THE VESSEL'S PLUG AND TRIED TO MAKE IT TO BEACON 42 BOAT RAMP WHERE HE LAUNCHED HIS VESSEL.  WATER FLOWED INTO THE VESSEL FASTER THAN IT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE DRAIN HOLE.  THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, AND THE MOTOR STALLED.  THE VESSEL FILLED WITH WATER AND SANK 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE ACCIDENT LOCATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0176
Date: 2009-03-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE MONROE
NearestCityTown: SANFORD
County: SEMINOLE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING WEST ACROSS LAKE MONROE, WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CUP HOLDER.  OPERATOR SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO EXTINGUISH USING ONBOARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  SMOKE BECAME THICKER AND THE OPERATOR FELT THE EFFORT TO EXTINGUISH FIRE DID NOT WORK AND TOLD PASSENGER TO GET INTO THE WATER.  OPERATOR THEN WENT INTO THE WATER AND PULLED THE BOAT PLUG TO SINK VESSEL AND EXTINGUISH FIRE.  OPERATOR STATED THEY WERE IN THE WATER FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE SANFORD FIRE AND RESCUE PULLED THEM FROM THE WATER AND TOOK THEM TO THE WAYSIDE BOAT LAUNCH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0177
Date: 2009-05-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: OLD TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS HEADING SOUTHBOUND AWAY FROM THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY.  V1 WAS WAKE JUMPING V2'S WAKE, AND WERE THROWN FROM THE PWC.  V1 TRAVELED UNMANNED APPROXIMATELY 10 YARDS WHERE IT STRUCK V2'S REAR STARBORAD GUNNEL AS IT BECAME AIRBORNE CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO V2, AND SERIOUS INJURIES TO BOTH V1 OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0178
Date: 2009-04-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ALLIGATOR LAKE
NearestCityTown: ST CLOUD
County: OSCEOLA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BOTH V1 AND V2, ALONG WITH A THIRD UNINVOLVED VESSEL, WERE HEADING NORTHEAST ON ALLIGATOR LAKE TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE OF THE LAKE LIZZIE CANAL.  V2 MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN TO AVOID A WAVE AND V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS OF V2 WERE THROWN OFF AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THEIR RIGHT LEGS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0179
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS OFF THE BEACH.  V1 HIT A WAVE AND VESSEL LANDED ON PORT SIDE CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HANDLE BARS WITH HIS CHIN CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0180
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:55:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST ANDREWS BAY
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FOLLOWING THE TOUR GUIDE.  V2 WAS JUMPING WAVES IN FRONT OF V1.  THE OPERATOR OF V2 FELL OFF HIS PWC IN FRONT OF V1.  V1 COULD NOT REACT IN TIME AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR OF V2 WHILE HE WAS FLOATING IN THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0181
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NEW RIVER CANAL
NearestCityTown: WESTON
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS WESTBOUND IN THE NEW RIVER CANAL ALONG SR 84 ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF GLADES PARKWAY.  V1'S ESTIMATED SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH.  V1 STRUCK A SUBMERGED ROCK APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.  V1 TOOK ON WATER AND CAME TO REST ON THE ROCK BOTTOM IN THREEE OR FOUR FEET OF WATER.  A BYSTANDER ATTEMPTED TO TOW V1 BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP.  V1 BECAME FULLY SUBMERGED RESTING IN APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET OF WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0182
Date: 2009-05-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: BAY HARBOR
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
AccidentCause3: congested waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: DAMAGES TO DOCK, LADDER AND BENCH
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS CRUISING IN ICW.  WAKE FROM CONGESTED BOAT TRAFFIC HIT V1, CAUSING BOTH OCCUPANTS OF V1 FALL OVERBOARD.  V1 BECAME A RUNAWAY VESSEL, COLLIDING WITH AND STOPPING AT A DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0183
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS DOCKED ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE AT THE FLOATING DOCKS OF THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING FACING SOUTH.  V1 APPROACHED FROM THE ORTH ATTEMPTING TO DOCK IN FRONT OF V2.  AS V1 PASSED V2, IT STRUCK V2 IN THE PORT BOW HULL WITH THE REAR STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  V2 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PAINT AND GELCOAT, POSSIBLY MORE HULL DAMAGE. V1 HAD SOME DAMAGE TO ITS PAINT AND GELCOAT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0184
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LITTLE SARASOTA BAY
NearestCityTown: SARASOTA
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TOWING HIS SON AND A FRIEND ON A WATERTUBE IN THE LITTLE SARASOTA BAY CHANNEL NEAR THE VALMO BOAT RAMP.  V1 WAS SOUTHBOUND AND HAD JUST PASSED ICW MARKER 43 WHEN THE OPERATOR MADE A 180 DEGREE STARBOARD TURN AND BEGAN TRAVELING NORTH.  THE WATERTUBE WAS BEING TOWED BY A 60 FOOT LINE AND SWUNG WIDE TO THE VESSEL'S PORT SIDE DURING THIS TURN.  AS V1 STRAIGHTENED OUT, THE WATERTUBE SWUNG BACK TOWARDS THE STARBOARD SIDE.  AS V1 PASSED BY ICW MARKER 44 ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, THE WATERTUBE LINE STRUCK THE MARKER CAUSING IT TO SWING TOWARDS THE MARKER.  THE TOW LINE SNAPPED AND ONE PASSENGER ON THE WATERTUBE WAS EJECTED, WHILE THE OTHER ONE STAYED ON AND STRUCK THE MARKER RECEIVING INJURIES FROM IMPACT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0185
Date: 2009-04-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: MANATEE ZONE MARKER SIGN
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING IN A SOUTH DIRECTION ON THE RIVER.  V1 SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH TO LOOK AT A DERELICT SAILING VESSEL THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE SHORE.  STILL MOVING IN A FORWARD DIRECTION THE WIND SET VESSEL IN TOWARDS THE SIGN.  V1 IMPACTED THE SIGN CAUSING BOTH SUPPORT PILES TO BREAK, WHICH LET THE SIGN AND APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OF BROKEN PILES TO FALL ON FORWARD DECK OF VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0186
Date: 2009-05-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING NORTH AT SLOW SPEED ON THE ICW AT MARKER #57, WHEN AN UNKNOWN LARGE VESSEL TRAVELING SOUTH PRODUCED A LARGE WAKE AT WHICH TIME V1 WAS SWAMPED, TAKING ON A LARGE WAKE OVER THE BOW, CAUSING IT TO SINK.  DISTRESS CALL WAS RESPONDED TO ONE MINUTE AFTER THE V1 OCCUPANTS WENT IN THE WATER, AND ALL WERE PULLED OUT OF THE ICW.  ALL PERSONS WERE TRANSPORTED TO CRANDON MARINA.  SEA TOW TOWED THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0187
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: DEERPOINT LAKE
NearestCityTown: SOUTHPORT
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Missing or Inadequate Navigation Aids
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING THROUGH KLINE'S CUT OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN A SUBMERGED STUMP WAS STRUCK.  V1 SUNK AFTER STRIKING THE STUMP.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS SECTION OF THE LAKE IS RIDDLED WITH STUMPS AND IS NOT MARKED.  V1 SUSTAINED THREE HOLES IN ITS HULL AFT OF MIDSHIP ON THE PORT SIDE.  A LARGE HOLE IN ITS BOW CAUSED V1 TO SINK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0188
Date: 2009-05-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE OSBORNE
NearestCityTown: LANTANA
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS CRUISING IN LAKE OSBORNE WHEN HE SMELLED SMOKE.  HE OPENED HIS ENGINE COVER AND FOUND A FIRE ON THE ENGINE.  HE WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.  V1 THEN BEGAN TAKING ON WATER.  HE BLEW HIS AIR HORN FOR HELP AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VESSEL SAFELY TO SHORE WHERE HE MET WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.  SEA TOW RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO FLOAT THE VESSEL AND THE SHERIFF'S MARINE UNIT TOWED THE VESSEL SAFELY TO THE CLOSEST BOAT RAMP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0189
Date: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: CORAL GABLES
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TIED OFF TO THE STERN OF AN ANCHORED VESSEL.  V1 APPROACHED V2 AND STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT BOW RAMPING V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0190
Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: HUDSON
County: PASCO
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 330 DEGREES FROM THE NORTH CHANNEL OF GULF HARBORS.  V2 WAS TRAVELING WEST AT ABOUT 270 DEGREES FROM THE CHANNEL OF HUDSON BEACH.  BOTH VESSELS CONVERGE UPON ONE ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES DUE WEST OF HUDSON BEACH.  BOTH V1 AND V2 REACT PRIOR TO COLLISION, SLOWING AND CHANGING DIRECTION, LESSONING IMPACT AND DAMAGE.  THEY COLLIDE BOW TO BOW. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0191
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: CEDAR KEY
County: LEVY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 LEFT THE ANCORE HOLE BOAT RAMP AND PROCEEDED NORTHEAST TO THE #4 CHANNEL APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE.  V1 WAS BEING OPERATED AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH.  V1 OPERATOR TURNED THE VESSEL PORTSIDE AND THE FRONT STARBOARD AND PORT SIDE OCCUPANT WERE EJECTED OVER THE STARBOARD SIDE INTO THE WATER.  THE STARBOARD OCCUPANT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT FOREARM AND A FRACTURED ULNA BONE.  THE PORT SIDE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0192
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:34:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE CANAL/C-8
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WESTBOUND ON BISCAYNE CANAL AT SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH.  V1 WAS TURNING LEFT ON THE C-8 CANAL.  V1 OPERATOR CLAIMED THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING CONTROL OF THE PWC THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  V1 TOOK THE TURN TOO WIDE AND STRUCK A ROCK ON THE SHORELINE CAUSING BOTH OCCUPANTS TO BE EJECTED ONTO A ROCK.  BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD RECEIVED INJURIES FROM STRIKING THE ROCK.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PWC FROM STRIKING THE ROCK.  STEERING WAS INSPECTED AND DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0193
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WESTBOUND FROM BISCAYNE POINT WHILE TOWING A WAKEBOARDER.  V1 WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 15MPH WHEN IT STRUCK MARKER #5 ON ITS FRONT SIDE CAUSING GOUGES AND CRACKS TO THE FRONT STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  ONE OCCUPANT WAS SITTING IN THE BOW OF V1 WHEN THE VESSEL HIT THE MARKER AND RECEIVED INJURIES FROM IMPACT WITH THE MARKER.  VICTIM WAS ADMITTED TO RYDER TRAUMA CENTER FOR TREATMENT TO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0194
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HURRICANE PASS
NearestCityTown: DUNEDIN
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: improper anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OBSERVED CAPSIZED BY WITNESSES IN HURRICANE PASS.  OPERATOR WAS FOUND CLINGING TO BOW OF OVERTURNED VESSEL UNRESPONSIVE.  OPERATOR PULLED TO SHORE BY NEARBY JET SKIER AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SUMMONED.  OPERATOR WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AND IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITIN.  UPON EXAMINING THE VESSEL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ANCHOR LINE WAS TIED TO THE PORT TRANSOM OF THE VESSEL AND ANCHOR WAS STILL ATTACHED.  THE MOTOR WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0195
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SADDLE CREEK
NearestCityTown: LAKELAND
County: POLK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS FOUND DECEASED FLOATING FACE DOWN NEXT TO HIS CAPSIZED KAYAK.  THE VICTIM WAS IN SIX FEET OF WATER.  THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ANKLE HAD FISHING LINE AROUND IT BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING.  THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE DROWNING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0196
Date: 2009-03-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACKWATER RIVER
NearestCityTown: MILTON
County: SANTA ROSA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON BLACWATER RIVER FROM SKI BEACH.  V1 WAS CONTROLLED BY TILLER STEERING FROM THE STERN.  THE PASSENGER WAS SEATED AT THE BOW.  V1 OPERATOR STATED AS HE LEFT SKI BEACH, ANOTHER VESSEL WAS COMING TOWARD HIM AND UP RIVER.  V1 OPERATOR SAID HE STEERED V1 CLOSER TO THE WESTERN SHORELINE.  THE PASENGER STATED THAT HE YELLED TO THE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BANK.  THE PASSENGER, SEEING THAT A COLLISION WAS IMMINENT JUMPED FROM V1.  V1 STRUCK BRUSH AND A LOG WITH ENOUGH FORWARD SPEED TO DRIVE THE BOAT ONTO THE RIVER EMBANKMENT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER.  V1 OPERATOR WAS EJECTED AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIVER BANK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0197
Date: 2009-05-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS OFFSHORE OF JACKSONVILLE AT 9 MILE REEFS WITH 6 PERSONS ON BOARD.  THEY NOTICED THEY WERE TAKING ON WATER FROM INSIDE THE BILGE OR LIVEWELL.  THE BILGE PUMP WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY WERE TAKING ON.  THEY CALLED THE COAST GUARD AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE AND SEVERAL GOOD SAMARITAN BOATS IN THE AREA CAME TO THEIR AID.  SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE 6 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THE VESSEL, IT LISTED AND OVERTURNED.  SEA TOW WAS CONTACTED TO DO THE SALVAGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0198
