RedactedNarrative: On october 29, 2016 at approximately 2:00pm, a boating incident occurred on lake norman between lateral marker 2 and the peninsula yacht club. The vessel was a 2005, 10'10” bombardier rxt personal watercraft being operated.  Operator1 was operating the personal watercraft outside of the peninsula yacht club cove as a large yacht passed by.  The yacht created a large wake which operator1 ramped up and over.  As the personal watercraft landed, the impact caused operator1 to collide with the handlebar of the watercraft and he was ejected from the vessel. 
  
  October 29, 2016 was a clear sunny day on lake norman with calm water conditions.  Operator1 stated that he was drifting outside of the peninsula yacht club cove when a large yacht passed him at a high rate of speed.  Operator1 said that he navigated away from the large yacht, but still collided with the wake that it created.  He ramped up and over the wake and subsequently landed very abruptly.  This caused operator1 to collide with the handlebar and become ejected from the vessel.  Subject was operating a personal watercraft in the same area as operator1 and witnessed some of the events leading up to the incident.  Subject stated that he was jumping the wake approximately 150 yards behind the large yacht and that he turned around and observed operator1 also jumping the wake.  He stated that he turned back around to look towards operator1 and he was in the water.  Subject was able to navigate to operator1 and offer assistance.  Subject pulled operator1 onto his personal watercraft, tied up to operator1's watercraft and transported operator1 back to his residence.  Operator1's left arm was injured during the incident.  Subject stated that he called emergency services while transporting operator1 back to his residence.  Emergency services arrived at 17100 green dolphin ln. In cornelius and transported operator1 to huntersville presbyterian hospital at 10030 gilead rd. In huntersville. 
  
  It appeared as though this incident was a result of operator1 ramping a large vessel's wake and abruptly landing.  As the vessel landed, operator1's body still had forward momentum causing him to collide with the handlebar and become ejected from the vessel. This incident could have been prevented by slowing appropriately when encountering large vessel wakes.  As a result of this incident, operator1 was charged with having not met the north carolina boating safety education requirements and for operating a vessel in which the certificate of number was not in full force and effect.