V1 OCCUPANTS WERE FISHING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. V1'S MOTORS WERE ON AND THEY WERE DRIFTING. V1 OPERATOR HEARD A "POP" COME FROM INSIDE THE CENTER CONSOLE, AND WHEN HE WENT TO SEE WHAT THE SOUND WAS, HE ALSO OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM A SIDE VENT OF THE CONSOLE. V1 OPERATOR GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PLACED THE NOZZLE INTO THE VENT. THE EXTINGUISHER ONLY WORKED FOR A SECOND BEFORE FAILING. THE OPERATOR THEN HEARD ANOTHER "POP", SO THE OCCUPANTS WENT INTO THE WATER.

UPON FURTHE QUESTIONING, THE OPERATOR STATED THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK, AND TWO FUEL CONTAINERS BEING STORED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE ELECTRONICS ABOARD V1 WERE CONNECTED TO THE BATTERIES WHICH WERE ALSO STORED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE.
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