A 74-year-old male pilot has died in a light airplane crash in north Queensland.
Emergency services were called to the scene 90 kilometres south of Charters Towers around 12:30pm after receiving reports a plane had failed to return to its destination in Bowen.
Police said the pilot was the sole occupant of the plane.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Aerial assets have been sent to the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit are assisting the Australian Transport Safety Bureau with its investigation.
