RedactedNarrative: At 12:30 hours on August 13, 2018, my supervisor of the Ohio Department of Natural Recourses advised me that I needed to contact the Owner/Operator of said vessel regarding a boating accident that occurred on August 12, 2018.  At this time, I contacted Owner/operator by telephone.  The Owner/operator advised me that he had been boating on the Muskingum River near the Philo Dam (Lock 9).  He advised me that while he was on his boat, his boat went over the top of the dam, creating damage to the bottom of his boat and he wanted to make a report.  
  
  I met with Owner/operator on August 13, 2018 at 15:27 hours at his residence where I was able to observe his vessel, Ohio watercraft 2947FL. The vessel was a 19’5”, Stratos Bass Boat, red and grey in color.  I was able to observe that the gel coat had been scrapped off on the bottom of the vessel.  Photos were taken of the damage.  I then asked Owner/Operator, if he would be willing to write a statement about the incident. He agreed to my request and advised me that the boating accident occurred on August 12, 2018 at approximately 08:55 hours. In his statement, he stated that he and another occupant on the vessel were fishing on the Muskingum River near the Philo Dam (Lock 9).  He then advised that his trolling motor lost power and he did not have time to start his main motor before the boat was being washed over the dam.  The Owner/Operator, stated that as the vessel was washing over the dam, he jumped from the vessel and swam to the shoreline opposite of the Lock wall.  The Owner/Operator stated that the occupant of the vessel stayed on the vessel during the incident.  He then stated that he got aboard the vessel on the shoreline and they returned to the South Zanesville pool, He stated that neither of them were wearing life jackets and no one was injured.  
  
  The Owner/operator's statement was in correspondence to the damage that was on the boat.  After gathering the vessels information from Owner/operator, I completed a vessel safety inspection on the vessel.  The Owner/Operator was advised the registration numbers on his vessel were in violation and he was advised to fix them.  He was not issued a vessel safety inspection decal.  I then cleared from left the residence with no further incident. The estimated damage of the Owner/Operator's boat is approximately $3500.00.