ON 6/29/12 THE VESSEL WAS APPROACHING THE DOCK AT CANAL LAKE RESORT IN THE DIVERSION CANAL WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED. operator's WIFE WAS SEATED IN A PEDESTAL SEAT ON THE PONTOON.Operator ADVISED HIS WIFE TO REMAIN SEATED, UNTIL HE DOCKED THE VESSEL. AT WHICH TIME SHE LEANED FORWARD, THE SEAT BROKE AND SHE FELL OVERBOARD HITTING HER HEAD ON THE DOCK. Operator AND OTHERS REMOVED HIS WIFE FROM THE WATER AND BEGAN CPR. ON 7/12/12, wife PASSED AWAY FROM A BREAK IN HER C-4VERTEBRA; THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS BOATING FATALITY IS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.