Pilot, passenger, killed in plane crash

Two people from the Illawarra region of NSW are dead after a microlight plane crash on the northern tablelands.

(File image/AAP) Source: AAP

Investigations are continuing after two people died in a microlight plane crash in the NSW northern tablelands.

The 51-year-old pilot of the aircraft and a passenger, a 55-year-old Albion Park woman, died when the plane went down at a property off Nine Mile Road, north of Glen Innes, shortly before 10.30am on Sunday.

Both the pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.