Songwriter Brett James’ plane entered a ‘tightening spiral’ before crashing, the NTSB said in a preliminary report

James, 57, was flying his single engine plane on Sept. 18, when it crashed into a field in Franklin, North Carolina, about 270 miles southeast of Nashville. All three people on board were killed. James had requested a visual approach to runway 7, which air traffic control approved, according to the...

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