About 10am on Saturday, emergency services responded to reports of an aircraft crash at Shellharbour Airport, 20 kilometres south of Wollongong.
Officers from Lake Illawarra Police District were informed that a Piper Cherokee Lance light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off.
Chief Inspector Aaron Wunderlich said the private plane was intending to fly to Bathurst in the state's central west.
"The plane has taken off from the tarmac and has gotten about 30 metres into the air," Inspector Wunderlich said.
"At that point, witnesses described the aircraft has then dipped with its left wing coming down and contacting the tarmac."
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