Plane that crashed into Madeira home had fuel leak, never received scheduled repairs

Pilot David Sapp called air traffic controllers three times in the hours before his death: Once to report a fuel problem in his small twin-engine plane, again to say it had been resolved and once more to tell them he had been wrong. He wouldn’t reach Lunken Airport. The fuel leak Sapp reported that day had been known for over a week at the time of his death, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Sapp had complained to a relative about the smell, which he said stung his sinuses.