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Pilot killed as biplane crashes near homes in Blackfalds

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Transportation Safety Board investigators are on their way to scene

A man died after his plane crashed in Blackfalds, Alta. just before 3 p.m. Thursday. (Gordie Weber/Blackfalds Life)

A pilot has died after crashing his home-built biplane in the town of Blackfalds around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

The plane went down in a field just just behind some homes. No one on the ground was hurt.

The plane was a red and white Steen Skybolt, a model used for aerial aerobatics.The pilot was the only person in the plane. He died at the scene.

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The plane appeared to be experiencing engine trouble after leaving the Lacombe airport 11 kilometres to the north, RCMP said in a news release.

Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are on scene and investigating.

Blackfalds is 140 kilometres south of Edmonton.