Superstar country songwriter Brett James’ single-engine plane went into a “tightening spiral” before it crashed to the ground in North Carolina, killing everyone on board , the NTSB said.

The private Cirrus SR22T plane piloted by James — who wrote such hits as Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” — was approaching Macon County Airport in Franklin on Sept. 18 with his wife and stepdaughter when he “requested a visual approach to runway 7 from air traffic control,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board. 4

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“Shortly after, the pilot transmitted (while still tuned to the controller’s radio frequency) that he was at 6,800 feet and intended to perform a 360 degree turn to land on runway 7,” the report said.

“There were no further transmissions received from the p

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