Pilot, 16, dies in light plane crash near airfield

"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.