"Singer-songwriter Brett James, who penned country music hits for stars including Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean, was one of three people who died Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57. The Federal Aviation Administration announced in its preliminary report that three people were on board in a Cirrus SR22T that "crashed in a field" Thursday at around 3 p.m. local time in Franklin, N.C. There were no survivors, the North Carolina State Highway patrol confirmed in a statement."
"According to additional information from the FAA, the songwriter was on the plane, which was registered to him under his legal name, Brett James Cornelius. It's unclear whether he was piloting the plane during its crash, which the FAA said occurred "under unknown circumstances." The state patrol confirmed the musician's death, adding that his wife, Melody Carole, and Carole's daughter Meryl Maxwell Wilson were the other two people on the plane. Wilson celebrated her birthday this week, according to a post on Carole's Instagram page."
"The aircraft had taken off from John C. Tune Airport in Nashville. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board said they are investigating the crash. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame shared the news of James' death Thursday in a social media post. "We mourn the untimely loss of Hall of Fame member Brett James ('Jesus Take The Wheel' / 'When the Sun Goes Down'), a 2020 inductee who was killed in a small-engine airplane crash on Sept. 18," the post said. James, born June 5, 1968, is best known for co-writing the 2005 Underwood hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel.""
Brett James, a 57-year-old singer-songwriter, died with two others when a Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field near Franklin, North Carolina. The aircraft was registered to him under his legal name, Brett James Cornelius, and had taken off from John C. Tune Airport in Nashville. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol confirmed there were no survivors and identified the other victims as his wife, Melody Carole, and Carole's daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson. The Federal Aviation Administration described the crash as occurring "under unknown circumstances" and, along with the National Transportation Safety Board, is investigating. James was a 2020 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee known for co-writing "Jesus, Take the Wheel."
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