The pilot of a ‘homemade’ light plane is suffering critical injuries after colliding with a hangar at a small, private airstrip in southwest Sydney.
Emergency services rushed to Wedderburn Aerodrome on Lysaght Road at about 10am on Friday following reports of a plane crash.
NSW Police said officers attached to Campbelltown City Police Area Command found the pilot, a man in his 70s, on the roof of an aircraft hangar.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) told Daily Mail it had been notified about the accident.
‘A recreational aircraft encountered a technical issue during landing, attempted a go-around and collided with the roof of a hangar,’ a spokesperson said.
As the incident involved a recreational category aircraft, the body said it won’t be launching an investigation.
After the aircraft, which is believed to be a ‘home-build ultralight plane’, crashed on the roof, NSW Rural Fire Service used a cherry picker to hike the man down.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for head and possible spinal injuries.
Emergency services rushed to Wedderburn Aerodrome on Lysaght Road at roughly 10am on Friday
It is remains unclear what caused the crash or how the plane ended up on the roof.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service told Daily Mail the patient, who was the sole occupant of the plane, is stable.
‘He was extricated from the roof and is on his way to Liverpool hospital by helicopter,’ they said.
The incident is thought to have happened on top of a private hangar that is home to NSW Sport Aircraft Club, a club for ‘recreational and competitive flying of sport aircraft’.
The club’s president declined to comment when contacted by Daily Mail.
It is remains unclear what caused the crash or how the plane ended up on the roof.