Date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HALIFAX RIVER
NearestCityTown: PONCE INLET
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: DOCK DAMAGE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE NORTH CUT, PONCE INLET.  V1 OPERATOR FELL ASLEEP AT THE HELM.  V1 CRASHED INTO THE UNOCCUPIED AND DOCKED V2 CUTTING THE BOAT IN HALF, AND CRUSHING THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0200
Date: 2009-05-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: JET SKI LAKE IN MARKHAM PARK
NearestCityTown: WESTON
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS BEING OPERATED SOUTH BOUND IN JET SKI LAKE AT MARKHAM PARK.  V2 WAS IN THE CENTER DOING CIRCLES.  THE OPERATOR OF V2 TURNED INTO THE PATH OF V1 AND V1 STRUCK V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0201
Date: 2009-06-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: OCKLAHAWA RIVER
NearestCityTown: WELAKA
County: PUTNAM
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON THE OCKLAHAWA RIVER.  V1 OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN STARBOARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH, CAUSING THE BRACE CONNECTING TWO PONTOONS TOGETHER AT THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO BREAK LOOSE.  THIS CAUSED V1 TO SEPARATE AND EJECT BOTH OCCUPANTS. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING PFD'S.  V1 FLIPPED OVER BUT DID NOT SINK.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR BEFORE BEING SPOTTED BY TWO PWC OPERATORS.  ONE OPERATOR TRANSPORTED BOTH OCCUPANTS TO THE BOAT RAMP IN WELAKA IN THE ST JOHNS RIVER, WHILE THE OTHER PWC OPERATOR TRANSPORTED V1 TO THE BOAT RAMP IN WELAKA IN THE OCKLAHAWA RIVER


BARDID: 2009-FL-0202
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CROOKED LAKE
NearestCityTown: BABSON PARK
County: POLK
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sudden Medical Condition
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS MAKING WAY FORWARD IN V1 WHEN FRONT OCCUPANT FELL FROM PEDESTAL SEAT TO FRONT DECK OF BOAT DUE TO A SEIZURE.  THE OCCUPANT/VICTIM THEN FELL OVERBOARD ON STARBOARD SIDE INTO LAKE.  THE OCCUPANT WENT UNDER AND NEVER RESURFACED.  V1 OPERATOR JUMPED INTO LAKE AND TRIED TO LOCATE THE VICTIM WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE PCSO DIVE TEAM LOCATED THE VICTIM IN 8 1/2 FEET OF WATER DECEASED.  THE VICTIM HAD A KNOWN MEDICAL HISTORY OF SEIZURES AND WAS TAKING MEDICATION FOR IT.  CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE DROWNING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0203
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: CAPE CORAL
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 CAPSIZED IN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER NEAR THE CAPE CORAL YACHT CLUB, DUE TO ONE OCCUPANT ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP IN THE CANOE.  NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS EXPERIENCED IN A CANOE, AND THERE WAS NO SAFETY EQUIPMENT ABOARD.  BOTH OCCUPANTS TREAD WATER BETWEEN 45 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR BEFORE BEING SPOTTED AND PICKED UP BY A PASSING VESSEL.  ONE OCCUPANT WAS SUFFERING FROM THE EARLY STAGES OF SHOCK, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0204
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:02:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING WHILE CHANGING DIRECTION IN A STARBOARD TURNIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SEAWALL AT THE QUAY BOAT RAMP IN MARATHON, FL.  V1 STRUCK THE SEAWALL WHILE CRUISING AND EJECTED THE OPERATOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0205
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS PULLING A TUBE BEHIND WITH ONE PERSON ABOARD THE TUBE.  V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING V1 AT ABOUT 15-20 MPH WHEN THE OPERATOR HIT A WAVE CAUSING THE TUBE OCCUPANT TO GO UP IN THE AIR TOWARDS V1.  THE VICTIM CAME DOWN ON FRONT OF THE TUBE AND METAL HOOK/LATCH USED TO ATTACH THE ROPE TO THE TUBE.  THIS CAUSED A LARGE LACERATION TO THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ARM JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.  V1 RETURNED BACK TO GRANNY'S HOLE BOAT LAUNCH AREA.  THEY WERE MET BY EMS AND THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO FLAGLER HOSPITAL IN ST AUGUSTINE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0206
Date: 2009-04-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HILLSBOROUGH BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Missing or Inadequate Navigation Aids
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
OtherAccidentEvent: fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH BAY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPOIL ISLAND D3.  PORT SIDE BOW OF V1 STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY LIT DREDGE PIPE PROTRUDING APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.  V1 PASSENGER WAS EJECTED.  V1 OPERATOR'S FACE STRUCK THE CONSOLE OF THE VESSEL AND THEN FELL ON THE DECK ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL., AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK COMPANY WAS CITED FOR AN UNLIT DREDGE PIPE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0207
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:11:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: Atlantic
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE V1 WAS IN MOTION, THE SWIMMER JUMPED OFF THE FRONT PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  THE SWIMMER WAS THEN STRUCK ON THE UPPER LEFT THIGH BY THE VESSEL PROPELLER. THERE WERE TEN PERSONS LISTED AS BEING ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY TWO PERSONS NAMES WERE LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0208
Date: 2009-06-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MADEIRA BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS HEADING NORTH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO JUST NORTH OF THE JOHNS PASS CHANNEL ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE OFF OF THE BEACH.  V1 ENCOUNTERED A WAVE AND STEERED INTO V2 WHILE HEADING WEST.  V1'S STARBOARD FRONT SIDE IMPACTED THE PORT FRONT SIDE OF V2.  THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH VESSELS WERE EJECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0209
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: RIVIERA BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS BACKED INTO SLIP 518 AT RIVIERA BEACH MARINA.  V1 GOT CAUGHT IN THE TIDAL CURRENT AND DRIFTED SIDEWAYS INTO V2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO V2'S PULPIT AND V1'S STARBOARD SIDE T-TOP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0211
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO FALL OFF, SPRAINING HER LEFT ANKLE.  FRIENDS FROM THE SHORE CAME TO HELP HER.  THE OCCUPANT WENT TO LOWER KEY MEDICAL FOR TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0212
Date: 2009-04-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TURNER RIVER
NearestCityTown: CHOKOLOSKEE
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with commercial Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ON 4/01/2009, TWO VESSELS HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION AROUND A BLIND CURVE.  THE VESSELS COLLIDED ON THE INSIDE OF THE CURVE.  V1 WAS COMING FROM THE MUD BAY AREA AND V2 WAS HEADED TOWARDS THE MUD BAY AREA.  V1 RODE OVER THE TOP OF V2 AND CAME TO REST ON THE INSIDE CURVE SHORTLY AFTER THE COLLISION.  TWO OCCUPANTS FROM V2 SUFFERED INJURIES AND WERE FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0213
Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: DUNNELLON
County: CITRUS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS STARTED BY OPERATOR. THE ENGINE RAN FAST FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN EXPLODED BLOWING THE COVER OFF AND THE OPERATOR OVERBOARD.  THE OCCUPANT WAS THROWN INTO THE DASH.  V1 OPERATOR WAS ASSISTED BY THE OCCUPANT IN GETTING BACK INTO THE BOAT.THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE USED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.  THEY USED A TROLLING MOTOR TO RETURN TO SHORE, DROVE THEMSELVES TO MONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENT FOR TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0214
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:56:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACKWATER RIVER
NearestCityTown: MILTON
County: SANTA ROSA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING UP THE RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH.  V2 WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH. V1 LOST CONTROL ON THE WAKE OF A PREVIOUS VESSEL THAT WAS TRAVELING UP THE RIVER AN COLLIDED INTO THE PORT SIDE OF V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0215
Date: 2009-05-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH V2.  FIVE PEOPLE WERE EJECTED FROM V1.  THERE WERE FIVE PERSONS INJURED, AND THREE OF THEM WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0216
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: FREEPORT
County: WALTON
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WESTBOUND IN THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY.  V1 WAS GOING UNDER THE RELIEF BRIDGE WHEN THE OPERATOR LET OFF THE THROTTLE.  V1 RAN INTO THE MIDDLE BRIDGE PILING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0217
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:49:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: RIVIERA BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: -1
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 PULLED UP TO DOCK AT SAILFISH MARINA TO OFFLOAD PASSENGERS.  AS V1 WAS LEAVING THE DOCK, V1 STRUCK A WOOD PILING FIRST THEn STRUCK V2'S BOW.  STRONG CURRENT WAS OBSERVED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0218
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
AccidentCause2: Operator inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING SOUTH OF THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE (CENTER SPAN).  A SHIP HAD PASSED UNDER THE BRIDGE.  V1 WAS GOING OVER THE SHIP'S WAKE WHEN AN OCCUPANT FELL HITTING THE BOAT HULL BREAKING HIS LEFT FOREARM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0219
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OEAN
NearestCityTown: FORT PIERCE
County: ST LUCIE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
SUBJECT STATED THAT THEY WERE CRUISING LESS THAN 20 MPH WHEN A WAVE HIT THEM FROM THE SIDE AND KNOCKED THEM OFF THE PWC.  THE OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND CUT HIS HEAD ON THE LEFT SIDE.  HE REQUIRED 9 STAPLES.  THEY STATED THE WATER WAS UP TO THEIR WAiST AND THEY WERE ABLE TO WALK TO SHORE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0220
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:42:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: JUPITER
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TOWING A SKIER ON A WAKE BOARD SOUTH BOUND IN THE ICW SOUTH OF THE INDIANTOWN BRIDGE NEAR MARKER #17.  THE SKIER FELL OFF THE LINE AND V1 TURNED AROUND GOING NORTH BOUND TO UP THE SKIER.  AS V1 CAME ALONG SIDE THE SKIER, THE PROPELLER'S WERE STILL TURNING.  WAKE FROM OTHER VESSEL TRAFFIC PUSHED THE SKIER ONTO THE PORT SIDE STERN SWIM PLATFORM CAUSING HER RIGHT BUTTOCK TO BE CUT BY THE PROPELLER TEARING OFF THE BOTTOM HALF OF HER BATHING SUIT.  V1'S OCCUPANT THEN WENT INTO THE WATER AND TOOK THE SKIER TO SHORE AT 3180 CASSEE KEY ISLAND ROAD AND HAD THE RESIDENTS CALL FOR HELP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0221
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:36:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JUNO BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FACING NORTH IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND STATED HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.  V1 OPERATOR WAS WAITING FOR HIS SON TO DROP OFF A PASSENGER TO HIM THAT HE PICKED UP FROM THE BEACH.  AS THE PASSENGER GRABBED THE LADDER IN THE WATER TO GET UP ON V1, A SET OF BOAT WAKES FROM OFFSHORE STARTED TO ROCK THE BOAT.  V1 OPERATOR PANICKED THINKING HIS VESSEL WOULD BE PUSHED ONTO THE BEACH.  V1 OPERATOR YELLED FOR THE PASSENGER TO GET AWAY FROM THE BOAT THEN PUT THE VESSEL IN GEAR, THROTTLING UP AND TURNING TO STARBOARD.  PASSENGER ON LADDER WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER'S ON BOTH LEGS AROUND HER KNEE AREA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0222
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Steering
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE ST JOHNS RIVER IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND WAS PLANNING ON DOCKING AT THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING TO MEET A FRIEND.  DUE TO RECENT RAINS AND FASTER CURRENTS, THE V1 OPERATOR WENT PAST THE LANDING TO GET AN IDEA ON HOW HE SHOULD APPROACH DOCKING HIS VESSEL.  HE RIGGED FENDERS AND PREPARED LINES TO DOCK STARBOARD.  HE STARTED MAKING A CLOCKWISE TURN AND INCREASED THROTTLE TO FIGHT THE OUTGOING TIDE AND RIVER CURRENT.  THE STEERING MECHANISM FAILED AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MISS STRIKING THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE, BUT THE VESSEL'S MAST BROKE IN HALF AND BENT THE FORESTAY.  VARIOUS OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MAST WERE BENT AND BROKEN SUCH AS MAST HEADLIGHTS, RADAR AND MULTIPLE ATENNAS.  THE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO SPON THE HELM AND THE RUDDER WAS NOT PIVOTING, INDICATING STEERING NOT OPERATIONAL.  AFTER PASSING UNDER THE BRIDGE, HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS ANCHOR OUT AND AFFIX HIS EMERGENCY TILLER TO GUIDE HIS VESSEL TO THE DOCK


BARDID: 2009-FL-0223
Date: 2009-06-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: STEINHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: STEINHATCHEE
County: TAYLOR
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: KNOCKED THE NUMBERS OFF OF CHANNEL MARKER #27 IN THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER.
