of the Macy's department store at the nearby Sunvalley Shopping Center, killing the pilot and two passengers and seriously injuring 84 Christmas shoppers in the crowded mall, spraying them with burning aviation fuel. Four of the victims on the ground later died. The accident brought increased opposition to the airport and caused Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) to delay its flights that had been planned to start in January 1986. Another plane crashed on April 13, 2004, shortly after leaving Buchanan Field. The plane landed on a minivan traveling down nearby Interstate 680 in Pleasant Hill and nearly severed the left leg of a 12-year-old girl. (Her leg was successfully reattached and she has made a near-full recovery.) Officials determined the crash was the fault of an aircraft maintenance technician who had worked on the plane. On December 21, 2006, at about 1900 Zulu time, a 1989 Piper Malibu (PA46), registered as N1AM, crashed while flying the LDA (localizer type directional aid) approach into CCR. The aircraft was too low and hit obstructions on the ground. The plane hit the median of Highway 4, crashing between the highway and Marsh Drive just north of the runway. Three passengers were killed instantly, and another died after surgery. On October 25, 2016, shortly after departing Buchanan Field, a Beechcraft Bonanza registered N364RM crashed into a hill near Kirker Pass Road in Concord. The two occupants, both pilots, were killed in the crash. No one on the ground was injured. The investigation is ongoing and the cause has not been determined. See also California World War II Army Airfields List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area References External links The Airport Coalition Sunvalley Mall Crash Aerial image as of February 2004 from USGS The National Map Airports in Contra Costa County, California Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California Buildings and structures in Concord, California Airports established in 1942 1942 establishments in California