# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-067

**Citation:** P-76-067  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1976-10-02  
**Published:** 1976-10-02

INSPECT ITS CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEM THROUGH A RANDOM SAMPLING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE IF OTHER AREAS ARE COVERED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS, IF PIPING IN OTHER AREAS IS GRAPHITIZED TO A DEGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND TO RECTIFY ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOUND. (URGENT)

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-067.

INSPECT ITS CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEM THROUGH A RANDOM SAMPLING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE IF OTHER AREAS ARE COVERED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS, IF PIPING IN OTHER AREAS IS GRAPHITIZED TO A DEGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND TO RECTIFY ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOUND. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-10-02

Adopted Date: 1976-09-08

Overall Date Closed: 1979-02-02

Synopsis: ON MARCH 27, 1976, A TWO-STORY BUILDING THAT HOUSED PHENIX CUTTING AND SEWING, INC., IN PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, EXPLODED AND BURNED. THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE KILLED THE SIX PERSONS IN THE BUILDING.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76FP019

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Phenix City, Utilities Board

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1979-02-02

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1976-09-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR. FROM THE UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF PHENIX CITY: INSPECTIONS OF THE CAST IRON PIPE SYSTEM ARE BEING MADE WHEN A LEAK IS FOUND AND IN CASES WHERE THE PIPE IS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE, REPLACEMENT IS BEING SCHEDULED. CHECKS ARE BEING MADE TO DETERMINE IF THE PIPE IS BURIED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-067>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `0201df09adb75f0e9c01bbf5845b013e8b50c5498703cfa4a72704209bf13584`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T22:49:49.311Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-76-067`

### Source metadata

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