Plane crash victims IDd — 4 were from East Bay

In this undated photo provided by Pacific Union shows Floria Hakimi, a Realtor at Pacific Union who was on the flight Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, that crashed in Santa Ana, Calif. The pilot of the Cessna 414 and all four passengers were killed but nobody on the ground was hurt, authorities said. The Orange County coroner's office on Monday identified the victims as Scott Shepherd, 53, and Lara Shepherd, 42, of Diablo, California; Floria Hakimi, 62, of Danville, California; Navid Hakimi, 32, of Los Angeles; and Nasim Ghanadan, 29, of Alamo, California. (Pacific Union via AP) less In this undated photo provided by Pacific Union shows Floria Hakimi, a Realtor at Pacific Union who was on the flight Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, that crashed in Santa Ana, Calif. The pilot of the Cessna 414 and all ... more Photo: Associated Press Photo: Associated Press Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Plane crash victims IDd — 4 were from East Bay 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

Three real estate agents at a Danville firm were among the five people killed when a small plane crashed in a Southern California parking lot, authorities said Monday.

The Orange County coroner’s office said those killed in crash Sunday were Lara Shepherd, 42, and Scott Shepherd, 53, of Diablo; Floria Hakimi, 62, of Danville; Navid Hakimi, 32, of Los Angeles; and Nasim Ghanadan, 29, of Alamo.

Scott Shepherd was the pilot, officials said.

The plane, a twin-engine Cessna 414, took off from Concord’s Buchanan Field and was headed to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana when it crashed at 12:28 p.m. about a mile short of the runway in a shopping center parking lot.

Video showed the plane plunging virtually straight down into the parking lot. No one on the ground was hurt. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.

Three of the victims — Floria Hakimi, Lara Shepherd and Ghanadan — were real estate agents for Pacific Union in Danville, according to the company. Scott Shepherd was Lara’s husband and a real estate developer in the Bay Area, and Navid Hakimi was Floria’s son, according to a statement from Pacific Union.

Roya Winner, a friend of the Hakimi family, said Floria Hakimi “treated everybody like family. She just was truly remarkable and gracious and kind and loving ... and that was contagious.”

Winner said Hakimi was the “no-brainer” choice to be her real-estate agent when Winner moved back to the Bay Area because “we knew she would be honest and have integrity.”

But Hakimi was more than her agent, Winner said. She was a friend and the first person outside her family whom Winner told she was pregnant.

“She took us on like a mama bear,” Winner said. “She was a friend to my family and so many people in the community.”

Winner said Hakimi was prominent in the local Iranian American community. She supported several causes, including Mothers Against Poverty, Operation Smile and Families Without Borders, according to her agent profile.

“She lived life with passion and grace and love,” Winner said.

Hakimi’s son, who went by Navid Izadi, was a San Francisco-based DJ, producer and vocalist, according to Billboard. It said Hakimi was a member of Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap musical collectives.

Floria Hakimi’s co-worker Ghanadan was “the heart of our family,” said her sister, Nazanin Ghanadan.

“I mean, full of life, full of laughter,” she said through tears.

“She was the biggest people person,” Ghanadan said. “She loved helping people buy their dream home and make a home for themselves.”

Nasim Ghanadan loved to dance and travel and took a special interest in children, her sister said. She taught young people to read and write Farsi, was a Persian dance instructor, and did volunteer work with children in Guatemala.

Nazanin Ghanadan said her sister was always the one to prompt relatives to dance at family gatherings.

“She just always wanted to bring people together,” she said.

Lara Shepherd’s Pacific Union profile described her as a mother of two, a third-generation real-estate professional and an active member of community fundraising and youth programs.

On Sunday’s flight, Scott Shepherd spoke with an air traffic coordinator just before the crash and had been cleared for landing, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board.

This type of communication is typically the last before a plane touches down, spokesman Peter Knudson said. A short time later, however, the Cessna’s pilot declared an emergency but didn’t explain the nature of it, Knudson said.

Knudson said the safety board will release a preliminary report within the next two weeks and a full report in one to two years.

Investigators will look into whether the plane had mechanical problems and will examine the pilot’s flight experience, medical history and 72-hour timeline before the flight, among other factors, Knudson said.

“We start with every possibility on the table, and eliminate them if they didn’t play a role,” Knudson said.

Megan Cassidy and Michael Cabanatuan are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: megan.cassidy@sfchronicle.com, mcabanatuan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @meganrcassidy, @ctuan