On September 22, 2011 the 584 foot Luminous Ace, with 25 crew members, was headed towards California when an electrical outage caused the Luminous Ace’s pilot to lose control of the wheel. Due to the electrical outage the Luminous Ace lost all stearing capabilites, causing the Luminous Ace to drift outside the navigation channel and grounding around a 100 yards from the shore. In order to prevent the Luminous Ace from drifting farther the crew dropped anchor.
While two tugboats were headed to the scene and the Luminous Ace was grounded the Luminous Ace was able to restore electrical power. Shortly after electrical power was restored and before high tide the Luminous Ace floated free and was assisted to an anchorage near Astoria. After passing inspection by the Coast Guard on September 24, 2011 the Luminous Ace was allowed to continue on to its destination.
Out of the 25 members of the crew, no injuries were reported and the investigation is still on going to discover what the cause of the electrical outage was.
Under the Jones Act if any crew members had been injured or died due to incident the crew members and/or family members would have a right to seek compensation for pain, suffering, and loss.
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