ON MONDAY, 8/17/09, operator WAS HEADING NORTH ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER. AROUND 13:15-13:30 operator WAS APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF THE DUCK RIVER. operator BEGAN PUSHING THINGS UNDER THE PASSENGER CONSOLE AND LOOKED UP AND SAW HE WAS HEADED DIRECTLY AT THE BANK. operator DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TURN THE BOAT BUT JUST BRACED FOR IMPACT. operator STATED THAT HE WAS PROBABLY TRAVELING AROUND 60 MPH. THE VESSEL HIT THE BANK, WENT AIRBORNE FOR SEVERAL FEET AND THEN SKIDDED UNTIL IT STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET FROM THE WATER'S EDGE. operator REMAINED IN THE VESSEL THROUGHOUT THE IMPACT AND SKIDDING. HE WAS UNINJURED.
NEW JOHNSONVILLE              