RedactedNarrative: According to statements from occupants and witnesses, on Saturday August 21, 2021 a 2005 Crownline was leaving the area known as Black Fox on Norris Lake, the occupants noticed that the boat''s engine was not running properly.  The operator stopped the boat, and the engine compartment was opened.  Water was discovered to be entering the compartment and some of the occupants along with witnesses attempted to bail the water out using buckets and cups.  There was also an attempt to use the bilge pump, but it would not turn on.  At some point another boat began to tow the Crownline but it took on too much water and partially sank.
  
  Waterway Description
  
  The partially sunk Crownline was secured to shore in Union County on Norris Lake.  It was also approximately 430 yards from the border with Claiborne County and approximately 0.6 miles across the main section of the lake from the no wake area of Straight Creek Marina in Claiborne County. *** Notes
  
  - The equipment failure was the bilge pump
  
  