RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was traveling northwest across Lake Tarpon when it's steering cable broke. The vessel made a hard turn to port and stopped, throwing two occupants into the water.  
  
  The vessel quickly filled with water then sank. All five people from Vessel 1 were picked up by another vessel and taken to shore. Vessel 1, a 15ft air boat was heading northwest on Lake Tarpon with the operator and four passengers in it. The lake was calm and the winds were not very strong. Vessel 1 was traveling at about 20 miles per hour. As Vessel 1 reached the middle of the lake it made a turn hard to  port, without any steering input from the operator, and stopped. Two of the passengers were thrown from the vessel. The vessel immediately took on water and sunk in about 11 feet of water. Everyone on the vessel was able to put on a PFD. An onlooker saw what happened and picked them up and brought them to shore.
  
     When asked about the accident, the operator stated that the streering cable broke and the vessel then made a hard turn to the left. No one was injured in the accident. The next day the owner of the vessel was eventually able to remove it from the water.
  