Connetts Farm founder Nick Stevens confirmed the small aircraft crashed on the farm, adding his thoughts go out to the pilot and her family.
Stevens said: “I was working in the fields when I saw a big plume of black smoke and my pulse started racing.
“My heart started beating fast because I thought our barn was on fire.
“I raced over to see what it was and as I got closer, I realised there was a fire not in the barn but beside or near to it.
“Then as I got even closer I realised there’s an aeroplane on fire.”
The Dunkeswell Aerodrome is a former RAF site located in the Blackdown Hills area of Devon, close to the county’s border with Somerset.
According to the aerodrome’s website, the site was originally built to be a US naval base during World War Two.
It is also claimed to be the highest licensed airfield in the UK.
One witness called Johnny, who was on Marcus Road, which is south of the airfield, said he saw “a lot of black smoke” east of the airfield at about 11:00.
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