Duck boat tour's final minutes chronicled in preliminary ntsb report duck boat tour's final minutes chronicled in preliminary ntsb report an amphibious boat is seen at ride the ducks on july 20. The ntsb has released a preliminary report on their findings during their investigation of the duck boat sinking at tabel rock lake in july. here is the full report: “on thursday, july 19, 2018, about 7:05 p.m. central daylight time, the amphibious passenger vessel stretch duck 7 owned and operated by ride the ducks branson sank in table rock. The captain of the ill-fated duck boat that sank in missouri earlier this month had checked the weather reports and discussed safety procedures, including the location of life jackets, an initial.
The report notes ntsb investigations of other duck boat incidents and states, "after the 1999 sinking of the miss majestic, the ntsb identified vehicle maintenance, coast guard inspections. The duck captain, identified in a missouri state highway patrol report as kenneth mckee, "was told to take the water portion of the tour first," the ntsb said, "by an individual who briefly. In a parenthetical explanation in its news release, the ntsb said the captain operates the duck boat on water and the driver operates it on the road. when the boat entered the lake, the water was.