Man killed in NSW light plane crash weeks after another fatality
Emergency services were called to D-Block Rd in Balranald, 130km west of Hay, about 2pm on Wednesday.
NSW Ambulance paramedics provided treatment at the scene but the man could not be saved.
While formal identification is yet to take place, the man is believed to be aged in his 50s.
Officers from the Barrier Police District remain at the scene and have established a crime scene.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau will conduct an investigation into the cause of the crash.
It comes after the body of a man was found in the wreckage of a plane that went missing in the Snowy Mountains on July 15.
The body was found on July 18 and police believe it is the remains of pilot David Stephens.
'While he is yet to be formally identified, police believe the body is that of the missing pilot,' NSW police said in a statement.
The 74-year-old, an experienced pilot from Bega, was flying the 1966 Beechcraft Debonair plane from Wangaratta in Victoria to Moruya Airport on the NSW South Coast when he lost contact.
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