The single-engine, fixed wing plane that crashed south of Nashville in Williamson County was "violently out of control" before the crash, officials said. The plane was registered to Dr. Lucius Doucet III in January,

Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in Tennessee on Wednesday, authorities said. A 911 caller reported an explosion around noon Wednesday in Williamson County that was believed to have been a possible plane crash,

He added that it "does appear that the plane did break up in the air." Calling the incident "a tragic scene," Elrod said that the debris field is "rather large." "We're unsure exactly where the crash started and where it ended,