The country music world is honoring Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James after he died in a plane crash at age 57.

James was one of three people onboard a plane that went down on Thursday, September 18, near North Carolina’s Iotla Valley Elementary School. According to local news stations, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed in a statement that there were no survivors from the crash.

“A Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18. Three people were on board,” the statement noted, with the FAA confirming the National Transportation Safety Board will launch an investigation into the incident.

The Macon County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a statement of their own that a plane crash happened near the elementary

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