Investigations will continue on Wednesday after a 40-year-old man died when his light plane crashed in bushland north of Albany on Tuesday.
It is understood the man had been travelling from Albany to Bunbury in his privately owned Cessna 210 aircraft at around 10.30am.
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Around 45 minutes later, police say they received reports of a plane believed to be "spiralling in the sky" and crashing in the Mt Lindesay area.
A plane from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions flew over the area and located the crash site, and the RAC Rescue Helicopter was called to assist rescue operations.
A paramedic was winched down to the wreckage and confirmed the pilot and sole occupant of the plane had been killed in the crash.
Emergency services had to use a bulldozer to access the crash site due to the dense scrubland and authorities commenced a forensic examination of the scene.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau officers will attend the crash site on Wednesday in order to conduct their own investigation and WA Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.
A listener told ABC Great Southern mornings presenter Christine Layton his wife heard the plane impact the ground.
![A light aircraft has reportedly crashed in WA's Great Southern region.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171025174535im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/7/9/a/t/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gz76p9.png/1508891311919.jpg)
"My wife heard the explosion from up at the house, 700 metres away from the dairy and then my co-worker had full sight of it," local dairy farmer Pieter Mostert said.
"We saw the plume of smoke come up from over the ridge."
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