About 2051 P.d.t., on September 13, 1976, the PEARL-C, a charter fishing boat, turned over on its port side, flooded, and sank while being towed across the Columbia River Bar near Astoria, Oregon by a U.S. Coast Guard 44-foot motor lifeboat. No one aboard the PEARL-C was wearing personal flotation devices. Of the 10 persons aboard the PEARL-C, 2 persons were rescued, 1 person drowned, and 7 persons, including the vessel operator, are missing. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the Coast Guard to conduct an effective and expeditious search, which resulted in the PEARL-C being towed over the Columbia River Bar in adverse conditions, where it capsized and sank due to a reduction in stability caused by boarding seas. Contributing factors were the effects of wind, towline angle, fuel shift, and an inadequate closure to the engine compartment.


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    Titel :

    Marine Accident Report. Charter Fishing Boat PEARL-C Sinking on the Columbia River Bar Near Astoria, Oregon, September 13, 1976


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977


    Format / Umfang :

    48 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch