operator WAS OUT IN BACKWATERS OF LAKE HERNANDO CRUISING IN HIS AIRBOAT. THE CAGE ON VESSEL BROKE AT THE WELDS DUE TO RUST CAUSING THE BRACES OF THE CAGE TO STRIKE THE PROP. THE PROP HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND WAS NOT OPERABLe. operator AND ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS ATTEMPTED TO ASSESs THE DAMAGE BUT AS THEY STOOD THE VESSEL BEGAN TO LIST AND TAKE ON WATER. THE VESSEL THEN SANK AND CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTOM IN THE STARBOARD SIDE.
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