RedactedNarrative: Boat operator and his wife were fishing at night on Cooney Reservoir.  The front navigation lights were working, but the rear 360 while light was not working, he also had a spotlight on the vessel but he could not get it to work.  He had no other lights of any kind on the vessel.  
  After fishing for approximately half an hour, he decided to return to the boat ramp.  He was navigating by feel, at night, with no moon and heavy cloud cover and no artificial lights to aid in navigation.  He accelerated enough to bring the boat on to full plane.  He could not say how long he had been operating a full plane when his wife screamed "land" and he saw that they were rapidly approaching shore.  He did not have time to maneuver away or cut the throttle before the boat struck land.  
  He was thrown against the steering column and his wife was thrown from her seat into the front of the vessel.  The operator suffered some bruises and small scrapes and abrasions, his wife suffered bruising, and moderate to severe laceration to her left knee.  He left the vessel beached at the park and drove his wife into Billings to the hospital for treatment.