A man has been taken to hospital after a single-engine plane crashed outside of New Glasgow on Thursday morning, said Nova Scotia RCMP.

The pilot, who was the only person on board, was taken to hospital with injuries that aren't life-threatening.

The plane went down in a farmer's field about two kilometres from the town limits of New Glasgow on Frasers Mountain Road. (Robert Short/CBC)

Police got a call about a small plane in distress at around 8 a.m, said RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke.

The caller told police a plane had stalled, then landed in a field.

"We made efforts to get the gentleman, the pilot, out of the aircraft. Didn't appear to be seriously injured but had to be helped out of the unit," said New Glasgow Fire Chief Doug Dort, who was on the scene shortly after the plane crashed.

Dort said the plane went down in a farmer's field about two kilometres from the town limits of New Glasgow on Frasers Mountain Road. The plane was small and could only hold two people, he said.

RCMP are now in charge of the scene and are working with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada to investigate the crash. (Robert Short/CBC)

"When it landed on the ground it dug in. The ground is fairly soft and it sort of dug in and sort of stopped right in the spot where it landed," Dort said.

"The prop and the landing gear are damaged on it and there's some damage to the fuselage where it hit the ground. Other than that, the wings are intact and the cockpit was reasonably well intact also."

Dort isn't sure where the plane was going or where it was coming from.

The plane is small and could only hold two people. (Robert Short/CBC)

He said his crew was on the scene for about 20 minutes. The RCMP are now in charge of the scene.

They are working with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada to investigate the crash.

No criminal charges will be laid, Clarke said.