Pilot dies in light plane crash at Serpentine Airfield near Perth By Keane Bourke MonMonday 28 updated MonMonday 28 DecDecember 2020 at 10:55am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Share Print text only Key points: The pilot was the only occupant of the two-seater, amateur-built plane Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau will visit the site Emergency services were called to the Serpentine Airfield in Hopeland, 50 kilometres south of Perth, at 2:40pm. Footage from the scene shows the wreckage of the aircraft a short distance from the end of the runway, crashed into a fence.