RedactedNarrative: On Monday 5/30/2022, at approximately 3:30PM, a 31 foot Sonic SS cigarette-style boat owned by operator launched from Mandeville Harbor (St. Tammany Parish) with six total passengers on board. Shortly after idling through the break water no wake zone., the captain noticed the vessel would not get on plane. The captain raised the back engine compartment hatch and saw the compartment half filled with water. He attempted to turn the vessel back to port, but the seating area began to fill with water. At this point, all the passengers except the captain donned their Type II PFD"s and placed them around their neck and bodies and entered into the water. 
  
  One person panicked as he entered the water with his PFD on. Subject1 altered his life jacket from around his neck, and slipped his PFD around his lower torso area, thus losing proper buoyancy and drowned.  His body was later found floating just below the surface of the water, and was recovered by St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Marine Division. Subject1' body was turned over to the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office for medical examination. The five other passengers in the water were all rescued by two Good Samaritan boaters in the area. 
  
  One other passenger who was safely rescued was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment due to water ingestion, and was later released that same night from the hospital. 
  
  Alcohol nor drugs were used in this incident. The vessel had adequate numbers of PFD's on board. Four of the six passengers wore their PFDs. The kill switch was not attached to the operator at the time of the incident. The cause of the incident is Other: Faulty Repair. The type of incident is flooding which lead to sinking.
  