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A pilot suffered a cut to his nose and a fractured leg after being thrown 50 metres from his plane when it crashed into a paddock south of Brisbane yesterday.

The injured 47-year-old pilot crawled back to the wreckage of his Cessna 172 after it crashed at a property in Brookland Road, Allenview, which is part of Beaudesert just before 2pm.

The pilot, who was the only person on board the plane, was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital by the RACQ Careflight Helicopter.