Young pilot tragically dies in light plane crash while spraying farm crops
- Pilot dies after his light plane crashed
- The aircraft had been spraying crops
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A 36-year-old man has died after his plane crashed while flying over farmland at South Australia's Lower Eyre Peninsula.
Emergency services were called to fields at Yeelanna, north of Cummins, about 1.30pm on Monday after reports of a light plane crash.
The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, who was from Port Lincoln, sadly died at the scene.
SA Police said major crash investigators would attend the scene on Monday evening to examine the circumstances surrounding the aircraft crash.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a statement that the aircraft 'collided with terrain during agricultural spraying operations'.
'The ATSB will deploy a team of transport safety investigators from its Canberra and Melbourne offices, specialising in aircraft operations and engineering, to the accident site,' it said.
Investigators will gather evidence to analyse at the bureau's technical facilities in Canberra.
A final report will be released at the conclusion of the investigation. Police will also prepare a report for the coroner.
Emergency services were called to fields at Yeelanna, north of Cummins, about 1.30pm on Monday after reports of a light plane crash
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the aircraft 'collided with terrain' while spraying crops at South Australia's Lower Eyre Peninsula
