A man who died in a plane crash has been identified as a beloved member of the skydiving community, 54-year-old pilot, skydiving company owner and chief instructor Paul “Poo” Smith.

Smith died on Saturday after the light plane he was flying crashed near Moruya Airport on NSW’s South Coast, shortly after 2pm.

Emergency services were called to bushland west of George Bass Drive, Moruya, about 305 kilometres south of Sydney, following reports of a small plane crash.

Officers from South Coast Police District arrived and found that a plane, used by a skydiving business, had crashed. Witnesses identified the pilot as Moruya local Smith, who died at the scene.

The South Coast man was a highly qualified pilot and prominent member of the Australian skydiving community who had been skydiving f

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