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL INBOUND ON THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.  V1 OPERATOR BEGAN LOOKING INTO HIS LIVE WELL MOMENTARILY, WHEN V1 STRUCK CHANNEL MARKER #27 WITH THE FRON LEFT BOW WHILE ON PLANE.  THE COLLISION CAUSED THE OPERATOR AND ONE PASSENGER TO BE THROWN INTO THE BOTTOM OF V1, WHILE EJECTING ANOTHER PASSENGER INTO THE WATER.  FWC OFF DUTY OFFICERS WERE INBOUND ON THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER FROM FISHING ON THE GULF OF MEXICO. THEY STOPPED AT THE LOCATION OF THE COLLISION AND RENDERED AID AND ASSISTED WITH RETRIEVEING THE OCCUPANT FROM THE WATER. THE OFFICERS ALSO SECURED THE SCENE AND TOWED V1 TO THE GULF BREEZE CONDOS IN STEINHATCHEE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0224
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: NORTH PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: WOOD PILING CHANNEL MARKER KNOCKED OVER TO A 45 DEGREE ANGLE
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL STRUCK CHANNEL MARKER STARBOARD SIDE.  THE VESSEL OPERATOR, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS EJECTED, WHILE THE VESSEL CONTINUED UNTIL STOPPED BY USCG PERSONNEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0225
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:24:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ALHAMBRA LAKE
NearestCityTown: CAPE CORAL
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: WOOD DOCK AND PILINGS
RedactedNarrative:
RIGHT BEFORE BEING TOSSED OFF OF V1 (PWC), THE OPERATOR NOTICED THEY WERE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR A DOCK, SO BOTH OCCUPANTS LET GO OF V1 AND WENT INTO THE WATER. V1 CONTINUED FORWARD THEN STRUCK THE "CAPTAIN'S WALK" AREA OF THE DOCK, JUST BEHIND A LIFTED VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0226
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:13:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH. V1 MADE A LOOP TO ITS STARBOARD SIDE AND V2 MADE A LOOP TO ITS PORT SIDE. WHEN THEY CAME BACK TOGETHER, V1 CRASHED INTO V2.  V2 OPERATOR FELL INTO THE WATER AND WAS ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE CRASH. V1 HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE AND IT WAS INOPERABLE AND TAKING ON WATER. V2 HAD FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0227
Date: 2009-04-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND COLLIDED WITH V2 NEAR THE ST AUGUSTINE BUOY (STA) NEAR ST AUGUSTINE INLET CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOW AREA OF BOTH VESSELS.  V1 WAS PARTICIPATING IN AN UNSANCTIONED SAILBOAT RACE, WHILE V2 WAS THE RACE COMMITTEE VESSEL. AFTER THE COLLISION, V1 DID NOT STOP TO RENDER ASSISTANCE NOR ATTEMPT TO CONTACT V2 ON VHF RADIO.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0228
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACK CREEK
NearestCityTown: GREEN COVE SPRINGS
County: CLAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON BLACK CREEK.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT THE SPEED OF V1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. V1 WAS PULLING A SKIER AT THE TIME OF AND PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE BOW OF V1 WAS OCCUPIED BY two occupants. V1 HIT THE WAKE OF A LARGE PASSING VESSEL WHICH CAUSED THE BOW TO LIFT OF THE CREST OF THE WAKE AND FALL ABRUPTLY IN THE TROUGH.  THIS ACTION THREW BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE BOW INTO THE AIR AND CAUSED THEM BOTH TO HIT THE DECK OF THE BOW WITH FORCE.  ONE OCCUPANT WAS INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0231
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: VERO BEACH
County: INDIAN RIVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Improper lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 STRUCK V2 ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, CAUSING INJURIES TO ALL THREE OCCUPANTS ON V2. V2 CAPSIZED AND OCCUPANTS WERE TOWED TO A NEARBY DOCK BY V1.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0232
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: NAVARRE
County: SANTA ROSA
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR ENTERED THE GULF OF MEXICO ON A BORROWED KAYAK.  AS THE VICTIM WAS PADDLING THE KAYAK, A WAVE CAUSED HIM TO OVERTURN, EJECTING HIM FROM THE KAYAK.  WITNESSES ON THE BEACH PULLED THE VICTIM FROM THE WATER AND BEGAN RESCUE BREATHING.  VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN GULF BREEZE WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0233
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: ESTERO
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING AT IDLE SPEED HEADING SOUTHWEST IN ROUGH SEAS AT A SLOW SPEED AND WAS SWAMPED BY WAVE COMING IN OVER THE TRANSOM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0234
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:28:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: PORT EVERGLADES INLET
NearestCityTown: FT LAUDERDALE
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Failure to vent
AccidentCause2: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION ON THE ICW IN PORT EVERGLADES WHEN A BUILD UP OF FUEL VAPORS IN THE ENCLOSED ENGINE COMPARTMENT IGNITED, CAUSING AN EXPLOSION. ONE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0235
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: CUTLER BAY
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: THREE DOCK PILINGS DAMAGED
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAILER HIS VESSEL WHEN A DOCK LINE GOT TANGLED IN THE PROP.  V1 OPERATOR THEN GAVE MORE THROTTLE AND TURNED HARD LEFT AT WHICH TIME V1 HIT THE STERN OF V2 WHICH WAS DOCKED.  V1 CONTINUED FORWARD HITTING THE TRAILER AND ENDED UP WITH THE BOW OUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO THE DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0236
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: NEW PORT RICHEY
County: PASCO
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE OPERATING EASTBOUND. V1 WAS LOCATED TO THE PORT SIDE BEHIND V2.  V2 OPERATOR STARTED DOING CIRCLES AND THEN PROCEEDED SOUTH ACROSS THE PATH OF V1.  V1 IMPACTED V2 ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0238
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 APPROACHED V2 AS V2 WAS SLOWING, AND V1 STRUCK V2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD BOW AND GUNNEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0239
Date: 2009-06-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Throttle
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS BACKING INTO THE FUEL DOCK AT HOLIDAY ISLE MARINA.  ITS STARBOARD ENGING THROTTLE BECAME STUCK IN THE FORWARD DIRECTION CAUSING IT TO STRIKE V2 ON ITS BOW PULPIT.  V2 WAS DOCKED WITH NO ONE ON BOARD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0240
Date: 2009-05-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 01:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Inadequate Onboard Navigation Lights
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
AccidentEvent3: sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1, A STOLEN PWC, STRUCK THE STARBOARD SIDE OF A MOORED VESSEL (V2) AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT NIGHT.  V2 WAS NOT DISPLAYING AN ANCHOR LIGHT.  V1 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE VESSEL.  V2 SUSTAINED A SUBSTANTIAL HULL CRACK CAUSING THE VESSEL TO TAKE ON WATER AND EVENTUALLY SINK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0241
Date: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:14:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN IT CROSSED BETWEEN THE COPASETIC AND ITS 22.4 FOOT TENDER (V2) WHICH WAS TIED TO THE STERN.  V2'S LINE WAS CAUGHT BY V1'S RUDDER AND PULLED V2 INTO THE STERN OF V1 UNTIL THERE WAS NO SLACK ON THE LINE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO V2'S BOW AND CRACKED V1'S STERN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0242
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:07:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FT PIERCE INLET
NearestCityTown: FT PIERCE
County: ST LUCIE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS AT IDLE IN LITTLE JIMS CUT. ONE PASSENGER WAS CLIMBING IN THE BOAT AT THE REAR OF THE VESSEL WHEN A WAKE FROM ANOTHER VESSEL CAUSED THEIR BOAT TO ROCK UP AND DOWN.  THE PASSENGER'S FOOT WAS IN THE AREA OF THE PrOP WHEN THE VESSEL CAME DOWN ON THE VICTIM'S RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SIX STAPLES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0243
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SKI ALLEY
NearestCityTown: MARCO ISLAND
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN ROOKERY BAY HEADING TOWARD SKI ALLEY.  AT THE SAME TIME V2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH TOWARDS JOHNSON'S BAY.  AS THE TWO VESSEL APPROACHED HEAD ON TOWARDS EACH OTHER, V1 FAILED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION.  THE VESSELS COLLIDED PORT SIDE TO PORT SIDE, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0244
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PONTE VEDRA
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING SOUTH OF THE PALM VALLEY BRIDGE IN THE ICW WHEN HE TURNED SHARPLY AND WAS EJECTED FROM V1.  DURING THE COURSE OF HIS FALL AND IMPACT WITH THE WATER HIS RIGHT HAND CONTACTED HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING FRACTURES TO THE ORBITAL BONES SURROUNDING THE EYE AND THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE AS WELL AS SEVERE CONTUSION TO THE EYE AND SURROUNDING AREA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0245
Date: 2009-06-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: EAST PASS, DESTIN
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 STRUCK BRIDGE PILING WITH PORT BOW AND THEN THE PORT STERN QUARTER STRUCK CRACKING THE HULL AND EXPOSING THE FLOTATION. THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS WERE NO HELP, ALL STATED THEY DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE COLLISION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0246
Date: 2009-06-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY BISCAYNE
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
AccidentCause2: machinery failure
AccidentCause3: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS LEFT OVERNIGHT WITH THE GAS TANKS FULL FOR A MORNING FISHING TRIP. IN THE MORNING WHEN THE OWNER ARRIVED AT V1 FOR A FISHING TRIP HE NOTICED ONE OF THE FUEL GAUGES SHOWED EMPTY.  THINKING THAT SOMEONE HAD SIPHONED GAS, HE REFUELED THE BOAT AND DID NOT NOTICE IF THERE WAS GAS IN THE BILGE.  WHILE OFFSHORE ABOUT AN HOUR, WITH ENGINES RUNNING, THE FUEL TANK IN THE BOAT SUDDENLY EXPLODED INJURING TWO OCCUPANTS AND DAMAGING V1


BARDID: 2009-FL-0247
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: KEMP CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: CUDJOE KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A JET SKI WITH ONE PASSENGER. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, V1 OPERATOR WAS JUMPING THE WAKE OF A FRIENDS VESSEL. AS V1 JUMPED THE WAKE, THE OCCUPANT WAS THROWN FROM V1.  THE OCCUPANTS LEFT ANKLE WAS CAUGHT IN A SKI ROPE THAT WAS ON BOARD THE JET SKI. THE ROPE TIGHTENED AROUND HIS LEFT ANKLE. V1 OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO CUT THROUGHT THE ROPE WITH A KNIFE THAT HE RETRIEVED FROM VENTURE OUT MARINA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0248
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS DRIFTING WHILE THE OPERATOR CONVERSED WITH ANOTHER PWC. V1 OPERATOR TURNED SHARPLY AND GOT WATER IN HIS EYES, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE V2 IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. V1 STRUCK V2 ON STARBOARD MIDSHIP SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0249
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-08 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANTA ROSA SOUND
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. A WAVE HIT THE PORT SIDE OF V1, CAUSING THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER TO BE EJECTED OFF THE STARBOARD SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0250
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS OVER A PUBLIC DIVE SITE KNOWN AS BRIDGE SPAN 12, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES OF PANAMA CITY ATTEMPTING TO ANCHOR.  V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL FROM THE FLY BRIDGE. two people ENTERED THE WATER IN DIVE GEAR FROM THE SWIM PLATFORM ON THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  subject1 TOOK A ROPE WHICH WAS TIED TO A CLEAT ON THE BOW WITH HIM INTO THE WATER.  THE ROPE WITH A DETACHABLE HOOK ON THE END WAS TO BE ATTACHED TO A MOORING BUOY OVER THE REEF.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT ONCE THE VESSEL WAS OVER THE DIVE SITE HE TOOK THE ENGINE OUT OF GEAR AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS AT IDLE SPEED. V1 HAS A THROTTLE HANDLE AND GEAR HANDLE. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE MUST NOT HAVE HAD THE GEAR HANDLE IN NEUTRAL, BUT IN REVERSE. THE ROPE WHICH subject1 WAS HOLDING BEGAN TO WRAP AROUND THE PROPELLER. subject1 STATED THAT HIS DIVE REGULATOR BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROPE AND HE WAS PULLED INTO THE PROPELLER. subject2 SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND SURFACED ALERTING occupant AND V1 OPERATOR TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, WHICH THEY DID. subject1 WAS HELPED INTO THE VESSEL AND GIVEN FIRST AID.  THEY IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO SHORE WHERE subject1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO GULF COAST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0251
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FLORIDA BAY
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
AccidentCause2: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ANCHORED ON A FLAT JUST BAY SIDE OF THE WEST END OF CONCH KEY. OCCUPANT  WAS STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE STARBOARD, AFT DECK AND HER RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED. THIS CAUSED HER TO FALL, TWISTING HER RIGHT LEG IN THE PROCESS AND ENDING UP IN THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0252
Date: 2009-06-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE OSBORNE
NearestCityTown: LANTANA
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND LEAVING THE SLOW SPEED ZONE ON LAKE OSBORNE. V1 FOLLOWED BEHIND V2. V2 TURNED WESTBOUND. V1 COLLIDED WITH V2 STARBOARD. V1 WAS IN OVERTAKING POSITION. V2 WAS IN A TURNING POSITION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0253
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: OCEAN RIDGE
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: FISHING EQUIPMENT
RedactedNarrative:
THE OWNER AND TWO FRIENDS WENT OUT THIS MORNING FISHING. THE SEAS STARTED COMING OVER THE TRANSOM FLOODING THE REAR OF THE VESSEL. V1 OPERATOR TRIED TO START THE MOTOR BUT IT WOULDN'T START. THE THREE OCCUPANTS WERE AT THE REAR OF THE VESSEL WHEN IT CAPSIZED. A GOOD SAMARITAN THAT SAW THE ACCIDENT OCCUR AND PICKED UP ALL THREE OCCUPANTS AND TOOK THEM TO LANTANA BOAT RAMP. V1 WAS TOWED BACK TO THE LANTANA BOAT RAMP BY SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0254
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:17:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS IDLING OVER A FLAT JUST OCEAN SIDE OF THE SOUTH END OF SISTER'S CREEK NEAR WEST SISTER ROCK AND OBSERVED SOMETHING ON THE BOTTOM. V1 OPERATOR SLOWED V1 TO A STOP AND TOOK IT OUT OF GEAR. HE THEN ENTERED THE WATER WITH SNORKEL GEAR TO GET A CLOSER LOOK. HOWEVER, HE LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND V1 WAS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF GEAR AND IN REVERSE. THIS CAUSED THE PROPELLER OF THE SMALL VESSEL TO STRIKE THE OPERATOR IN THE HEAD. DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE VESSEL, THE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE VESSEL AND GET IT STOPPED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0255
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TALQUIN
NearestCityTown: TALLAHASSEE
County: LEON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS A PWC TRAVELING NEAR THE OWNER/OPERATOR'S BOAT HOUSE. V2 WAS TIED UP IN THE BOAT HOUSE AFLOAT. OWNER/OPERATOR OF V2 WAS ON BOARD OF V2 MAKING REPAIRS AND CLEANING IT OUT. A WAKE FROM V1 EJECTED V2 OPERATOR INTO THE WATER. WHEN EJECTED, V2 OPERATOR HIT THE SIDE OF THE PILINGS IN THE BOAT HOUSE REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION. V1 DID NOT STOP AND WAS UNABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0256
Date: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:29:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GARDEN COVE
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DEPARTING THE FUEL DOCK AT GARDEN COVE MARINA. THE OPERATOR OVER STEERED V1 AND STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT STERN CORNER. THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON V1 AT THE STARBOARD STERN CORNER. V2 HAD A BENT DIVE LADDER RACK AND SOME DAMAGED FIBERGLASS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0257
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:55:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACK CREEK
NearestCityTown: GREEN COVE SPRINGS
County: CLAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE ON PLANE WESTBOUND ON BLACK CREEK. THEY WERE INITIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER WITH THE V1 PORT OF V2. HIGH SPEED AT CLOSE QUARTERS AND A TURN LED TO V2 STRIKING V1 SLIGHTLY AFT OF AMIDSHIP ON V1'S PORT SIDE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0258
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:39:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST GEORGE SOUND
NearestCityTown: CARRABELLE
County: FRANKLIN
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHWEST IN THE ST GEORGE SOUND IN VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. V1 OPERATOR DECIDED TO STOP AND FISH PULLING BACK ON THE THROTTLE.  AT THAT tIME THE VESSEL TOOK A WAVE OVER THE STERN, FILLING IT WITH WATER AND CAPSIZING IT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0259
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
