V-1 WAS DRIFTING WHEN V-2 STRUCK V-1.  OPERATOR OF V-2 SAID THEY DID NOT SEE V-1 DUE TO NO LIGHTS BEING DISPLAYED ON V-1.  OPERATOR OF V-1 SAID HIS NAVIGATION LIGHTS WERE ON BUT DID NOT HAVE A WHITE LIGHT VISIBLE FROM 360 DEGREES DISPLAYED.  WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW NO LIGHTS ON V-1.  V-2 STRUCK V-1 AT APPROX A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, STARBOARD SIDE, JUST FORWARD OF THE OPERATORS SEAT.  V-2 RAMPED V-1 AND EXITED THE PORT SIDE JUST FORWARD OF THE TRANSOM.  OPERATOR OF V-2 SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE HAD HIT UNTIL HE WENT BACK TO CHECK.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX .16 MILES NORTH OF THE SOUTH SHORE AND APPROX .31 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTH SHORE OF CHEROKEE LANDING AND APPROX .37 MILES WEST OF THE ELK CREEK CAMPGROUND.
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