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The plane was registered to Brett Cornelius, also known as country musician Brett James.

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame confirmed that James died in the crash.

The plane took off from Nashville and crashed near the Macon County Airport in North Carolina.

A single-engine plane carrying three people crashed into a Western North Carolina field on Thursday, Sept. 18.

Aircraft tracking website FlightAware showed that a Cirrus SR22T plane had stopped in a field in Franklin, next to an airport, at 2:56 p.m. The plane is believed to have crashed. The Macon County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook reassuring the community that students and staff at Iotla School, which neighbors the site of the crash, were safe.

Three people were on board the plane when it cra

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