AccidentCause3: Operator inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE ON A TOUR OUT OF PIRATE COVE MARINA AND IN PANAMA CITY PASS NEAR THE DEMARCATION LINE. V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT THE WAVES WERE NEAR 8 FEET. V1 TOPPED A WAVE AT A SLOW SPEED AND V2 WAS IN THE CREST BELOW V1. V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE COULD NOT STOP ONCE HE TOPPED THE WAVE AND SAW V2 IN FRONT OF HIM. V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT SIDE. V2 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE TRIED JUMPING OFF TO KEEP FROM BEING STRUCK BUT THE BOW OF V1 STRUCK V2 OPERATOR ON THE LEFT SHIN. V2 OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO GULF COAST HOSPITAL BY EMS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0260
Date: 2009-06-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: BOCA GRANDE
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 OPERATOR ENTERED INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION OVER FISHING TERRITORY IN BOCA GRANDE PASS. V2 TILTED ENGINE UP AND PROP WASHED V1. V2 THEN BEGAN CIRCLING V1 IN ORDER TO SCARE FISH AWAY FROM THE AREA. V1 PASSENGER FELL ONTO THE DECK AND THEN OVERBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0261
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TAMPA BAY
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
ACCORDING TO V1 OPERATOR, BOTH V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. V2 MADE A BRUPT LEFT TURN INTO THE PATH OF V1. V1 WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A SIDE IMPACT WITH VESSEL 2. V2 PASSENGER WAS STRUCK BY V1.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0262
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: TITUSVILLE
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: operator behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OWNER/OPERATOR HAD ORGANIZED A SIX VESSEL OUTING TO INCLUDE FISHING AND LUNCH ON A SPOIL ISLAND WITH MEMBERS FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP 99 OF ORLANDO. THE BOY SCOUT TROOP ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE MORNINGSTAR SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. THE GROUP LAUNCHED FROM BAIRS COVE BOAT RAMP ON MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WENT FISHING FROM 0900 TO 1100 AND THE GROUP WAS TO MEET AT THE SPOIL ISLAND NEAR ICW CM #13 FOR LUNCH AT 1130. V1 WAS IDLING TOWARDS THE SPOIL ISLAND WHEN AN OCCUPANT OF V1 (SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD) EITHER JUMPED OR FELL INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL. V1 OPERATOR JUMPED INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE OCCUPANT THAT FELL OVERBOARD. ANOTHER OCCUPANT OPERATED V1 BACK AROUND TO PICK BOTH OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT UP. THE OCCUPANT THAT FELL OVERBOARD WAS PULLED SAFELY ONTO V1. THE OPERATOR WAS FAE DOWN IN TH WATER NOT MOVING, AND ANOTHER OCCUPANT JUMPED IN TO RESCUE THE OPERATOR. TWO PERSONS FROM THE GROUP AT SPOIL ISLAND SHOWED UP TO PULL THE OPERATOR IN THE BOAT WHERE CPR WAS ADMINISTEREDUNTIL THEY GOT TO THE PARRISH PARK BOAT RAMP WHERE THEY WERE MET BY TITUSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTED TO JESS PARRISH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. V1 OPERATOR WAS TRANSFERRED TO ICU IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND IS CURRENTLY ON A VENTILATOR. ON 4/18/2009 AT 0731, THE OPERATOR WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0263
Date: 2009-06-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:46:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: PALATKA
County: PUTNAM
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING SOUTH ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER SOUTH OF RACY POINT AT MIDNIGHT WHEN THE VESSEL STRUCK WHAT THE OPERATOR DESCRIBED AS A "FLOATING DOCK"  COMPOSED OF BLUE BARRELS AND WOOD. V1 STRUCK THE OBJECT ON THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW AT MODERATE SPEED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOW NAVIGATION LIGHTS AND THREE GOUGES PENETRATING INTO THE HULL ON THE STARBOARD GUNWHALE. V1 CONTINUED CRUISING SOUTH UNTIL THE VESSEL RAN OUT OF FUEL.V1 OPERATOR CONTACTED AUTHORITIES AND THEN WAS TOWED TO THE PALATKA PUBLIC BOAT RAMP BY SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0264
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: other
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE DROVE FROM HIS HOUSE TO THE TRI-POD JUST OUTSIDE OF PASS-A-GRILLE PASS. WHILE THE ENGINES REMAINED RUNNING IN NEUTRAL, THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE AND HIS CREW BEGAN TO CATCH BAIT FOR A FISHING TRIP. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, AN ALARM WENT OFF AND THE OPERATOR TURNEDD OFF THE MOTORS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THEY WERE OVERHEATING. THEN THE OPERATOR CHECKED THE BILG TO SEEL THAT IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY FILLED WITH WATER.  ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TO BAIL THE WATER OUT, BUT THE VESSEL BEGAN SINKING AND THE OPERATOR MADE SEVERAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON VHF CHANNEL 16 AND DEPLOYED 3 FLARES. SEVERAL NEARBY BOATERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ASSISTED THE CREW OFF THE SINKING VESSEL AND ONTO THEIR BOATS. SEA TOW ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WAS ABLE TO TOW THE VESSEL TO SHALLOW WATER. IT APPEARS THAT THE VESSEL MAY HAVETAKEN ON WATER DUE TO A FAULTY PACKING BOX.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0265
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CANAL
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Ventilation
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
I RESPONDED ON THE LISTED DATE TO A VESSEL FIRE, UPON ARRIVAL THE LISTED VESSEL WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE VESSEL OWNER ADVISED THAT EARLIER IN THE MORNING HE TURNED ON THE BLOWERS SO HE COULD AIR OUT THE VESSEL AND LEFT THEM ON AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND WAS INSIDE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS WHEN HE OBSERVED FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE VESSEL AND THEN CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NO ONE WAS ABORAD DURING THE FIRE AND NO FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0273
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PORT ORANGE
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Person Departed Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. OWNER AND TWO OCCUPANTS GOT OUT OF THE VESSEL. VESSEL THEN BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND BURNED TO THE WATERLINE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0274
Date: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MELBOURNE BEACH
County: INDIAN RIVER
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON TRANSOM UNTANGLING LINE FROM HIS PROP WHILE VESSEL OCCUPANT WAS STANDING TOWARDS THE STERN. V1 TOOK SEVERAL WAVES OVER THE STERN SWAMPING THE VESSEL, CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0275
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JUPITER
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN THE OCEAN. V2 WAS ADRIFT. V1 APPROACHED V2 FROM V2'S STERN AND PASSED JUST TO THE PORT SIDE, SO CLOSE THAT V1'S STARBOARD OUTRIGGER RAKED V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0276
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: JOHNS PASS
NearestCityTown: TREASURE ISLAND
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO DOCK AT GATORS ON THE PASS, LOCATED IN JOHNS PASS. UPON PREPARING TO DOCK AT THE EASTERN END OF GATORS DOCK, THE OPERATOR WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THE DOCK MASTER AND WAVED THE OPERATOR TO THE WESTERN END OF THE DOCK WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF JOHNS PASS BRIDGE. THE OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO THE WESTERN END OF THE DOCKS AND WAS PREPARING TO DOCK WHENV1 WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT IN A STRONG OUTGOING TIDE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO COLLIDE WITH THE EAST SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0277
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MIDDLE RIVER
NearestCityTown: FT LAUDERDALE
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING EAST ON MIDDLE RIVER APPROACHING 3RD KEY DRIVE WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS TEXTING ON A CELL PHONE. V2 WAS PROPERLY DOCKED TO THE REAR OF 643 3RD KEY DRIVE. WHILE V1 OPERATOR WAS TEXTING, V1 COLLIDED WITH V2 IMJURING THE V1 OPERATOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0278
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:39:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SARASOTA BAY
NearestCityTown: LONGBOAT KEY
County: MANATEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Operator inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING EAST IN THE ICW SARASOTA BAY. V2 WAS ENTERING ICW FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. V1 WAS ON PLANE WHEN IT NOTICED V2 ENTERING THE ICW. V1 ALTERED COURSE SLIGHTLY TO PORT TO MAKE ROOM FOR V2 TO ENTER AND CONTINUE A WESTERLY HEADING ON SOUTH SIDE OF ICW. V2 MAINTAINS COURSE AND SPEED TO ENTER ICW WITH INTENTIONS OF PROCEEDING WEST IN ICW ON NORTH SIDE. V1 THEN ALTERED COURSE TO STARBOARD TO GO BEHIND V2, AND PREVENT A COLLISION AT THE SAME TIME V2 ALTERED TO PORT TO PREVENT COLLISION AS WELL. V1 PASSENGER GRABBED WHEEL AT LAST SECOND AND TURNED HARD TO PORT; V1 OPERATOR MOVES THE THROTTLE TO REVERSE. V1 AND V2 IMPACTED NEAR HEAD ON, STARBOARD TO STARBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0280
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHARLOTTE HARBOR
NearestCityTown: BOCA GRANDE
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND OCCUPANTS WERE DRIFT FISHING IN BOCA GRANDE PASS. THE STRONG OUTGOING TIDE AND THE SEA BREEZE FROM THE WEST WERE OPPOSING EACH OTHER, CAUSING TURBULENT WATER IN THE PASS. V1 BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER FROM SEVERAL WAVES OVER THE TRANSOM. THE OCCUPANTS MOVED TO STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL CAUSING THE VESSEL TO TILT. THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER IN THE COCKPIT OF THE VESSEL ALONG WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE TO THE STARBOARD, EJECTING ALL THREE OCCUPANTS INTO THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0281
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LEMON BAY
NearestCityTown: ENGLEWOOD
County: CHARLOTTE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR HAD VESSEL ANCHORED ON THE BEACH JUST INSIDE STUMP PASS, GULF OF MEXICO.  OPERATOR OBSERVES FROM THE BEACH THAT VESSEL WAKES HAD OVER COME HIS TRANSOM AND STERN. OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS BOARDED V1. THE OPERATOR HAD DIFFICULTY TO START ENGINES, BUT EVENTUALLY BOTH WERE STARTED. THE OPERATOR THEN REALIZED THAT V1'S MOTOR TRIM AND BILGE PUMP WOULD NOT OPERATE, SO THE OPERATOR HEADED TOWARDS THE ICW. V1 COULD NOT GET ON PLANE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER IN THE SUB-HULL. THE WATER WENT TO THE STERN. THE BATTERIES SHORTED OUT CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER TO THE BILGE PUMPS. AFTER IDLING TO THE ICW, THE VESSEL'S ENGINES FAILED AND V1 SANK IN 3.5 FEET OF WATER. ALL V1 OCCUPANTS BOARDED ANOTHER VESSEL SAFELY AND THE VESSEL WAS COMMERCIALLY RECOVERED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0282
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANTA ROSA SOUND
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING NORTH RUNNING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER. V2 MADE A SWEEPING LEFT TURN. V2 CROSSED INTO THE PATH OF V1. V1 STRUCK V2 NEAR THE PORT SIDE BOW. V1 CONTINUED AND RAMPED OVER V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0283
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 23:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHERMAN COVE
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK BOAT IN A WET SLIP AT THE MARINA. V2 WAS ALREADY DOCKED, STERN IN AT A WET SLIP IN THE MARINA UNOCCUPIED. DURING THE ATTEMPT, V1'S FORWARD HALF OF THE STARBOARD SIDE WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK THE PULPIT/ANCHOR OF V2. V2 SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON THE PULPIT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0284
Date: 2009-05-31 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: NORTH PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE IRMAN RIVER CANAL. V1 PASSED V2, WITH THE WAKE OF V1 CAUSING V2'S ENGINE TO SUBMERGE AND CAPSIZE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0285
Date: 2009-04-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE WORTH
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH SHORES
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS LEAVING THE FLOATING DOCK AT SAILFISH MARINA IN PALM BEACH SHORES WHEN 1 PASSENGER ATTEMPTED PUSH OFF FROM THE DOCK BUT DID NOT BOARD. V1 OPERATOR THEN ATTEMPTED TO DOCK THE VESSEL BUT BECAUSE OF OUTGOING TIDE IT BOUNCED OFF OF THE DOCK AND THEN BOUNCED OFF OF PILINGS AND ITS OUTBOARD SCRAPED V2 WHICH WAS DOCKED AT SLIP #24 ON THE SOUTH DOCK AT SAILFISH MARINA. V1 THEN LEFT THE MARINA AND WENT TO PHIL FOSTER BOAT RAMP AND LEFT THE AREA. V1 OPERATOR TRIED TO CONTACT THE SAILFISH MARINA BY PHONE BUT ONLY LEFT A VOICE MAIL. HE CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND LEFT HIS NAME AND ADDRESS WITH THE DOCKMASTER AND THE OWNER OF V2. THIS OFFICER DID NOT FIND THIS INFORMATION UNTIL JUNE 1, 2009.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0286
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FLORIDA BAY
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS MOORED TO A DOCK BY 3 DOCK LINES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VESSEL. V1 WAS OCCUPIED BY TWO PEOPLE WHILE BEING MOORED, FACING THE SAME WAY AND JUST BEHIND V2. V1 MOORING LINE GOT CAUGHT AGAINST THE THROTTLE AND PUSHED IT IN GEAR WHILE IT WAS IDLING. V1 TRAVELED FORWARD AND HIT ITS BOW AGAINST THE PROP, SKEG AND RIGHT SIDE STERN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0287
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ESCAMBIA RIVER
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DOCKING HIS VESSEL IN A WET SLIP. V1 WAS BACKING THE STERN IN FIRST. V1 OPERATOR HAD THE THROTTLE IN THE FORWARD POSITION WHEN HE APPLIED FUEL. V1 PULPIT/ANCHOR STRUCK V2 PORT SIDE, DAMAGING THE TOWER AND BREAKING THE WINDOW FRAME. V2 STARBOARD SIDE WAS SHOVED AGAINST POLES, DAMAGING THE GUARDRAIL. V2 WAS UNOCCUPIED AND DOCKED IN A WET SLIP. V1 LEFT HIS NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION ON V2. V1 THROTTLE WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED AND THE OPERATOR WAS RETURNING THE VESSEL TO ITS ASSIGNED SLIP.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0288
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 06:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TURNBERRY MARINA
NearestCityTown: AVENTURA
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Equipment failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: fire extinguisher
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: DOCK BOXES, DOCK, ELECTRICAL PANELS
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DOCKED AT THE LISTED LOCATION IN SLIP #17. A FIRE STARTED IN V1 CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS AND SINKING OF V1.  V2 WAS DOCKED NEXT TO V1 AND SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE TO ITS STARBOARD SIDE PRIOR TO MY BEING ABLE TO PULL IT AWAY FROM THE DOCK WITH MY POLICE VESSEL. ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO V2 IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0289
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SIX MILE CREEK
NearestCityTown: ST AUGUSTINE
County: ST JOHNS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING WEST TOWING ONE WAKE SKATER ON SIX MILE CREEK. THERE WAS NO OTHER WATER TRAFFIC ON THE CREEK. THE WAKE SKATER INITIATED A JUMP FROM PORT WAKE TO STARBOARD WAKE. AS THE SKATER HIT THE STARBOARD WAKE WITH HIS WAKE SKATEBOARD HIS LEFT FOOT CAME OFF THE AFT PROTION OF THE BOARD INTO THE WATER OF THE WAKE CAUSING THE SKATER'S LEGS TO HYPER-SPLIT AS THE SKATER FELL FORWARD INTO THE WATER. THE WAKE SKATER IMMEDIATELY SURFACED AND SIGNALED V1 OPERATOR THAT HE WAS INJURED. V1 RETURNED TO DOCK FOR EVALUATION. REGISTERED NURSE AT THE DOCK DETERMINED THAT THE INJURY WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CONTACT THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR EMS. WAKE SKATER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0290
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS NAVIGATING THE PWC THROUGH THE BEACH SURF BREAK. WHILE PROCEEDING UP AND OVER THE THREE TO FOUR FOOT BREAKS, V1 EASED OFF THE CREST OF ONE OF THE WAVES AND DOWN INTO THE TROUGH. THE STEEP FALL CAUSED THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER TO LURCH FORWARD. THE OPERATOR IMPACTED THE PADDED STEERING HANDLE BAR AREA OF THE PWC WITH HIS FACE FRACTURING HIS NOSE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0291
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE PWC WITH A FOUR YEAR OLD SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM. V1 HIT A WAVE CAUSING THE CHILD TO STRIKE HER HEAD ON THE PWC.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0292
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 22:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHIPOLA RIVER CUTOFF
NearestCityTown: WEWAHITCHKA
County: GULF
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR TURNED VESSEL HARD TO PORT TO AVOID A TREE ALONG THE BANK. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO, THE OPERATOR STRUCK AN OBJECT THROWING THE OPERATOR BACK OVER THE ENGINE WHICH HAD KICKED UP DUE TO LOWER UNIT STRIKING STUMP. OPERATOR AND T-SHIRT WERE ENTANGLED IN PROP, CAUSING SEVER LACERATIONS TO RIGHT HAND AND CHEST.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0293
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW/BIG LAGOON
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: congested waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person struck by vessel equipm
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE ICW AT APPROXIMATELY 10-20 MPH. HEAVY BOAT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA CREATED CHOPPY SEAS. THE VICTIM WAS LYING IN THE BOW OF V1. WITH THE COMBINATION OF CHOPPY SEAS AND THE SPEED OF THE VESSEL, THE ANCHOR COMPARTMENT FLEW OPEN STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE VICTIM RECEIVED A LACERATION REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0294
