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Government have recovered the body of the pilot of a small chopper that crashed into a Virginia apartment building and killed a resident, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday.

Investigators are still working to identify the pilot of the Robinson R44, said NTSB Air Safety Investigator Doug Brazy.

The aircraft is enrolled to a Henry E. Schwarz of Alexandria, Virginia, according to Federal Aviation Administration Records.

Only one person was on board the plane on Sunday afternoon, Brazy said. The helicopter took off from the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport about a 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from the crash site.

Investigators are still interrogating witnesses. But some said the engine of the four-seat helicopter sounded unusual before it crashed into the 10-unit apartment building, setting it on fire, Brazy said.

A lineman Charley Rogers who oversees operations at the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport told The Associated Press on Monday that Schwarz had taken off from the airport Sunday afternoon.

He declined to address whether Schwarz had died, but the airport’s flag was flying at half-mast.

By Sowmya Sangam