Brett James Cornelius, a lauded Nashville songwriter, has died after a small plane registered to him crashed in North Carolina on Thursday, officials said. He was 57.

According to preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration, a Cirrus SR22T single-engine plane crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18.

None of the three people on board the aircraft survived, according to the FAA report . The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the scene around 3:00 p.m., according to an emailed statement from the agency.

The agency identified the three people on board as Cornelius, Melody Carole and Meryl Maxwell Wilson. They were confirmed deceased at the scene.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are

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