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:06:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: DESTIN PASS
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Other
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING OUT TO SEA THROUGH THE DESTIN PASS WHEN IT SLOWED TO LESS THAN TEN MPH. IT STRUCK A 2 FOOT WAVE APPROXIMATELY. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ABOARD STARTED TO STAND UP IN THE BOW OF THE VESSEL, WHEN THEY NOTICED THE WAVE. THE PASSENGER THEN SLIPPED AND FELL BACK TO THE SEATED POSITION AT THE SAME TIME THE WAVE STRUCK THE BOW OF THE VESSEL. THIS CAUSED AN INJURY TO THE PASSENGER'S BACK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0295
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
A PONTOON VESSEL HAD 12 OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WAS RETURNING TO DESTIN FROM THE EVENTS AT BILLY BOWLEGS. ONE PASSENGER STOOD UP AND WENT TO THE FROM OF V1 TO WASH HER HAND OFF. SHE LAID DOWN ON THE FRONT DECK OF THE V1 AND THE VESSEL HIT A LARGE WAKE AND THE PASSENGER FEEL OVERBOARD AND WAS STRUCK BY THE PROP. SHE WAS FLOWN TO SACRED HEART HOSPITAL IN PENSACOLA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0296
Date: 2009-05-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE CATHERINE
NearestCityTown: ORLANDO
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Overloading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
3 PERSONS TOOK A CANOE FROM SHORE AT TIMBER SKAN APARTMENTS. THEY USED A PADDLE, A SHOVEL AND A STEEL TINE GRASS RAKE TO PADDLE AROUND THE LAKE. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE CANOE CAPSIZED, CAUSING ALL THREE TO FALL INTO THE WATER. TWO OCCUPANTS SWAM TO SHORE, LEAVING THE LAST OCCUPANT BEHIND. THE VICTIM WAS LAST OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET AWAY FROM THE OVERTURNED CANOE. THERE WERE NO PFD'S OR OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0297
Date: 2009-06-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: TOM'S BAYOU
NearestCityTown: VALPARAISO
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TOWARDS THE TOM'S BAYOU BRIDGE AND TURNED SHARPLY WHILE HITTING A WAKE, AND LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE, CAUSING IT TO BE SHOT INTO TWO BRIDGE SUPPORT BEAMS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0299
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:33:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 ORIGINALLY HAD two people ON BOARD. V1 BROKE DOWN SITTING AT IDLE OUTSIDE THE IDLE ZONE. V2 WENT OUT TO SWITCH VESSELS. one subject CLIMBED OVER TO V2 AND SAT DOWN. operator CLIMBED OVER TO V1 AND SAT DOWN. operator2 CLIMBED OVER TO V2. SHE HAD HER RIGHT FOOT ON THE PORT GUNWALE AND THE VESSELS BEGAN TO DRIFT APART. HER RIGHT LEG TWISTED AND INJURED HER KNEE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0300
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:54:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: MELBOURNE
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Sharp Turn
AccidentCause2: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS MOVING NORTHBOUND IN THE ICW ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. V1 WAS ALSO TOWING TWO TUBERS. V1 OPERATOR MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN SO THE TUBE WOULD MOVE OUT FROM BEHIND THE VESSEL AND SWING FAST IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE TURN. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BOTH SKIERS WERE THROWN FROM THE TUBE. AT THIS TIME, one SKIER  LANDED WRONG AND INJURED HER NECK. VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO SHORE, WHERE SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE MEDICALLY EVALUATED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0301
Date: 2009-06-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BANANA RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: CAPE CANAVERAL
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION ON A PLANE WITH ONE OCCUPANT. V1 WAS TRAVELING IN THE SIMILARDIRECTION WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ON A COLLISION COURSE AT A GREATER SPEED. V1 COLLIDED WITH V2 ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, STRIKING THE RIGHT CALF AREA OF THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT. V2 OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0302
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANTA ROSA SOUND
NearestCityTown: GULF BREEZE
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. V1 WAS CRUISING NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. V1 WAS TO THE RIGHT OF V2. V1 TURNED NORTH INTO PATH OF V2. V2 TURNED LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID A COLLISION. V2 STRUCK V1 ON THE PORT SIDE. THE OPERATOR OF V2'S HEAD AND BODY IMPACTED WITH V1 OR V2. V1 OPERATOR WAS ALSO EJECTED INTO THE WATER. DAMAGE TO V1 WAS ON THE PORT SIDE CENTER, BELOW THE RUB RAIL. DAMAGE TO V2 WAS FORWARD ON THE STARBOARD SIDE BELOW THE RUB RAIL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0303
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: DUNEDIN
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS PROPERLY DOCKED AT CALADESI ISLAND STATE PARK MARINA. V1 WAS LEAVING THE MARINA. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS VESSEL WAS PULLING OUT AND A STRONG WIND PUSHED HIS VESSEL INTO V2, AND V1 OPERATOR'S WIFE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH OFF OF V2. THE WIFE WAS STRUCK BY THE FRONT MOUNT ANCHOR OF V2. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS WIFE FELL OVERBOARD AFTER BEING CUT BY THE ANCHOR MOUNT OF V2. THE WIFE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE I ARRIVED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0304
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:46:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MIAMI RIVER
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND IN THE MIAMI RIVER. V2 WAS PROPERLY DOCKED AT THE ABOVE LISTED LOCATION. V1 FAILED TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM V2. V1 HIT V2. V1 LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0305
Date: 2009-06-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: TARPON SPRINGS
County: PASCO
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Weather
AccidentCause2: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OCCUPANTS WERE TRYING TO TAKE COVER AT ANCLOTE PARK WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT BY THE STORM. V1 WAS TAKEN OVER BY HIGH WINDS AND EXTREMELY ROUGH SEAS. V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO NAVIGATE BACK TO ANCLOTE KEY WHEN V1 TOOK ON ALOT OF WATER AND LOST POWER. A LARGE WAVE ROLLED THE BOAT OVER EJECTING BOTH PASSENGERS. BOTH OCCUPANTS HAD PFD'S ON HWILE THEY HELD ONTO V1 UNTIL THE STORM SUBSIDED. AFTER THE STORM, THE OCUPANTS FLAGGED DOWN A GOOD SAMARITAN AND WERE ALLOWED TO BOARD THEIR VESSEL UNTIL THE COAST GUARD ARRIVED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0306
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
NearestCityTown: TAMPA
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TOWING 4 PERSONS ON A TUBE. V1 OPERATOR DID A 180 DEGREE U-TURN BUT FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ADDITIONAL SWING OF THE TUBE. THE TUBE STRUCK A CONCRETE SEA WALL INJURING THE TWO OUTSIDE RIDERS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0307
Date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE KISSIMMEE
NearestCityTown: RIVER RANCH
County: POLK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
FROM ALL AVAILABLE EVIDENCE, V1 OPERATOR OBSERVED V2 APPROACHING HIS LOCATION. V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AND V2 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON LAKE KISSIMMEE. V1 OPERATOR MANEUVERED TO THE PORT AND IN FACT SHOULD HAVE CONDUCTED A STARBOARD TURN. V1 AND V2 STRUCK EACH OTHER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0308
Date: 2009-05-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FERNANDINA HARBOR
NearestCityTown: FERNANDINA BEACH
County: NASSAU
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Electrical
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
AccidentEvent2: Fire/Explosion (Non-fuel)
AccidentEvent3: Sinking
PropertyDamageDescription: FOUR EIGHT FOOT DOCK SECTIONS, PILINGS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DOCKED AND HAD AN APPARENT ACCIDENTAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSING A FIRE ON BOARD. V1 BURNED TO THE WATERLINE AND SANK. THE FIRE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE DOCK AND TO THE GELCOAT/FIBERGLASS OF V2 WHICH WAS DOCKED ACROSS FROM V1. ONE DOCKHAND SUFFERED FROM SMOKE INHALATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE SURROUNDING VESSELS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0309
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:31:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: PANAMA CITY PASS
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS FOLLOWING ALONG IN A WAVERUNNER TOUR. THE WATER SUDDENLY GOT ROUGH CAUSING THE PASSENGER ON THE VESSEL TO STRIKE THE HANDLEBARS WITH HIS HEAD. HIS HEAD BOUNCED BACK AND HIT THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL IN HIS FRONT TEETH. SEVERAL TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S HEAD. THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR BOTH HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER. HE TOLD ME THAT HE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO GET IN TROUBLE. HE JUST WANTED THE GUIDE OF THE TOUR TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHERE HIS PARTY WAS AND TO SLOW DOWN IF THE WATER GOT ROUGH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0310
Date: 2009-01-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: HILLSBORO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE ICW. V1 CAME OUT OF A CANAL EXIT AND STRUCK V2 BROADSIDE. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE MANEUVERING WITH ONLY ONE ENGINE RUNNING.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0311
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE UNDERHILL
NearestCityTown: ORLANDO
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING WEST IN LAKE UNDERHILL NEXT TO THE CONSTRUCTION PYLONS. V1 DROVE OVER ONE OF THE PYLONS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HULL ON THE STARBOARD SIDE. TOTAL ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL IS $3000.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0312
Date: 2009-07-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 OPERATORS RENTED PWC'S. WHILE OPERATING THE PWC'S IN THE DESTIN PASS AREA THE TWO SUBJECTS WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER AND WHEN THEY REALIZED HOW CLOSE THEY WERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SHARP TURN AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, THEN COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0313
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE WORTH INLET
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH SHORES
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 LOST POWER. SEVERAL UNKNOWN LARGER VESSELS PASSED BEHIND V1 CAUSING WATER TO COME UP AND OVER V1'S TRANSOM CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE. V1 OCCUPANTS WERE PICKED UP BY A GOOD SAMARITAN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0314
Date: 2009-08-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 02:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: DUNNS CREEK
NearestCityTown: SATSUMA
County: PUTNAM
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH. V1 STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT. V1 VEERED TO THE LEFT THROWING THE OPERATOR INTO THE GUNWALE WITH RIGHT SHOULDER AS OPERATOR WAS THROWN TO THE DECK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0315
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: NAPLES BAY
NearestCityTown: NAPLES
County: COLLIER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: NAPLES BAY MARKER 28, RED LIGHT WITH TWO MARKER PANELS
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING UNDER POWER HEADING NORTH IN NAPLES BAY. V1 OPERATOR STATED HE WAS LOOKING FOR MARKER 28 BUT COULD NOT SEE IT DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM THE RAIN. V1 OPERATOR STATED  HE RAN UP THE BOW OF THE VESSEL TO GET A BETTER LOOK WHEN THE STARBOARD BOW SECTION OF THE CATAMARAN STRUCK MARKER 28. THE MARKER FELL OVER AND TRAVELED UNDERNEATH V1. V1 OPERATOR NOTIFIED THE NAPLES CITY DOCK OF THE ACCIDENT AND THEN TIED OFF THE PILING WITH A LINE AND TOWED IT BACK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0316
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:34:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MADEIRA BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS HEADING EAST IN THE CHANNEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF JOHNS PASS BRIDGE. V1 WAS HEADING TOWARD V2 IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION. V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUMP THE WAKE OF V2, BUT MISJUDGED AND WENT IN FRONT OF V2 INSTEAD OF BEHIND IT CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0317
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-14 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TARPON
NearestCityTown: TARPON SPRINGS
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTHERNLY DIRECTION AND TOWING ONE FEMALE SKIER. SKIER FELL AND STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE SKI. SHE WAS PULLED SAFELY ABOARD V1 AND WAS IN AND OUT OF CONCIOUSNESS. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND THE VICTIM WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO THE BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT OPERATING IN A CARELESS MANNER AND ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0318
Date: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: FT MYERS BEACH
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Floating Object
RedactedNarrative:
ON 6/20/2009, V1 OPERATOR RENTED A PWC FROM HOLIDAY WATERSPORTS BEHIND THE BEST WESTERN ON FT MYERS BEACH. THERE WAS A BARREL IN THE WATER AND THE OPERATOR STRUCK THE OBJECT WITH THE VESSEL. THE DAMAGE TO V1 CAUSED THE MOTOR BRACKETS TO BREAK AND ALSO CREATED A HOLE IN THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0319
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:48:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GOVERNMENT CUT
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS EASTBOUND IN GOVERNMENT CUT. V1 OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE RED BUOY UNTIL THE LAST SECOND, HITTING IT WITH THE BOW AND PORT SIDE OF V1. V1 WAS TAKEN INTO THE COAST GUARD STATION MIAMI BEACH UNDER ITS OWN POWER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0320
Date: 2009-08-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 08:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: HAULOVER INLET
NearestCityTown: NORTH MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, AT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS DUE EAST OF HAULOVER BRIDGE IN THE INLET. UNKNOWN V2 WAS ALSO HEADING EAST IN HAULOVER INLET AND PASSED V1 ON ITS PORT SIDE. V2 CREATED A LARGE WAKE UPON PASSING V1. V1 GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE LARG WAKE CAUSING THE BOW TO BE SUBMERGED, TAKING ON WATER AND CAPSIZING. BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD WERE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER BY A NEARBY  VESSEL. V1 WAS REMOVED BY A TOW BOAT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0321
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:55:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: APPALACHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: PANACEA
County: WAKULLA
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1'S ENGINE BECAME DISABLED DURING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. THE VESSEL'S BOW SWUNG DOWNWIND ALLOWING ROUGH SEAS TO SWAMP THEN CAPSIZE THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0322
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: DESTIN
County: OKALOOSA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
RedactedNarrative:
ON 07/30/2009, CALL WAS RECEIVED ABOUT A BOATING ACCIDENT HAPPENING. ON 08/04/2009, AN ACCIDENT REPORT WAS FILLED OUT. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT ON HIS WAY OUT OF DESTIN TO GO FISHING HE BELIEVES HE STRUCK AN UNDERWATER OBJECT WHICH MADE A CRACK ON THE UNDERSIDE OF HIS HULL AND CAUSED HIS BOAT TO TAKE ON WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0323
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE CONWAY
NearestCityTown: BELLE ISLE
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: person struck by propeller
RedactedNarrative:
THE BOAT OPERATOR LEANED OVER TO ENGAGE THE THROTTLE TO IDLE SPEED FROM NEUTRAL, FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BOAT. THE BOAT ROLLED STARBOARD CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO LOSE BALANCE RESULTING IN MORE THROTTLE INPUT. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SWING RIGHT, SENDING THE VESSEL INTO A TIGHT STARBOARD TURN. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER/SWIMMER TO BE THROWN OVERBOARD AND STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER, TWICE, WHILE BOAT MADE AT LEAST TWO STARBOARD TURNS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0324
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: STARKE LAKE
NearestCityTown: OCOEE
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM HAD BEEN OPERATING V1 (PWC) IN THE CENTER AREA OF STARKE LAKE WHICH WAS MORE THAN 100 FEET FROM SHORE. V1 WAS TRAVELING IN AN EASTBOUND DIRECTION WHEN HE HIT SOME WAVES WITH V1. THE OPERATOR LOST BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD ON V1. THE VICTIM INJURED HIS RIGHT LEG AND FELL INTO THE WATER. OTHER BOATERS ASSISTED THE VICTIM TO THE SHORELINE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0325
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW/MOSQUITO LAGOON
NearestCityTown: OAK HILL
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: BROKEN CHANNEL MARKER
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING NORTH. V1 OPERATOR LOOKED TOWARD ANOTHER VESSEL AND COLLIDED WITH CHANNEL MARKER 17.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0327
