Local plastic surgeon, his two adult children dead after plane leaving Gonzales crashes near Nashville [Video]

LEIPERS FORK, Tenn. — A Baton Rouge-based plastic surgeon, along with two of his children, were the three people killed when a single-engine airplane crashed south of Nashville, officials said.

Flight logs showed the plane left Louisiana Regional Airport at Gonzales at 8:53 a.m. Wednesday for Bowman Field Airport on the east side of Louisville, Kentucky. The pilot reported trouble before crashing in Williamson County — about 20 miles southwest of Nashville — around noon Wednesday.

Flight records showed the single-engine Beechcraft V35 was registered to Lucius Doucet, a plastic surgeon based in Baton Rouge. Doucet’s adult children, Giselle and Jean-Luc Doucet, also died in the crash.

The two children were set to graduate from LSU tomorrow, according to a statement from the university.

“We were devastated to hear the news, and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Doucet family and all those close to them,” LSU said …