RedactedNarrative: On 5/27/14 0915 officer received a call that subject and his brother had been in a boating accident at bangor boat ramp in rowan co. Officer met both parties at brother's home. Both gave statements that were consistent with each other. They stated that they had launched subject’s bass hawk boat and were in the process of bringing the boat on plane to run up the lake. As operator brought the throttle from idle to about half way they both heard a loud pop from the motor/transom area. They looked at each other and asked, "what was that?" operator attempted to come on plane again and water rushed at them from the front live well area. The boat began to sink in the rear and brother tried to go to the front of the boat to raise the transom area out of the water. They said in a few seconds they were in the water and the boat was floating bow in the air and within a few seconds more it was completely sunk. Both brothers stated that they had not hit a stump or anything floating in the water.