The Hennepin County medical examiner has identified the pilot of a small plane killed Wednesday in a crash in Eden Prairie.

Philip A. Schaffer, 77, of Richfield, died of blunt force injuries suffered when his small plane crashed at 11:07 a.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Resurrection Life Church on Glory Lane, the medical examiner said.

The plane crashed and caught fire after leaving Flying Cloud Airport, authorities said. There were no passengers and no other injuries or property damage resulting from the crash.

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