NTSB Five Dead Realtors Pete knew three

The tragedies kept coming like as if it was a factory of mayhem crashes and witness murders.

We moved to Danville in 1996 had our first son got married and overtime Realtors would come looking to buy the house or introduce themselves asking if you wanted to buy a house if we wanted to sell the house or refinance.

These two nice ladies walked up saying they represented as so-and-so agency and that they were a team Davis some flyers and business.

That's how I met Floria Hakimi nicest lady in the world, genuine and honest. I don't remember the other person but a common tactic before the internet was so big was panning for customers in the old belly-to-belly way face2face Hi how are you doing I'm here to having him a personal conversation with you.

By 2003 my software career was tanking oh, I shut my Corporation down close my offices and pulled back into the house, income was crashing little did I know that my grass roots activism had a lot to do with my name being passed around to corporations put on a do not hire.

I change gears and started doing mortgages in Danville because the recruiters now dominated by mostly Indian Nationals we're telling me I needed to reinvent myself.

I started doing mortgages it first at Mount Diablo mortgage then second at Diablo funding and then lastly Charter, made some commissions but nothing stellar just enough to pay the short-term Freight.

This very nice lady that work next door at Better Homes and Gardens then single Lara Shepherd.  She had a art and history degree and we would talk about American history because of my family history which is all the way back to the Mayflower.

Then I remember seeing Scott Shepherd in Peet's Coffee Walnut Creek, the location of several other plane crashes of Pilots that I've known.

The other two way under my age radar treatment of met them other than I might have seen the DJ different events but I typically didn't go go to DJ events.

You can find legal documents binding Scott Shepherd, plumpjack, KKR, and other notable financing.

It appears mr. Shepherd setup some of plumpjacks real estate holdings and that reads to Gavin Newsom who is the founder of plumpjack

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Last Message Unheeded in Mall Crash--Investigator

December 26, 1985|Associated Press

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CONCORD, Calif. — The experienced pilot of a plane that crashed into a mall filled with Christmas shoppers never acknowledged a message urging him to seek radar assistance while landing in fog, a federal investigator reported.

Four people died and at least 74 were hospitalized after the Beechcraft Baron slammed through the roof of a Macy's at Sun Valley Mall, raining melted roofing tar and flaming aviation fuel on the panicked crowd below. Nine victims of Monday night's tragedy remained in critical condition Wednesday.

The plane missed an approach to fog-shrouded Buchanan Field and had been advised by flight controllers to contact nearby Travis Air Force Base for radar assistance, according to Don Llorente, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator.

The pilot never answered the message and crashed 10 to 20 seconds later at the mall, less than a mile from Buchanan Field but a half-mile off the standard aborted-landing maneuver, Llorente said.Routine to Ask

The airport manager, Hal Wight, said it was routine for planes landing in the fog to ask for radar assistance from the Air Force base 20 miles away because Buchanan Field has no radar.

The ill-fated plane's pilot, James Mountain Graham, 67, of Oakland, was the former president of an aviation company based at Buchanan and flew into the airport at least once a week.

"He was an excellent pilot," fellow pilot Tom Bruerton said. "He knows every inch of Contra Costa County. It's incomprehensible to me that the accident could have been pilot error."

But Mark Feldman, chief instructor at Pacific State Aviation at Buchanan, said the thick, low fog that limited visibility to three-quarters of a mile "would tax the average airline pilot. . . . He would have had his hands full."

Concern for Propeller

Llorente had said Tuesday evening that his team was unable to find the second propeller from the twin-engine plane, raising the possibility it fell off before crashing.

"We usually find everything at the site," he said then.

However, mall security officers found the missing propeller Wednesday wedged between an information booth and a stroller rental concession, police Lt. Richard Gordy said, adding that federal investigators would resume their search today for the cause of the tragedy.

The accident has also generated new concern about a plan by Pacific Southwest Airlines to start commercial jet passenger service at the airport, which opened in 1946 when the now-bustling city of Concord was a farm town with 4,000 residents.

Llorente said his agency would review the plans as it investigates the crash, and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo) urged the Federal Aviation Administration to bar the new service until the investigation is complete. Contra Costa County Supervisor Sunne McPeak said the supervisors will review the safety of PSA's plans Jan. 14.

Pilot for 50 Years

Graham, a Navy flier in World War II who had been a pilot for nearly 50 years, died on impact along with his two passengers, who were identified by the county coroner's office as John Frederick Lewis, 48, of Oakland, and Brian Ward Oliver, 23, of Alamo, a nearby community. Lewis had been a Red Cross volunteer and the agency, unaware that he was in the crash, called his home Monday night to see if he could help at the mall.

The fourth fatality, Pamela Stanford, 22, of Antioch, another nearby community, died Christmas Eve after suffering burns over 80% of her body. She had gone to the mall to pick up her wedding ring and to shop for last-minute gifts for her fiance. Stanford was to be married Feb. 1.

Gordy said area hospitals reported treating 80 people in connection with the crash, but noted the list might include some patients transferred from one hospital to another. An independent check of the hospitals showed 74 injuries, exclusive of transfers.

Fourteen people, including the nine in critical condition, remained hospitalized Wednesday.

Seven in Berkeley Hospital

Seven of the critical patients were at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. Dr. Jerrold Z. Kaplan, director of the hospital's burn unit, said the heavily sedated patients must undergo extremely painful treatments. On a scale of one to 10, the pain "probably rates an 11 or 12," he said.

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NTSB: Cessna 152, N93316

National Transportation Safety Board

Aviation Accident Preliminary Report

Location:	Concord, CA	Accident Number:	WPR18FA075
Date & Time:	01/29/2018, 0945 PST	Registration:	N93316
Aircraft:	CESSNA 152	Injuries:	1 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under:	Part 91: General Aviation - Personal

On January 29, 2018, about 0945 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 152, N93316, impacted terrain near the Military Ocean Terminal Concord facility, on the Navy Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) property, Concord, California. The Airline Transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 Code of Federal RegulationsPart 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from the Buchanan Field Airport (CCR) Concord, California, about 0937.

Examination of the accident site by the National Transportation Safety Board, investigator-in-charge, revealed that all the major components of the airplane were contained within the main wreckage. The debris trail was about 200 ft long. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage.

The 0953 recorded weather observation at CCR, located about 5 miles west of the accident site, showed calm winds, visibility 5 miles and mist, clear skies, temperature 11° C, dew point 9° C, and an altimeter setting of 30.29 inches of mercury.

The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make:	CESSNA	Registration:	N93316
Model/Series:	152 NO SERIES	Aircraft Category:	Airplane
Amateur Built:	No
Operator:	On file	Operating Certificate(s) Held:	None

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site:	Visual Conditions	Condition of Light:	Day
Observation Facility, Elevation:	CCR, 25 ft msl	Observation Time:	0953 PST
Distance from Accident Site:	5 Nautical Miles	Temperature/Dew Point:	11°C / 9°C
Lowest Cloud Condition:	Clear	Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction:	Calm / ,
Lowest Ceiling:	None	Visibility	5 Miles
Altimeter Setting:	30.29 inches Hg	Type of Flight Plan Filed:	None
Departure Point:	CONCORD, CA (CCR)	Destination:

Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries:	1 Fatal	Aircraft Damage:	Substantial
Passenger Injuries:	N/A	Aircraft Fire:	None
Ground Injuries:	N/A	Aircraft Explosion:	None
Total Injuries:	1 Fatal	Latitude, Longitude:	38.001111, -121.988611 (est)

Administrative Information
Investigator In Charge (IIC):	Albert P Nixon
Additional Participating Persons:	Matthew Deseelhorst; Federal Aviation Administration; Oakland, CA
Note:	The NTSB traveled to the scene of this accident.

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