NTSB 6120.4F Narrative Statement - Ultimate Rhoads

Randy Rhodes was part of Ozzy Osborne's solo band.

The band's bus driver was a pilot as well. Ozzy could have been killed on March 19, 1982. The Pilot had cocaine his urine.

History of Flight:
At 10:00 e.s.t. on March 19, 1982, aircraft N567LT, a Beech model F35, collided with a vehicle, tree and residence while the pilot was executing low passes over a residence on the south side of the eastern end of runway 11 at the Flying Baron Estates airport, Leesburg, FL. The pilot and passengers were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and fire. There were no injuries to persons on the ground but the bus with which the aircraft collided was damaged, the tree was severed, 2 automobiles in the garage of the Georgian type residence were destroyed and the residence was extensively damaged when the post crash fire spread to the main part of the structure.
The accident involved personnel associated with Ozzy Osbourne's rock band, who had traveled to Leesburg in their private Greyhound type bus after completing a concert in Knoxville, TN on the evening of March 18th. The pilot was employed as the driver of the bus and the group had arrived at the Flying Baron Estates private airport at about 09:00 on the accident date. Prior to the fatal flight, the pilot made a short local flight with 2 members of the group aboard during which he made several low passes over the area. After taking off on the second flight with 2 other members of the group on board, the pilot made more low passes over the area. The group's bus was parked about 60 feet in front of the north facing residence and on the final low pass the left wing collided with the bus. The aircraft was in a left bank at the time of the collision and the bulk of the aircraft structure crossed over the bus and severed a large pine tree before crashing through the roof of the garage on the west end of the residence where post crash fire erupted.