Investigators suspect a problem with an outside company that performs maintenance for Emery under contract.
Such behavior can be expected, said Scott Samuelson, head of the nine-member, privately owned SCCC Dormitory Corporation, which oversees the maintenance of Levine Hall under contract with the college.
But in the Charlotte crash, as in the ValuJet case, the board found that the crash was caused by errors by an independent maintenance shop doing work under contract for an airline, but not properly supervised by the airline -- and neither of them properly overseen by the aviation agency.
Under a maintenance contract, the cracks were repaired with concrete sleeves at no cost to the Navy.
The site is operated by Rolls-Royce under the Vulcan Trials Operation and Maintenance (VTOM) contract.
American Leisure is under contract to the homeowners association, which pays it out of the members' monthly maintenance fees.
The lowest rate of electrical efficiency decline was observed for an engine which was operated under a full maintenance contract, including a guarantee of electrical power output over lifetime as well as a complete overhaul.
