Sky News Australia | One person dead after light plane crash near Cessnock Sydney Morning Herald A pilot has died after a light plane crashed and burst into flames on a lower Hunter property. Emergency services were at the crash site on a property off Old Maitland Road at Bishops Bridge, near Sawyers Gully at about 4.30pm on Wednesday afternoon. Pilot dead after light plane crash at Cessnock in Hunter Valley Hunter Valley plane crash: Witnesses see craft in difficulty Light plane crash in NSW Hunter |