OPERATOR HAD BEEN TRAVELING SOUTH (UPSTREAM) IN THE SECONDARY CHANNEL. THE CHANNEL RUNS CLOSE TO THE WEST BANK OF THE LAKE. OPERATOR WAS NAVIGATING WITH THE AID OF A GPS UNIT, WHEN HE STRUCK A BOAT DOCK. THE VESSEL WAS ON PLANE AND BEING OPERATED WITH A HOT FOOT.  THE VESSEL STRUCK THE NORTH EAST POINT OF THE DOCK WITH THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL APPROXIMATLY FOUR FEET FROM THE BOW. THE VESSEL SHOWS DAMAGE FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT TO THE STERN, THE KEEL AT THE STERN AND ON THE LOWER UNIT OF THE ENGINE. THE BOAT DOCK HAS DAMAGE ON BOTH THE NORTH PEER AND THE SOUTH PEER. PARTS OF THE VESSEL HULL WHERE FOUND ON THE BOAT DOCK.
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