# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-014

**Citation:** P-80-014  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1980-03-05  
**Published:** 1980-03-05

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROPER INSTALLATION AND PROPER SUPPORT OF PLASTIC MAINS AND SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURES, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-014.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROPER INSTALLATION AND PROPER SUPPORT OF PLASTIC MAINS AND SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURES, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-03-05

Adopted Date: 1980-02-22

Overall Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Synopsis: ON AUGUST 28, 1978, NATURAL GAS, WHICH HAD ESCAPED FROM A CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRACTURE IN A SOCKET HEAT-FUSION COUPLING ON A 2-IN. POLYETHYLENE (PE) MAIN, OPERATING AT 40-PSIG PRESSURE, MIGRATED BENEATH A ONE-STORY HOUSE IN GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, EXPLODED, AND THEN BURNED. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED; THE HOUSE AT 2517 APACHE ROAD WAS DESTROYED; AND THREE ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED. THE GAS WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.

Ntsbnumber: FTW78FP014

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-02-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION (AGA) LETTER AND DISCUSSION WITH AGA GOVERNMENT LIAISON ON MARCH 21, 1983: AGA WILL COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION BY ISSUING A NOTICE TO ITS MEMBER SYSTEMS. THIS NOTICE MAY CONTAIN, HOWEVER, SOME CHANGES WHICH THE AGA FEELS ARE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF RECOMMENDATION P-80-14.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-05-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-07-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-014>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `04d62112718350948150978679420d2b3b69f013e7c626a700f1d3a22566b117`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T04:29:17.328Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-80-014`

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