Emergency services were called to Mudgee Airport around 10.55am after reports that a plane had crashed into a paddock while approaching to land. 

Police arrived to find a man, believed to be aged in his 60s, dead inside the single engine two-seater plane. 

NSW Ambulance Paramedics attempted to revive a woman who was a passenger in the plane. 

The woman, also aged in her 60s, died at the scene.

A resident in a house close to the crash site said he heard the plane splutter and lose power as it passed overhead. 

He ran to the crash site about 500 metres from the airport runway, where a passing driver who had pulled up called triple-0. 

Mudgee Police Detective Inspector Cameron Whiteside said the plane was one of four which had flown to Mudgee from Dubbo. 

“This is a tragedy not only for those they were travelling with, but also due to its impact on a lot of people,” he said.