ON 08/15/09 AT APPROX. 2145 HRS., VESSEL 1 WITH 4 POB WAS EASTBOUND IN COX CREEK OFF EASTERN BAY AT APPROX 30 KNTS.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 FAILED TO OBSERVE A PIER EMERGING OUT FROM THE SHORELINE. VESSEL 1 STRUCK THE PIER, DESTROYING SAME, CONTINUED ON AND STRUCK A BULKHEAD ALONG THE SHORELINE.  VESSEL 1 WENT AIRBORNE FOR 59 FEET, IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 84 FEET.
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