One resident reported seeing emergency services respond online. Photo: Damien Rogers/Facebook.

A man in his 50s has died in a plane crash on the NSW South Coast.

A NSW Police spokesperson said that emergency services were called to bushland west of George Bass Drive in Moruya (about two kilometres north of Moruya Airport) just after 2 pm on Saturday (27 September), following reports of a plane crash.

Officers from South Coast Police District attended the scene and found a plane, used by a skydiving business, had crashed.

The pilot, a 54-year-old man, died at the scene.

Police also said he was the only person on board.

A crime scene has been established and will be examined by specialist officers.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been informed the crash.

An ATSB spo

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