BOAT #1 WAS TRAVELING DOWNSTREAM ON THE BEAVERDAM CREEK PORTION OF SMITH MOUNDTAIN LAKE. THE OPERATOR MOVED THE THROTTLE FROM THE FORWARD POSITION TO THE REVERSE POSITION CAUSING THE BOW TO SUBMERGE THE BOAT TO TAKE ON WATER. THE WATER MOVED TO THE REAR OF THE BOAT, THE BOAT BECAME UNSTABLE AND CAPSIZED.
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