Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter behind Carrie Underwood ’s “ Jesus, Take the Wheel ” and Kenny Chesney’s “When the Sun Goes Down,” died Thursday in a small-engine plane crash. He was 57.

The singer-songwriter was one of three people on board a Cirrus SR22T plane when it crashed into a field on Thursday afternoon in Franklin, North Carolina, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. Nobody on board survived the crash.

Officials are still investigating what caused the accident.

“The (Federal Aviation Administration) and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate,” the FAA said in a statement . “The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide further updates.”

Data from FlightAware, a public flight tracking system, sh

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