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS HEADING SOUTH ABOUT 20 FEET OFF OF VIRGINIA KEY BEACH WHEN V1 STRUCK THREE SUBJECTS STANDING IN THE WATER. ONE SUBJECT WAS UNINJURED, WHILE THE OTHER TWO WERE INJURED.  THE UNINJURED SUBJECT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE ACCIDENT REPORT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0328
Date: 2009-09-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: HILLSBORO BRIDGE FENDER SYSTEM
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A PASSENGER AT THE HILLSBORO MARINE DOCK STERN WHEN THE CURRENT WAS TOO STRONG FOR HIM AND HE POWERED UP BUT COULD NOT TURN THE VESSEL IN TIME STRIKING THE NW CORNER OF THE BRIDGE FENDER SYSTEM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0329
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BANANA RIVER
NearestCityTown: MERRITT ISLAND
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Restricted Vision
AccidentCause2: other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE BOTH BORROWED PWC'S. BOTH V1 AND V2 OPERATOR'S SAW A CABIN CRUISER UNDERWAY AND DECIDED TO JUMP ITS WAKE. V2 WENT FIRST MAKING IT ACROSS THE WAKE THEN TURNING AND STOPPING. V1 GOES ACROSS THE WAKE WITH THE OPERATOR'S VISIBILITY OBSTRUCTED BY WATER SPRAY, CAUSING V1 TO STRIKE V2 INJURING THE OPERATOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0330
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: VERO BEACH
County: INDIAN RIVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OWNER/OPERATOR WAS WORKING ON A CRACKED FUEL LINE ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE VESSEL FIRE. V1 OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE STARTED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES THEY DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER FISHING LOCATION BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE OPERATOR OPENED THE ENGINE COVER AND WORKED ON THE IGNITION SYSTEM AFTER A FEW SECONDS HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO START. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE CABIN WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE THEN BLEW UP. BOTH THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT JUMPED OVERBOARD. V1 BURNED TO THE WATER LINE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0331
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE EUSTIS
NearestCityTown: TAVARES
County: LAKE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: None
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
SUBJECT WAS WAKEBOARDING BEHIND BOAT AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS HEAD ON HIS WAKEBOARD. SUBJECT WAS CUT WITH A 7 CM LACERATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0332
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: PALM BAY
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: unforeseen water hazard
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Submerged Object
AccidentEvent2: Flooding/Swamping
PropertyDamageDescription: PSP PORTABLE, IPOD, CELL PHONE, AND DEPTHFINDER
RedactedNarrative:
V1 HEADED EASTBOUND AROUND NORTH SIDE OF ISLAND WHEN IT STRUCK AN UNKNOWN UNDERWATER OBJECT. OBJECT CAUSED TEARS IN THE HULL WHICH RESULTED IN SINKING OF VESSEL. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0333
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE BLANCHE
NearestCityTown: ORLANDO
County: ORANGE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: collision with recreational vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTH BOUND DIRECTION ALONG THE EAST SHORELINE OF LAKE BLANCHE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE DOCK LOCATED AT 5372 BAYSIDE DRIVE. V2 WAS DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SAME LOCATION SITTING IDLE AND FACING SOUTH. V1 APPROACHED THE DOCK AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 20-25 MPH. AT THIS POINT THE V1 OPERATOR MADE A PORT TURN AND SPRAYED WATER ONTO THE DOCK. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE STANDING ON THE DOCK AS HE SPRAYED IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, V1 CONTINUED AT THE SAME SPEED IN A WESTBOUND DIRECTION AND IMPACTED THE FORWARD/PORT SIDE OF V2 AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE FRONT HATCH AND HANDLE BARS ALSO IMPACTING THE V2 OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT CAUSING INJURIES TO BOTH V2 OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0334
Date: 2009-07-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MIAMI RIVER
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
PropertyDamageDescription: DOCK DAMGE DUE TO ACCIDENT
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING WASTBOUND ON THE MIAMI RIVER. V1'S RUDDER GOT STUCK ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AND STRUCK V2 WHICH WAS DOCKED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES OF V2 AND THE DOCK. SIX PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0335
Date: 2009-07-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS UNDERWAY TO PICK UP A FRIEND BY THE SEA WALL AT 10 VENETIAN WAY IN MIAMI BEACH. OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF THE PWC AND JUMPED OFF BEFORE IT HIT THE SEA WALL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0336
Date: 2009-08-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:35:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: equipment failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: other
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS BACKING DOWN TO THE FISHING BUOY WHEN A WAVE CAME OVER THE STERN OF THE VESSEL. THE WAVE SHORTED THE BATTERIES OUT CAUSING THE BiLGE PUMp TO QUIT. THE VESSEL THEN CONTINUED TO FILL UP AT THE STERN AND CAPSIZE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0337
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CORAL GABLES WATERWAY/MAHI CAN
NearestCityTown: CORAL GABLES
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
PropertyDamageDescription: BOAT LIFT DAMAGED IN BOATING ACCIDENT
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING OUTBOUND (EASTERLY) IN THE MAHI CANAL WHEN IT STRUCK A BOAT LIFT; THERE WAS NO VESSEL ON THE LIFT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED V1 STRIKE THE LIFT AND CONTINUE OUTBOUND IN THE CANAL.  THE WITNESSES ALSO HAD A DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL WHICH WAS LATER STOPPED WHILE TRAVELING INBOUND. THE V1 OPERATOR ADMITTED TO HITTING THE BOAT LIFT BUT ASSUMED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0338
AVesselLoss: -1
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Equipment Failure
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: other
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: sinking
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS FISHING APPROXIMATELY 26 MILES OFFSHORE OF MAYPORT INLET. V1 OWNER/OPERATOR NOTICED HIS VESSEL FELT HEAVY. HE OPENED THE ENGINE ROOM HATCH AND DISCOVERED IT FULL OF WATER. THE FORWARD CABIN ALSO HAD WATER IN IT. THE WATER WAS COMING IN FASTER THAN THE BILGE PUMP COULD KEEP UP WITH. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THE VESSEL WAS GOING TO SINK, THE PASSENGERS GOT PFD'S AND WENT OVERBOARD. ALL PASSENGERS WERE PICKED UP BY A GOOD SAMARITAN VESSEL. SHORTLY AFTER ALL PASSENGERS WERE PICKED UP, THE VESSEL SANK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0339
Date: 2009-08-06 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:17:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CALABAN CANAL
NearestCityTown: POMPANO BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 AND V3 WERE DOCKED AT THE ABOVE LISTED LOCATION WITH NO PERSONS ABOARD. V1 WAS PROCEEDING EAST BOUND ON THE CANAL WHEN AN UNDETERMINED MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED THE VESSEL TO LOSE POWER IN BOTH ENGINES. THE MOMENTUM AND WIND CAUSED V1 TO DRIFT INTO V2 AND V3.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0340
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: BOYNTON BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK AT THE FUEL dOCK AT TWO GEORGES HEADING TO THE SOUTH. V2 WAS TIED TO THE DOCK UNOCCUPIED FACING THE SOUTH. V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK BEHIND V2. V1 HAD THROTTLE IN FORWARD, WHILE THE OPERATOR THOUGHT IT WAS IN REVERSE. V1'S BOW STRUCK V2 DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ENGINES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0341
Date: 2009-08-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 20:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH SHORES
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS CRUISING INTO THE SAILFISH MARINA HEADING EAST TOWARDS THE FLOATING FUEL DOCK AREA. V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE TUNED THE VESSEL NORTH ENDING UP FACING WEST BOUND. V1 OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT HE PUT HIS VESSEL IN REVERSE TO BACK UP TOWARDS THE LIGHTS OF THE FLOATING DOCK TO SEE THE FISH IN THE WATER. THE STRONG TIDAL CURRENT PUSHED V1 SIDEWAYS SOUTH TOWARDS THE DOCKSAND V2 WHICH WAS MOORED PROPERLY IN SLIP #SOUTH 21. V1 OPERATOR HAD NO ROOM OR TIME TO GET OUT OF THE POSITION HE WAS IN SAFELY. V1'S PORT SIDE MIDSHIP CRASHED INTO V2'S BOW. V1 OPERATOR WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF HIS VESSEL AND MOTOR AWAY FROM V2.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0342
Date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: FORT MCREE
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS ANCHORED WITH THE BOW POINTING WEST. V1 CAME FROM THE WEST AND ATTEMTED TO BACK ONTO THE BEACH JUST WEST OF V2. THE STRONG WIND AND TIDAL CURRENT PUSHED V1 TOWARDS V2. THE BOW OF V1 CONTACTED THE BOW OF V2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO V2. FIVE PERSONS WERE LISTED AS BEING ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY TWO PERSONS WERE LISTED ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0343
Date: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANTA ROSA SOUND
NearestCityTown: PENSACOLA BEACH
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Operator inexperience
AccidentCause3: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE RENTED AND WERE BEING OPERATED IN THE SANTA ROSA SOUND. V2 MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS FROM V1. V2 WAS DRIFTING AND WAS NOT UNDER POWER. V1 TRAVELED IN THE DIRECTION ON V2 AND TOOK NO ACTION TO AVOID A COLLISION. V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT SIDE WITH THE CENTER OF THE BOW OF V1. V1 CONTINUED OVER THE TOP OF V2 AND BECAME AIRBORN. THE OPERATOR OF V2 WAS EJECTED AND WAS UNINJURED. THE OPERATOR OF V1 AND THE PASSENGER ON V1 WERE EJECTED WHEN V1 REENTERED THE WATER, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0344
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: MOORE HAVEN
County: GLADES
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Other
OtherAccidentEvent: person tangled in fixed object
PropertyDamageDescription: MIKON CAMERA, MOTOROLA BLACKBERRY PHONE, RING
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE ENTERING THE VESSEL FROM THE SPORTSMAN VILLAGEDOCK, victim STEPED DOWN INTO THE FRONT OF THE VESEL FROM THE DOCK AND PUSHED THE BOAT AWAY FROM THE DOCK TO AVOID SCRAPPING SOME BOLTS ON THE PILING. victimS RING ON HER RIGHT RING FINGER BECAME CAUGHT ON THE HEAD OF A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE PILING. THE VESSEL CAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HER FEET AND SHE HUNG MOMENTARILY BY HER RING AND THEN DROPPED IN THE WATER REALIZING THAT HER FINGER HAD BEEN TORN OFF. THE OPERATOR, LOWERED THE LADDER AND HELPED victim INTO THE VESSEL AND HAD HER PUT HER HAND INTO A COOLER OF ICE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0345
Date: 2009-07-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:13:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
THERE WERE THREE PERSONS ABORAD V1 THAT WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ON THE ENGINE HATCH WHEN IT EXPLODED AND BURNED 20% PERCENT OF HER BODY.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0346
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: AMELIA RIVER
NearestCityTown: FERNANDINA BEACH
County: NASSAU
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Fuel
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE AMELIA RIVER. V1 OPERATOR NOTICED THE FORWARD FUEL TANK WAS STARTING TO BULGE. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH TANKS. IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING TANKS, THE FUEL LINE ERUPTED, SPRAYING FUEL ON ONE OF THE ENGINES. THE ENGINE IGNITED AND V1 WAS CONSUMED BY FLAMES. THE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO BEACH V1 AND ABANDON THE VESSEL. V1 BURNED TO THE WATERLINE AND SUNK. V1 OPERATOR WERE TRANSPORTED TO SHAND'S HOSPITAL FOR BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND AND ARM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0347
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: LAYTON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: improper loading
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE BAYSIDE, TOWARDS THE CHANNEL 5 BRIDGE. V1 THEN TURNED TO PORT AND THE SECOND PASSENGER LEANED OVER TOO MUCH AND CAUSED THE PWC TO EJECT THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING THE IGNITION KILL SWITCH. AS THE OPERATOR CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER, THE BACK OF V1 STRUCK HIS HEAD, CAUSING A 7 CM LACERATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0348
Date: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SANTA FE RIVER
NearestCityTown: BRANFORD
County: SUWANNEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS DRIVING HIS VESSEL UPSTREAM AND MADE A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN. HIS VESSEL STRUCK A LARGE TREE ON THE SUWANNEE COUNTY SIDE OF THE SANTA FE RIVER. THE PASSENGER JUMPED OUT OF THE VESSEL BEFORE IMPACT. V1 OPERATOR WAS EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL UPON IMPACT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0349
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:49:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: CEDAR KEY
County: LEVY
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: People on Gunwale, Bow, or Transom
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
THE PONTOON BOAT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH. THE VICTIM WAS SITTING ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT WITH HER FEET IN THE WATER. THE VESSEL HIT A WAKE CAUSING THE VICTIM TO FALL OVERBOARD IN FRONT OF THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL CONTINUED TRAVELING FORWARD AS THE VESSEL'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE VICTIM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0350
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 17:51:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: PENSACOLA BAY
NearestCityTown: GULF BREEZE
County: ESCAMBIA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
AccidentCause2: congested waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS WESTBOUND FROM LITTLE SABINE AND SLIGHTLY NORTH OF ICW CHANNEL MARKER 141. FOUR PERSONS OCCUPIED TOWER, WITH OPERATOR USING FLY BRIDGE CONTROLS. HEAVY RECREATIONAL VESSEL TRAFFIC CAUSED CONFUSED SEA STATE. V1 AT PLOWING SPEED TOOK LARGE WAKE ON STARBOARD SIDE, MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. V1 PITCHED TO PORT, ENTERED SWELL AND POSSIBLY TOOK SECOND LARGE WAKE OVER PORT STERN. BREECH OF WATER OVER STERN COMBINED WITH TOP-HEAVY TOWER CAPSIZED V1, EJECTING ALL OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0351
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: MELOY CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE MELOY CHANNEL EAST OF MONUMENT ISLAND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. V1 JUMPED A WAVE CAUSING THE PWC LAND VIOLENTLY SENDING THE TWO OCCUPANTS INTO THE WATER. THE VESSEL SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE OPERATOR CAUSING INJURY.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0352
Date: 2009-07-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MIAMI BEACH
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Very Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS RETURNING THROUGH GOVERNMENT CUT, MIAMI BEACH. THE WAVES WERE VERY HIgH AND CRASHED OVER THE BOW, CAUSING V1 TO FILL WITH WATER. EVERYONE EXCEPT THE OPERATOR FELL DOWN. ONE PERSON ON BOARD SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0354
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MEXICO BEACH
County: GULF
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR ON PWC WAS STRUCK BY A WAVE, THEN EJECTED OFF TO PORT AND THE PORT HANDLEBAR GRIP STRUCK INNER LEFT THIGH, CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0355
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MEXICO BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VICTIM WAS SITTING ON COOLER IN FRONT OF THE CENTER CONSOLE. V1 WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT INTO WAVES REPORTEDLY TWO TO THREE FEET. VESSEL STRUCK A WAVE THAT CAUSED VICTIM THEN SAID SHE COULD NOT MOVE AND HER BAK WAS HURTING. VICTIM WAS LAID DOWN ON DECK AND BROUGHT TO PORT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0356
Date: 2009-08-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 00:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE ALLEN
NearestCityTown: LUTZ
County: HILLSBOROUGH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 00:30, V1 OPERATOR TOOK THE PWC OUT FOR A JOY RIDE ON LAKE ALLEN.  APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES LATER, TWO FRIENDS OF V1 OPERATOR SET OUT ON V2 TO LOOK FOR V1 AND THE OPERATOR. AFTER LEAVING THE DOCK AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS INTO THE LAKE, THEY HEARD THE PWC (V1) ENGINE AND SAW THAT IT WAS COMING RIGHT AT V2. BOTH OCCUPANTS HAD FLASHLIGHTS AND USED THEM TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE V1 OPERATOR BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. V1 IMPACTED V2 HEAD ON EJECTING ONE V2 OCCUPANT FROM HIS SEAT.  VICTIM WAS ASSISTED TO SHORE THEN TRANSPORTED TO ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. V2 OPERATOR WAS ARRESTED FOR B.U.I.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0357
Date: 2009-08-16 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: MELBOURNE
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, THE OFFICER RECEIVED CONFLICTING STORIES.  BELOW IS EACH OPERATOR'S RECOLLECTION OF THE ACCIDENT.

