SYDNEY, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Air safety investigators headed to a beachside suburb in Melbourne on Saturday morning, a day after a pilot was killed when his small plane crashed and burst into flames amid homes, according to authorities.

The investigators "will examine the wreckage, gather any available recorded data and interview any witnesses, amongst other activities," the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement.

The Cessna 172 light plane crashed in the Mordialloc suburb late on Friday, with emergency services deployed to the scene soon after and a sole occupant found dead in the aircraft, according to state police. No one else was injured in the incident.

The pilot, in his 50s, an aircraft engineer with about 20 years of experience, had taken the plane out after he had been working on it, police told local reporters.

The plane hit power lines before it crashed on a street about 200 meters from the end of the runway at the Moorabbin Airport, the ABC News channel reported.