Pilot dies in crop duster plane crash near Toowoomba

A pilot has died in a light aircraft crash north-west of Toowoomba.

The pilot,the sole occupant,died at the crash site on private property off Chinchilla Wondai Road at Canaga,near Chinchilla in the Western Downs,about 12.20pm on Monday.

The pilot of a crop duster aircraft has died after losing altitude and crash-landing into a paddock.

The pilot of a crop duster aircraft has died after losing altitude and crash-landing into a paddock.Nine News

Police said the pilot,a man aged in his 30s,was behind the controls of his crop duster aircraft when it lost altitude and crash-landed in a paddock.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified and will investigate the incident with the police service’s Forensic Crash Unit.

It comes aftera pilot was killed in a plane crash in Ayr in the state’s north on Sunday,September 11.

The pilot,a 67-year-old Townsville man who was the only occupant of the aircraft,was found dead at the scene.

Last month,an experienced pilot,a millionaire businessman and his son died in an aircraft crash in the Fernvale area near Lake Wivenhoe in the Somerset Region,40 kilometres west of Brisbane.

Jocelyn Garcia is a journalist at Brisbane Times,covering culture and consumer and youth affairs. She formerly covered breaking news and crime for six years.

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