V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT V1 WAS MOVING IN A STRAIHT LINE WITH V2 OFF TO HIS RIGHT. V1 SLOWED DOWN AND SPUN HIS VESSEL APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. AS V1 DID THIS, THE SPRAY FROM HIS VESSEL HIT V2. V2 THEN SLIGHTLY TURNED TO THE LEFT AND INTO V1. V2'S BOW STRUCK V1'S RIGHT SIDE AND V1 OPERATOR. 

V2 OPERATOR STATED THAT V2 WAS IN MOTION AND ON PLANE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. V1 WAS ALSO IN MOTION AND ON PLANE MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO V2'S PORT SIDE. V1 APPROACHED V2 FROM V2S PORT SIDE MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN CAUSING THE VESSEL TO TURN 180 DEGREES IN FRONT OF V2. V2 OPERATOR LET OFF THROTTLE WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO NOT BE ABLE TO STEER. V1'S RIGHT SIDE THEN STRUCK V2'S BOW. V2 ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH V1 OPERATOR.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0358
Date: 2009-09-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GRAND CANAL
NearestCityTown: SIESTA KEY
County: SARASOTA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with commercial Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE GRAND CANAL. AS HE CAME AROUND THE BEND IN THE CANAL HE NOTICED A BARGE TAKING UP HALF OF THE WATERWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN HIS VESSEL AROUND; HOWEVER, THE STRONG TIDAL CURRENT PULLED HIS VESSEL INTO THE BARGE AND PUSHED HIM AGROUND. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE COLLISION WITH THE BARGE; THE PROP AND PROP SHAFT DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY GROUNDING THE VESSEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0359
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LEMON BAY/ICW CHANNEL
NearestCityTown: ENGLEWOOD
County: CHARLOTTE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
BOTH V1 AND V2 WERE HEADED NORTH THROUGH THE ICW CHANNEL JUST NORTH OF TOM ADAMS BRIDGE. V1 JUMPED ON PLANE AT THE 25 MPH ZONE AND PROCEEDED NORTH THROUGH THE ICW CHANNEL. V2 WHO WAS IN FRONT OF TURNEDSHARPLY TO THE LEFT AT MARKER 21 TO ENTER THE CHANNEL SYSTEM TOWARDS SHORE. SINCE V2 CUT SO SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, V1 HAD TO AVOID AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND MAKE A HARD LEFT TURN TO TRY AND AVOID COLLISION. THIS CAUSED V1 TO TURN UP AND CAUSED THE PROP TO CUT V2'S VESSEL DOWN THE SIDE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0360
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:08:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST LUCIE INLET
NearestCityTown: STUART
County: MARTIN
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OFFSHORE AND TWO MILES SOUTH OF ST LUCIE INLET. V1 WAS CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, ADJUSTING SPEED ACCORDING TO SEA STATE. V1 ENCOUNTERED A WAVE THAT CAUSED A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED MOTION. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED IN THAT MOTION. V1 THEN BECAME A RUNAWAY BOAT, AND PROCEEDED TO TURN 180 DEGREES TO STARBOARD. V1 WAS NORTHBOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. V1 TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES NORTH UNOCCUPIED AND COLLIDED INTO THE NORTH JETTY OF ST LUCIE INLET. V1 CAME TO A STOP ON THE JETTY.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0361
Date: 2009-09-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: DEERFIELD BEACH
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: Capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS DRIFT FISHING WITH THE ENGINE OFF. V1 TOOK A WAVE OVER THE STERN FILLING THE REAR END OF THE VESSEL. THE BILGE PUMP DID NOT WORK AND THE OPERATOR COULD NOT START THE ENGINE. THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE WATER BY A PASSING VESSEL AND TRANSFERRED TO BSO MARINE UNIT VESSEL. VESSEL WAS RECOVERED BY SEA TOW.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0362
Date: 2009-08-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: VERO BEACH
County: INDIAN RIVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE TRAVELING PARALLEL. V2 TURNED LEFT AND IMMEDIATELY MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN. V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT SIDE CAUSING BOTH OPERATORS TO BE EJECTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0363
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 01:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: NORTH MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Inadequate Onboard Navigation Lights
AccidentCause2: restricted vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Departed Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF HAULOVER INLET. V2 WAS ANCHORED FISHING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF HAULOVER INLET AND 1 TO 1 1/2 MILES OFF SHORE. V1 OPERATOR FAILED TO IDENTIFY V2 FROM A DISTANCE. V1 OPERATOR MADE A HARD TURN TO STARBOARD TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE VICTIM WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE BOW OF V2 BELIEVES AN IMPACT IS IMMINENT AND JUMPS OVERBOARD IN THE PATH OF V1. THE VICTIM SUFFERED INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0364
Date: 2009-07-18 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:48:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: STUART
County: MARTIN
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS HEADING INTO THE ST LUCIE INLET FROM 5.2 MILES OFFSHORE. V1 COLLIDED WITH V2 WHO WAS DRIFT FISHING IN THE AREA. THEY COLLIDED STARBOARD TO STARBOARD. V1 HAD DAMAGE BELOW THE WATERLINE WHICH INDICATED THAT V1'S BOW WAS POINTED UP AND IT RAN UP ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V2 STARTING AT THE BOW AND CONTINUING TO THE STERN.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0365
Date: 2009-08-09 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:40:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE IDA
NearestCityTown: DELRAY
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS WEST BOUND APPROACHING LAKE DRIKE BRIDGE #935303. V1 OPERATOR HAD VERY LITTLE OPERATING KNOWLEDGE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VESSEL STRIKING THE SOUTH WALL PILING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PORT BOW SECTION. V1'S OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER, AND THE OPERATOR SUFFERED INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0366
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOSEPH SOUND
NearestCityTown: DUNEDIN
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING IN A CARELESS MANNER BY JUMPING ANOTHER BOATS WAKE JUST OFF THE STERN OF THE OTHER VESSEL. THE CAUSED V1'S OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS PWC AND CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO HIT HIS FACE AND UPPER BODY ON THE STEERING CONTROLS AND HANDLE BARS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0367
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: TREASURE ISLAND
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V2 WAS TRAVELING IN AN EAST DIRECTION AT IDLE SPEED. V2 OPERATOR'S ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED LOOKING SOUTH. V1 WAS APPROACHING V2 FROM THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HER INTENTION WAS TO APPROACH V2'S PORT SIDE, COME OFF-THROTTLE SLOWING THE VESSEL DOWN AND TURN HER VESSEL TO PORT COMING TO REST SIDE BY SIDE CLOSE TO V2'S PORT SIDE. ON V1'S APPROACH, ONCE THE OPERATOR LET OFF THE THROTTLE, THE VESSEL HAD NO STEERING ABILITY CAUSING IT TO STRIKE THE PORT SIDE AT MIDSHIP OF V2 NOCKING THE V2 OPERATOR INTO THE WATER.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0368
Date: 2009-07-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 07:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: sinking
RedactedNarrative:
THE VESSEL WAS ANCHORED AND ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE SLEEPING. THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER AND SANK. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANICS AT THE MARATHON BOAT YARD, IT APPEARED THAT A GASKET AT THE EXIT PORT OF THE EXHAUST CAME UNSEATED AN ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE VESSEL. NO INJURIES REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0369
Date: 2009-06-21 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:20:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: JUPITER
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Navigation Rules Violation
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH BEHIND V2 AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. V1 ADVISED THAT HE WANTED TO OVERTAKE V2 ON HIS PORT SIDE, BUT ONCOMING BOAT TRAFFIC WAS IN HIS WAY. V1 ADVISED THAT HIS PASSENGER FELL OF THE PWC AS HE WAS MANEUVERING BEHIND V2 AND HE PANICKED AS HE GOT CLOSER TO V2. V1 CRASHED HIS FRONT BOW INTO V2'S STARBOARD SIDE STERN AREA RAMPING HIS VESSEL UP ONTO TO STERN PLATFORM AREA OF V2. V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT AFTER IMPACT, V1 SLID OFF OF V2'S STERN PLATFORM AREA AND HE WAS EJECTED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0370
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 11:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: ISLAMORADA
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS OUTBOUND TO THE REEF LINE TO GO FISHING WHEN IT STRUCK A LARGE WAVE. THE INJURED PARTY WAS SENT AIRBORNE, AND LANDED HARD ON THE DECK. SHE INJURED HER BACK AND STARTED COMPLAINING OF BACK PAINS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0371
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-28 00:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER
NearestCityTown: FORT MYERS
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE BACKING INTO SLIP WITH A CROSS-WIND, V1 OPERATOR MADE CONTACT WITH PILING BREAKING SWIM PLATFORM.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0372
Date: 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: KEY WEST HARBBOR
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 REPORTEDLY COLLIDED AT NIGHT IN THE KEY WEST HARBOR. THE OPERATOR OF V1 WAS INJURED. V2 WAS UNIDENTIFIED AND REPORTEDLY FLED THE SCENE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0373
Date: 2009-07-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:15:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: LAYTON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Operator inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATING TO AVOID A HEAD-ON SITUATION IN A RESTRICTED CHANNEL, V1 OPERATOR MADE A STARBOARD TURN AND ACCIDENTALLY ACCELERATED FULL THROTTLE JUMPING ANOTHER VESSEL'S BOW WAVE. V1 AVOIDED THE OTHER VESSEL, HOWEVER, V1 CRASHED INTO THE MANGROVES LINING THE CHANNEL, EJECTING TWO OCCUPANTS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0374
Date: 2009-07-03 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:50:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent3: Flooding/swamping
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS AT THE FUEL DOCK. AS V1 WAS LEAVING THE FUEL DOCK, ITS PORT STERN STRUCK V2'S PORT SIDE AND CRUSHED V2 AGAINST THE FUEL DOCK PILING. V1 THEN LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT EXCHANGING OPERATOR INFORMATION OR NOTIFYING LAW ENFORCEMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0375
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-30 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 MADE A TURN TO ITS PORT AND THE OCCUPANT LOST HER GRIP AND FELL OFF THE PWC. SHE HIT HER FACE ON THE STARBOARD GUNNEL.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0376
Date: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 12:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND COLLIDED WITH V2 THAT WAS TRAVELING EAST TO WEST AT THE SAME SPEED. V1 STRUCK V2'S REAR STARBOARD SIDE CAUSING THE OPERATOR OF V1 TO FALL OVERBOARD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0377
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:01:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: JACKSONVILLE
County: DUVAL
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, WESTBOUND ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER, IN THE WHITE SHELL AREA. V1 DRIFTED OUT OF THE CHANNEL TOO FAR AND STRUCK THE JETTIES. V1 THEN PROCEEDED TOWARDS LAND TO BEACH THE VESSEL AS IT WAS TAKING ON WATER. TWO OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0378
Date: 2009-08-15 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:10:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: C-14 CANAL
NearestCityTown: TAMARAC
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Carelessness
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS MAKING TIGHT TURNS TRYING TO JUMP HIS OWN WAKE WHEN THE LANYARD BECAME TIGHT AROUND HIS ARM PULLING THE KILL SWITCH KEY OUT CAUSING THE SKI TO SHUT DOWN. ONCE THE SKI SHUT DOWN THE SKI STRUCK A PILING TO A PUBLIC DOCK EJECTING THE RIDERS.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0379
Date: 2009-07-23 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 21:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: MARATHON
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL OPERATING AT APROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 MPH, EXPERIENCED STEERING FAILURE AND STRUCK THE ROCKS AT THE SHORELINE AND BECAME AIRBORNE CRASHING ONTO LAND AND EJECTING TWO OF THE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0380
Date: 2009-07-25 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE IDA
NearestCityTown: BOYNTON BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent3: grounding
PropertyDamageDescription: COSMETIC DAMAGE TO SEAWALL; DAMAGE TO DOCK DECKING POSSIBLE DOCK PILING DAMAGE
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TOWING A SINGLE WAKEBOARDER. WHILE OBSERVING THE WAKEBOARDER, THE OPERATOR WAS NOT KEEPING A PROPER LOOKOUT AND STRUCK A CEMENT SEAWALL. THE VESSEL TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET ALONG THE WALL PRIOR TO STRIKING A PRIVATE DOCK. THE VESSEL STILL HAD SUFFICIENT MOMENTUM AND WAS CATAPULTED OUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO THE DOCK WHERE IT CAME TO REST. ONE OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED BUT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES, ALTHOUGH TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS DID SUSTAIN INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0381
Date: 2009-07-02 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: MELBOURNE BEACH
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Thursday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
WHILE SAILING ALONE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTHEAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET STATE PARK, FOR REASON UNKNOWN THE VICTIM FELL OVERBOARD AND SUCCUMBED TO THE EFFECTS OF SALTWATER DROWNING. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0382
Date: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:24:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER
NearestCityTown: TITUSVILLE
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Hazardous Waters
AccidentCause2: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
DUE TO AN APPROACHING STORM, V1 OPERATOR AND THE THREE PASSENGERS BOARDED V1 AND DEPARTED FROM SPIDER ISLAND. THEY PROCEEDED TOWARD SAND POINT PARK. THE STORM WAS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH AND WAS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 34 MPH. THE WAVES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MAX BREWER BRIDGE WERE IN EXCESS OF FOUR FEET. AS V1 PROCEEDED NORTH OF THE MAX BREWER MEMORIAL BRIDGE, IT BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER OVER ITS BOW. APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS NORTH OF THE BRIDGE V1 CAPSIZED BY ROLLING ON ITS PORT SIDE. AS V1 CAPSIZED, ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS WERE THROWN INTO THE WATER, NONE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. witness WAS ONBOARD HIS SAILBOAT OUTSIDE THE TITUSVILLE MARINA. HE SAW V1 CAPSIZE AND PROCEEDED TO RESCUE ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO SAND POINT PARK WHILE HIS WIFE CONTACTED 911. THE OPERATOR AND ONE OCCUPANT WERE UNINJURED, WHILE THE OTHER TWO OCCUPANTS WERE UNRESPONSIVE. BREVARD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED THE TWO UNRESPONSIVE OCCUPANTS TO THE PARRISH MEDICAL CENTER. WHERE THEY REMAINED ON LIFE SUPPORT UNTIL JUNE 14, 2009, WHERE THEIR DAUGHTER MADE THE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0383
Date: 2009-09-22 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 04:47:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE WORTH INLET
