RedactedNarrative: ON 06/16/2021 AT ABOUT 1330 OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE TRAVELING IN THEIR VESSEL SOUTH ON ADAMS CREEK, IN CARTERET COUNTY. THE OPERATOR HAD THE AUTOPILOT ACTIVATED ON THE VESSEL THAT KEPT IT MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ACCORDING TO IT'S INTERNAL COMPASS. 
  THEY WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHANNEL WHEN OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VESSEL TO THE EAST USING THE AUTOPILOT KNOB. THE AUTOPILOT WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AND THE VESSEL REMAINED ON A STRAIGHT COURSE HEADING TOWARD THE SHORELINE. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MANUAL CONTROL OF THE VESSEL AND TURN IT TO THE EAST, BUT IT DID NOT RESPOND. 
  OPERATOR AND PASSENGER DROPPED TO THE FLOOR OF THE VESSEL AS IT STRUCK A DOCK AND VESSEL THAT WAS ON A LIFT. OPERATOR'S VESSEL GLANCED OFF OF THE STERN AND MOTOR OF THE DOCKED VESSEL AND STRUCK A PYLON, BREAKING IT. THE VESSEL THEN CAME TO A STOP.