RedactedNarrative: On 6/27/2016 i was dispatched to the homosassa river in reference to a sunk airboat. While enroute i was advised by dispatch that all three persons on board the vessel made it to shore safely and there were no injuries. I made contact with the reporting person and passenger by phone, and requested his assistance in locating the air boat. I advised subject we needed to ensure the boat did not pose a navigational hazard, and that it wasn't leaking fuel into the river. I picked subject up at his residence and met officer at macrae's boat ramp, where he was waiting with a patrol vessel.    
  
  With the assistance of subject we were able to locate the vessel just north of the marked channel near marker 6, (28*47.43373n  / 82*36.60485w), in about 8' of water. Sea tow arrived on scene and marked the vessel with a buoy equipped with a strobe light. 
  
  Subject advised the operator was headed east, (up river), at approximately 20-25 mph when a larger boat passed them on their left headed in the opposite direction. Subject stated when the hit the other boat's wake somehow the air boat began taking on water and he wasn’t sure exactly what happened. Subject and the other two occupants swam to the north shore of the river.
  
  On 6/28/2016 i made contact with the registered owner and operator at the scene as he was recovering the vessel from the water. Owner corroborated subject's account of the incident and advised when he encountered the wake from the larger boat, water came over the port side of his vessel and caused his vessel to sink.
  
  Neither Subject, nor Owner could advise the name or any contact info of the 3rd passenger. They could only advise he was a white male in his 40's.
  
  owner estimated damage to his vessel engine to be approximately $3000-$3500.  I did not observe any visible damage to the vessel hull, cage, or engine.