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Pilot, 16, dies in light plane crash near airfield

Authorities are investigating a light plane crash that killed a teenage pilot near Sydney. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A teenage pilot has died after a light plane crashed in south-west Sydney.

Emergency services were called to the scene at Brownlow Hill near Camden Airport about 3.15pm on Wednesday.

"The pilot – believed to be a 16-year-old boy – died at the scene," NSW Police said. 

He is yet to be formally identified.

The plane crashed into fields off Brownlow Hill Loop Road.

Soon after take-off from Camden, the Cessna 172 aircraft descended and hit terrain about 3km west of the airport while doing circuit operations, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement on Wednesday.

The bureau said it was investigating the incident.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

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