NearestCityTown: PALM BEACH
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Alcohol
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Grounding
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE LAKE WORTH INLET. THE OPERATOR ADVISED ME THAT HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND HE MISREAD THE CHANNEL MARKERS AND STRUCK THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH JETTY CAUSING THE BOAT TO LAND ON TOP OF THE JETTY. AS A RESULT THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE OERATOR DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER TO OPERATE THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0384
Date: 2009-08-10 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ESTERO BAY
NearestCityTown: FT MYERS BEACH
County: LEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: Excessive speed
AccidentCause3: restricted vision
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Grounding
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR FAILED TO KEEP LOOK OUT, WHILE LOOKING AT THE GPS UNIT IN A RAIN STORM. THE OPERATOR DROVE V1 INTO THE MANGROVE POINT AT FULL PLANE. ONE PERSON ON BORAD WAS EJECTED INTO THE MANGROVES. ONE INJURY REPORTED, ALTHOUGH OCCUPANT REFUSED TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0385
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-17 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: JENA
County: DIXIE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Friday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Struck by Propeller
RedactedNarrative:
THE VICTIM WAS SNORKELING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF ROCKY CREEK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY V1. THE VICTIM WAS RETREIVED OUT OF THE WATER BY OCCUPANTS OF V1 AND TRANSPORTED TO SEA HAG MARINA IN STEINHATCHEE, FL. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SEA HAG MARINA.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0386
Date: 2009-05-24 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE GEORGE
NearestCityTown: SALT SPRINGS
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Storm
Visibility: Poor
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
V1 CAPSIZED DURING A TORRENTIAL RAIN STORM ON LAKE GEORGE NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SILVER GLEN SPRINGS. ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS: TWO ADULTS AND FIVE JUVENILES. WHEN THE VESSEL CAPSIZED, IT TURNED COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN TRAPPING ONE ADULT AND THE FIVE JUVENILES IN THE CABIN. THE VESSEL EVENTUALLY TURNED UPRIGHT BUT NOT BEFORE THREE OF THE JUVENILES DROWNED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0387
Date: 2009-08-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:54:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BISCAYNE BAY
NearestCityTown: MIAMI
County: DADE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Wednesday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (non-fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN BISCAYNE BAY. APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY, V1 OPERATOR SAW BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE ROOM. OPERATOR WENT INTO THE ENGINE ROOM AND SAW THE STARBOARD ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HE EXHAUSTED 3 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, HOWEVER, THE FIRE WAS TOO BIG AND COULD NOT BE PUT OUT. OPERATOR JUMPED INTO THE WATER AS THE REST OF THE VESSEL BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0388
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-08-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 10:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CANAL (N-17)
NearestCityTown: DAVIE
County: BROWARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Unknown
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Tuesday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Skier Mishap
RedactedNarrative:
V1 HAD ONE PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS TRAVELING THROUGH A CANAL PULLING A TUNE WITH ONE PERSON ABOARD IT. V1 WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE TUBE BECAME AIRBORNE AND WENT TOWARD THE EAST SIDE OF THE CANAL. THE VICTIM WAS THROWN FROM THE TUBE AND MADE IMPACT WITH THE EASTERN CANAL BANK. THE VICTIM SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0389
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS RIVER
NearestCityTown: DELTONA
County: VOLUSIA
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inattention
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 THROTTLED HIS JET SKI, CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO THE WATER WITH HER FEET SPREAD WIDE APART. THE FORCE OF THE WATER JET CAUSED INTERNAL INJURIES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0390
Date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 09:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE TARPON
NearestCityTown: TARPON SPRINGS
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Person Ejected from Vessel
AccidentEvent2: sinking
RedactedNarrative:
 ACCORDING TO TWO DIFFERENT WITNESSES, V1 WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE VESSEL WENT AIRBORNE, EJECTING V1 OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING A PFD, BUT SUFFERED INJURIES. V1 STAYED AFLOAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BUT EVENTUALLY SANK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0391
Date: 2009-09-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: ST PETERSBURG BEACH
County: PINELLAS
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
CongestedWaters: -1
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Improper Lookout
AccidentCause2: congested waters
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Person struck by Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 AND V2 WERE PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND FROM PASS-A-GRILL CHANNEL ALONG THE BEACH. V2 WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AHEAD OF V1. V2 SUDDENLY STOPPED TO GET A DRINK. THE V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE DIRECTION, HOWEVER, WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO BEING HIT BY WAVES, SUBSEQUENTLY V1 STRUCK V2 FROM THE STARBOARD STERN CONTINUING ACROSS THE REAR OF THE VESSEL STRIKING AND EJECTING THE V2 OPERATOR. A PASSING VESSEL BROUGHT THE V2 OPERATOR ABOARD AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MARY'S PIER, THEN TRANSPORTED TO BAYFRONT MEDICAL FOR TREATMENT.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0392
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-19 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: SHERWOOD LAKE
NearestCityTown: LAKELAND
County: POLK
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
AccidentCause2: weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
AccidentEvent3: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
THREE SUBJECTS WERE CANOEING IN A POND BEHIND THEIR RESIDENCE. THE OPERATOR ADVISED A SUDDN GUST OF WIND THAT MADE THE CANOE UNSTABLE AND THE CANOE FLIPPED. THE VICTIM COULD NOT SWIM AND WAS NOT WEARING A PFD THAT WAS IN THE CANOE. VICTIM STRUGGLED TO STAY AFLOAT AND RESCUE EFFORTS BY THE OPERATOR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. VICTIM DISAPPEARED BELOW THE WATER AND DID NOT RESURFACE. VICTIM'S DECEASED BODY WAS RECOVERED TWO DAYS LATER FLOATING IN THE POND.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0393
Date: 2009-07-04 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:13:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW, LONGBOAT KEY
NearestCityTown: BRADENTON BEACH
County: MANATEE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
HazardousWaters: -1
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Machinery Failure
AccidentCause2: hazardous waters
MachineryFailure: Engine
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 WAS BEING OPERATED JUST NORTH OF LONGBOAT PASS. THE ENGINE STALLED ON V1 AND THE STRONG CURRENT CAUSED V1 TO DRIFT UP AGAINST V2. THE OPERATOR OF V1 REMOVED THE SEAT TO ATTEMPT TO WORK ON THE ENGINE. THE STRONG CURRENT CAUSED V1 TO ROLL AND FILL THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH WATER. THE OCCUPANTS FROM V1 FELL INTO THE WATER AND THE STRONG CURRENT PULLED THE OPERATOR UNDER V2. HIS LIFE JACKET CAUGHT ON SOMETHING UNDER THE BARGE WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DROWNING DEATH.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0394
Date: 2009-07-20 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY
NearestCityTown: FREEPORT
County: WALTON
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: sharp turn
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Fixed Object
AccidentEvent2: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 STRUCK THE RELIEF BRIDGE ON THE HIGHWAY 331 CAUSEWAY. V1 OPERATOR APPROACHED THE RELIEF BRIDGE FROM THE EAST AND WAS HEADED WESTBOUND TO GO UNDER THE BRIDGE. WHEN V1 ENTERED UNDER THE BRIDGE THE VESSEL STRUCK THE BRIDGE PILING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL. THE VESSEL TURNED SIDEWAYS IN THE CHANNEL AFTER THE IMPACT CAUSING ONE OCCUPANT TO FALL OVERBOARD. HE WENT UNDER THE WATER JUST WEST OF THE BRIDGE. THE OCCUPANT NEVER SURFACED. V1 OPERATOR AND THE OTHER OCCUPANT OF V1 SUSTAINED NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THE BODY WAS LOCATED AT 18:30 JUST WEST OF THE RELIEF BRIDGE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0395
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:47:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: JUPITER
County: PALM BEACH
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Other
OtherAccidentCause: Passenger/skier behavior
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 HEADING FROM OFFSHORE FISHING TRIP INBOUND TOWARDS JUPITER INLET. V1 OPERATOR HEARS A "THUD" SOUND AND TURNS TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERS HIS WIFE WHO WAS SITTING ON THE BENCH SEAT AT THE STERN OF THE VESSEL HAD FALLEN OVERBOARD AND IS NOW LYING FACE DOWN IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BEHIND V1. V1 OPERATOR  IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VESSEL AROUND AND JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO HELP HIS WIFE. V1 OPERATOR GETS HER ONBOARD AND CALLS 911 FOR HELP AND TRIES TO GIVE HIS WIFE FIRST AID UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0396
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 14:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: PANAMA CITY BEACH
County: BAY
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Strong
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Force of Wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Capsizing
AccidentEvent2: Person Ejected from Vessel
RedactedNarrative:
TWO OCCUPANTS WENT KAYAKING IN THE GULF BEHIND THE SUNSET INN ON PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE OCCUPANTS WERE ONE ADULT MALE AND ONE JUVENILE MALE, WHO SUFFERED FROM DOWN SYNDROME. THE ADULT MALE TRIED TO GET THE JUVENILE TO WEAR A PFD, BUT HE REFUSED. THEY HAD JUST LEFT SHORE AND WERE PADDLING WHEN A WAVE ROLLED THEM OVER. THE ADULT STATED THAT THEY WERE ONLY ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM SHORE AND THE SURF WAS ABOUT TWO TO THREE FEET. operator SAID WHEN THEY FELL OUT OF THE KAYAK, THE WAVES CONTINUED TO PUSH THE KAYAK TOWARDS SHORE AND HE COULDN'T GRAB IT. operator SAID THE UNDERTOW WAS STRONG AND victim PANICKED. BY THE TIME operator COULD GET victim TO SHORE HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.
THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WAS THERE WITHIN 4 MINUTES OF GETTING THE CALL. HE HELPED WITH THE CPR, INCLUDING SHOCKING victim ONCE WITH THE AED BEFORE EMS ARRIVED. victim WAS TAKEN BY EMS TO BAY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO SACRED HEART HOSPITAL IN PENSACOLA, FL. Victim WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SUNDAY 4/12/2009.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0397
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-09-07 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 15:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: BLACKWATER RIVER
NearestCityTown: MILTON
County: SANTA ROSA
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Monday
AccidentCause1: Operator Inexperience
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
A 15 FOOT VESSEL OCCUPIED BY THREE SUBJECTS WAS HEADING SOUTH ON THE BLACKWATER RIVER. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST HIS SEAT LETTING GO OF THE WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO GO INTO A SHARP RIGHT TURN EJECTING ALL THREE SUBJECTS. ONE SUBJECTS, LEFT THIGH CAUGHT ONTO THE VESSEL'S AFT PORT CLEAT CAUSING A LACERATION


BARDID: 2009-FL-0398
AVesselLoss: 0
Date: 2009-07-26 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 03:00:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: INDIAN RIVER LAGOON
NearestCityTown: SEBASTIAN
County: BREVARD
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Sunday
AccidentCause1: Unknown
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Falls overboard
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR WAS NAVIGATING NORTHBOUND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ICW NEAR CHANNL MARKER 60 WHEN AN INKNOWN OCCURRENCE HAPPENED, CAUSING THE EJECTION OF THE OPERATOR INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. V1 OPERATOR DIED AS A RESULT OF DROWNING. V1 WAS LOCATED 2.18 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE VICTIM. V1 WAS OUT OF GAS AND DRIFITNG UPRIGHT. V1'S OUTBOARD MOTOR WAS ENGAGED IN FORWARD GEAR, TURNED TO STARBOARD, AND TILLER HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0399
Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 19:08:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ST JOHNS MARSH SURVEYOR TRAIL
NearestCityTown: FELLSMERE
County: INDIAN RIVER
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Excessive Speed
AccidentCause2: Navigation Rules Violation
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Collision with Recreational Vessel
AccidentEvent2: Fall in vessel
RedactedNarrative:
V1 OPERATOR MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AT A PLANING SPEED AND COLLIDED WITH V2'S PORT SIDE RESULTING IN SERIOUS AND FATAL INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD OF V2. THE TURN WAS MADE IN A NARROW CHANNEL WITH AN OBSTRUCTED VIEW DUE TO GROWING VEGETATION. V2 SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE DURING THE COLLISION AND WAS INOPERABLE.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0400
Date: 2009-08-29 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 13:05:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY LARGO
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Choppy
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Loading
AccidentCause2: Force of wave/wake
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS SECURED TO A MOORING BALL AT KEY LARGO DRY ROCKS. THE VESSEL TOOK ON WATER FROM THE STERN AND THEN CAPSIZED. OPERATOR WAS SNORKELING WHEN VESSEL CAPSIZED.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0402
Date: 2009-09-12 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 16:45:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: GULF OF MEXICO
NearestCityTown: LONG KEY
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Calm
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Light
Visibility: Unkn
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Ignition of Spilled Fuel or Vapor
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Fire/explosion (fuel)
RedactedNarrative:
FUEL VAPORS INSIDE ENGINE COWLING COVER OF OUTBOARD ENGINE IGNITED WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO START ENGINE AFTER FUELING WHILE MOORED TO MARINA FUEL DOCK.


BARDID: 2009-FL-0403
Date: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Time: 1899-12-30 18:30:00
State: FL
NameOfBodyOfWater: ATLANTIC OCEAN
NearestCityTown: KEY COLONY BEACH
County: MONROE
WaterConditions: Rough
StrongCurrent: 0
Wind: Moderate
Visibility: Fair
DayofWeek: Saturday
AccidentCause1: Improper Anchoring
AccidentCause2: Weather
MachineryFailure: na
EquipmentFailure: na
AccidentEvent1: Flooding/swamping
AccidentEvent2: capsizing
RedactedNarrative:
VESSEL WAS AT ANCHIR IN ROUGH SEAS. THE VESSEL WAS ANCHORED PROPERLY FROM THE BOW BUT THE OPERATOR DID NOT LET OUT ENOUGH ROPE. THE LACK OF ROPE INHIBITED THE VESSEL FROM RIDING ABOVE THE HEAVY SEAS. THE VESSEL TOOK ON WATER FROM THE WAVES CRASHING OVER THE BOW AND THIS OVERWHELMED THE VESSEL'S BILGE SYSTEM, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.


