AT 16:05 HRS ON MARCH 8, 2012, RECEIVED REPORT OF POSSIBLE BOATING ACCIDENT AT LAKE TOWNSEND NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE NORTH CHURCH STREET BRIDGE IN GREENSBORO, NC.  LAKE WARDEN INDICATED THAT OPERATOR WAS SAFE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.  AT 17:05 HRS, I ARRIVED AT N36, 16284 W 079. 78828 AND OBSERVED NC6899AU SUBMERGED WITH ONLY THE MOTOR AND BOW OF THE VESSEL ABOVE THE WATERLINE.  GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDERWATER RECOVERY TEAM WAS PREPARING THE VESSEL FOR RECOVERY.

OPERATOR AND OWNER, INDICATED THAT HE WAS IDLING WEST ON THE LAKE AT 15-18 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE TRANSOM AREA OF THE VESSEL.  INDICATED THAT THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE FIBERGLASS TEARING/CRACKING.  OPERATOR LOOKED IN THE BILGE AREA DND COULD NOT SEE ANY WATER IN SAME AND STARTED TO MAKE HIS WAY TO SHORE.  STATED THAT A VERY SHORT TIME LATER THE VESSEL BEGAN TO FILL WITH WATER.  Operator WAS ABLE TO GET ASHORE BEFORE VESSEL SUBMERGED AT THE VICINITY OF THE NORTH CHURCH STREET BRIDGE (PHOTO IN WRITTEN REPORT).

AT 20:45 HRS, THE VESSEL WAS TRAILERED AND INSPECTED AT THE LAKE TOWNSEND MARINA.  VESSEL TRANSOM WAS CRACKER/SPLIT AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE MOTOR BOLTS TO SAME.  APPEARED THAT THE TRANSOM MATERIAL HAD FAILED DUE TO ITS AGE AND THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTOR (SEE PHOTO 3 AND 4).

UPON COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION, NO CHARGES WERE FILED AND OPERATOR DID NOT NEED NOR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
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