# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-068

**Citation:** P-76-068  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1976-10-02  
**Published:** 1976-10-02

PERFORM TESTS AFTER A LEAK HAS BEEN REPAIRED TO ASSURE THE ADEQUACY OF REPAIRS AND TO ASSURE THAT NO OTHER SOURCE OF GAS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE LEAK AREA. (URGENT)

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-068.

PERFORM TESTS AFTER A LEAK HAS BEEN REPAIRED TO ASSURE THE ADEQUACY OF REPAIRS AND TO ASSURE THAT NO OTHER SOURCE OF GAS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE LEAK AREA. (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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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 UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF PHENIX CITY: TESTS ARE BEING PERFORMED AFTER LEAKS ARE FOUND AND WHEN PIPE IS REPLACED TO INSURE THAT THE LEAKS WERE REPAIRED PROPERLY AND THAT NO OTHER SOURCE OF GAS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE LEAK AREA.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-068>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `2a09a60879133d74844beecc3302348c0ee74c2940c5d7740e9c0917b51fa2d7`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T10:21:35.782Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-76-068`

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