Brett James performs during a rehearsal for an upcoming tribute to the troops performance with the Boston Pops at Soundcheck Nashville on May 21, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. A former Oklahoman and ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has now released its report on the crash which includes the final radio transmission from James. According to the report, James approached Macon County Airport ...

James — who was piloting a Cirrus SR22T from Nashville, Tennessee to Franklin, North Carolina — lost control of his aircraft ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A hall-of-fame songwriter, who penned hits for Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney, has died after the plane he was in crashed near an elementary school Thursday, officials ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tributes are pouring out for a beloved songwriter who was among three killed in a plane crash on Thursday. Nashville songwriter Brett Cornelius, who goes by Brett James and ...

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James Cornelius died at 57 in a small-engine plane crash. The plane, registered to Cornelius, crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina. James was known for ...

Country songwriter Brett James executed a will two years before he and two family members died in a plane crash, court ...

Brett James' wife and stepdaughter have been revealed as victims in the North Carolina plane crash that took the country songwriter's life Thursday.