Plane Crash Kills 5, Cessna Registered To San Francisco Company

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A small plane that crashed in southern California Sunday was registered to San Francisco's Category III Aviation Corp., according to Federal Aviation Administration records. The twin engine Cessna 414 originally took off from Concord's Buchanan Airport, the FAA said, and crashed before it reached John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

Four people aboard the aircraft were identified as residents of the Bay Area, and one man was a resident of Los Angeles, the Orange County Coroner's Office reported.

One of the victims was identified by her family as 29-year-old Nasim Ghanadan, a Bay area realtor and resident of Alamo.

The others were Scott Shepherd, 53 and Lara Shepherd, 42, both of Diablo, Calif.; and Floria Hakami, 62 of Danville, Calif. -- and 32-year-old Navid Hakami of Los Angeles.

The plane crashed just before 12:30 p.m. near JWA, according to the FAA and the Orange County Fire Authority. The aircraft, manufactured in 1973 according to the FAA, declared an emergency before crashing.

No one was hurt on the ground as the plane clipped an unoccupied car, but "fortunately, that person was inside the store shopping at the time of impact," Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito said at a news conference Sunday afternoon.

The FAA is investigating, and the National Safety Transportation Board will determine the cause of the accident.

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City News Service contributed to this report/Photo courtesy of Ellaphant