RedactedNarrative: On June 4, 2017, an airboat (FL 5285 PZ) with five occupants onboard was heading northbound in a canal just south of the Thomas Lawon boat ramp when it struck a tree limb damaging the motor cage and the propeller. An occupant's arm was also injured from the tree limb. The injured party was transported to Holmes Regional once back at the boat ramp. operator/owner of the vessel. 
  
  He advised there had been five occupants onboard at the time of the accident.  He said that he was driving northbound in a narrow canal around 10-15 miles per hour when he steered the vessel towards the east to avoid a tree limb that was protruding out from the west side of the canal. When he did this the starboard (east) side of the vessel struck an object underneath the water line pushing the vessel back towards the west and directly into the tree limb. 
  
  The tree limb struck Occupant1 who was sitting in the rear port side seat, lacerating his left arm. The tree limb also struck the airboat’s motor cage causing damage. One of the blades of the propeller was also damaged due to either the tree limb or the pieces of the damaged cage. The boat was able to be driven at idle speed back to the ramp where emergency personnel were standing by to treat Occupant1. Once at the ramp, Occupant1 was transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center where he received two staples. ; 
  