Overview

• The FAA confirmed there were no survivors after the single-engine SR22T went down in Franklin, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon.
• Flight data show the aircraft left John C. Tune Airport in Nashville around 12:41 p.m. and crashed near Iotla Valley Elementary School at about 3 p.m. local time.
• Records list the plane in the name of Brett James Cornelius, and officials said three people were on board.
• The NTSB is leading the probe with support from the FAA, and no cause has been determined.
• Tributes poured in from the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, ASCAP, and artists including Dierks Bentley, reflecting his influential catalog that includes Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take The Wheel.”