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16-YEAR-OLD pilot on his fourth solo flight made a crash landing in the NSW Snowy Mountains region after bad weather set in.
A TEENAGE pilots had a lucky escape after low light and fog forced him to make a crash landing in the NSW Snowy Mountains.
THE 16-year-old was on his fourth solo flight in a single-engine aircraft from Jindabyne airport on Wednesday afternoon, when he landed in a paddock, police said.
A search had began before the boy walked to a nearby property in Khancoban and raised the alarm.
It appears he made the most out of a difficult situation.