Preliminary report: Plane had fuel issue before fatal crash

CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report says a pilot repeatedly mentioned a fuel problem to air traffic control before his small plane crashed into a suburban Cincinnati home and he was killed.
It says the pilot reported the fuel issue March 12 and then said it was resolved, but again reported the problem before the twin-engine aircraft crashed that day in Madeira.
The report says the pilot had told a relative the aircraft had a fuel leak.
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