RedactedNarrative: On July 16, 2014 at approximately 9:20am owner and passenger were fishing from a 1983 Basstracker fishing boat (TN 9562 AS). They were near the east side of Bear Island located on Percy Preist lake in Nashville TN. Operator was in the front of the boat fishing from a elevated pedestal seat and Passenger was fishing from the rear casting deck. The front pedestal seat broke from its base and caused Operator to fall overboard on the right side of the boat in approximately 18 feet of water. He was not wearing a PFD. He began to struggle while in the water and could not reach the boat. The rear passenger was not able to reach him and the boat drifted further from the victim. The passenger used the outboard motor to reach the victim which at that time was unresponsive in the water. A nearby witness heard the passenger call for help and he met them and tried to help get the victim back on board. They were not able to do so. The victim was held alongside of the boats until they reached the nearby shoreline. Passenger called 911 and they proceeded to do CPR on the bank. A brief time later a Metro PD police helicopter located there exact position and guided Metro Fire/EMS and TWRA to the accident location. The victim was transported by fire boat to Cook''s boat ramp and EMS transported to Summit hospital were he was pronounced dead.