Pilot dies after NSW helicopter crash

A 48-year-old pilot has died in a helicopter crash in the central-west of NSW.

skynews 824764Emergency services were alerted to the crash about 11am when the wreckage of the Robin44 aircraft was found in steep and rugged bushland at Grattai, about 25km south-west of Mudgee.

The pilot, a 48-year-old man from the local area, died at the scene.

A crime scene was established and has been preserved overnight; it will be examined by NSW Police Force air crash investigators and officials from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau tomorrow.

It’s believed the man was spraying weeds.

Police will be preparing a report for the information of the Coroner.

 

Source: Sky News Australia

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