By CAITLIN POWELL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 01:02 GMT, 14 March 2025 | Updated: 02:23 GMT, 14 March 2025

A light plane pilot is suffering critical injuries after crashing 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 aged in his 70s, on the roof of an aircraft hangar.

He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for head and possible spinal injuries.

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. 

Emergency services rushed to Wedderburn Aerodrome on Lysaght Road at roughly 10am on Friday

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.

It is remains unclear what caused the crash or how the plane ended up on the roof.

It is remains unclear what caused the crash or how the plane ended up on the roof.

NSW Police said whether an investigation is launched is up to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

More to come. 

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