Three people who died when a helicopter crashed into an unoccupied guest home near downtown Orlando have been identified as a central Florida businessman , his wife and their friend . Orlando police officials on Monday identified the deceased as pilot Bruce Teitelbaum ; his wife , Marsha Khan ; and their friend , Harry Anderson . Teitelbaum was executive director of a Volusia County-based paper shredding and recycling company . Scroll down for video . Victims : Bruce Titlebaum and Marsha Khan . The husband and wife were killed , along with friend Harry Anderson , after a helicopter Titlebaum was flying crashed into a $ 1million home in Orlando . Tragic : The pair perished on Sunday afternoon along with their friend after the helicopter they were traveling in crash landed . The helicopter crashed Sunday afternoon in a neighborhood of large , historic homes worth in excess of $ 1 million . Police say only three people were onboard and they are n't looking for anyone else . The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the cause . The Robinson R44 four-seater helicopter came down onto a home in the College Park neighborhood of Orlando at around 2pm and fortunately nobody was inside the property at the time . Recovery : Crews remove wreckage from a helicopter crash in an Orlando suburb on Monday . Wreckage : A helicopter smashed into the corner of a lavish home in Orlando , Florida , on Sunday afternoon , killing the pilot and starting a fire . Lavish : The pilot 's chopper crashed into this large $ 1 million home in downtown Orlando Sunday afternoon . The blackened , damaged area can be seen to the left of the image above . Suburban : The crash caused smoke and flames to rise up around the surrounding area that were visible for miles . The pilot took off from Orlando Executive Airport two miles away just moments before the crash , which has left investigation teams baffled . 'We do n't know what caused the accident , we just know the helicopter did go inside the guest house , ' said Sgt . Wanda Ford from the Orlando Police Department to Bay News 9 . Witnesses to the crash said that the pilot appeared to be in difficulties . ' I was driving down the road , and I just saw this helicopter and it was driving really low and the propeller was still going , but you could just tell that it was about to crash , ' said Emily Blomquist to Bay News 9 . Fire and destruction : The damage to the $ 1million property is visible ( left ) while the fire that broke out immediately after the crash is seen burning ( right ) Response : Firefighters extinguished the blaze and fought through the wreckage - to find the dead pilot inside . Smash : The NTSB and the FAA will begin to assess the crash site on Monday after discovering three bodies . 'By the time I got to the street which was two streets up it had already hit the house and there was a huge cloud of smoke and people were running on the street . It was quite scary . ' ' I heard this great 'whop , whop , whop , ' followed by this boom . Then everything went dark , ' added Donn Carr to Bay News 9 . Firefighters arrived to battle a huge blaze with flames shooting up from the home . Police said that heavy smoke was visible for several miles . The helicopter crashed Sunday afternoon in a neighborhood of large , historic homes . Nobody inside the home is believed to have been hurt , though wreckage was seen strewn across the ground and a hole had been smashed in the side of the building . Helicopter footage from local news station WFTV showed the extent of the damage . According to the WESH news channel , Orlando firefighters said the chopper hit an apartment building in the grounds of the home , rather than the main residence .
FAA and NTSB to investigate Sunday 's crash in Orlando . Three people are confirmed to have died - one pilot and two passengers . Named as pilot Bruce Teitelbaum ; his wife , Marsha Khan ; and their friend , Harry Anderson . Comment: