# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-013

**Citation:** P-79-013  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1979-06-11  
**Published:** 1979-06-11

ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR UPRATING PIPELINE TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURE, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. (URGENT)

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-013.

ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR UPRATING PIPELINE TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURE, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-06-11

Adopted Date: 1979-06-01

Overall Date Closed: 1980-03-11

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 16, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED FIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS IN LONDON, KENTUCKY. TWO PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

Ntsbnumber: PLD79XR001

Report Number: PAR-79-02

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-03-11

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-12-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION LTR: THE AGA WILL ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PROCEDURES, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 1/31/80 - AGA LTR: THE COORDINATING GROUP FOR PIPELINE SAFETY CONCURS THAT DISTRIBUTION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION TO OUR MEMBERS HAS MERIT AND FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN EACH COMPANY TO ALL APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL. AGA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY AND HOPES THAT THE NTSB REPORT WILL BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-03-11

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-013>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `cc8e620f2df5412581c319ab0c308dc7e46ec6f13fa0e32fbd6a60166967c09a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T01:31:21.657Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-79-013`

### Source metadata

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