On board was also a 12-year-old child, he is being examined by doctors.

“A light-engine plane landed hard under the village of Minino, Klinsky District. On board was a pilot and a 12-year-old child. The pilot died, the doctors are examined by the ambulance crew, ”RIA Novosti reports the message of the Emergencies Ministry headquarters near Moscow.

The circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

Earlier it was reported that a pilot died in a hard landing of a light-engine aircraft in the Samara region.