{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-019","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-019","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-03-11","effective_on":"1974-03-11","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF TELEMETERING ON GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS SO THAT SYSTEM FAILURES CAN BE PROMPTLY DETECTED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-019.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-019.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-019","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-019","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-019.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF TELEMETERING ON GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS SO THAT SYSTEM FAILURES CAN BE PROMPTLY DETECTED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-03-11\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-02-27\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-07-29\n\nSynopsis: A gas explosion and fire occurred on December 9, 1972, in downtown Clinton, MO. Gas had leaked into a building from a cracked cast-iron main located behind the building. Missouri Public Service Company personnel arrived at the site of the reported leak 50 minutes before the explosion. Eight persons died, and seven others were injured.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR004\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-03\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-07-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ASME LTR: RESPONSE INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN TELEMETERING GAS PIPELINE DATA. THE USE OF TELEMETERING AS AN EARLY WARNING AGENT FOR SYSTEM FAILURES IS SUBJECT TO SERIOUS QUESTION ON THE BASIS OF TECHNICAL PRACTICABILITY. A LIST OF PARAMETERS IS GIVEN UPON WHICH TO BASE GUIDELINES, IF GUIDELINES MUST BE ESTABLISHED. ASME DOES NOT ENDORSE THE CONCEPT OF USING TELEMERY AS AN EARLY WARNING AGENT ALONE\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-10-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: 10/19/78 - ASME LTR: WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE USE OF TELEMETRY AS A MECHANISM FOR THE DETECTION OF A SYSTEM MALFUNCTION IS NOT ENTIRELY BLACK OR WHITE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE GAS INDUSTRY HAS SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE USE OF TELEMETRY AS A PRIMARY ANSWER TO SOME SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS. WE WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO MEET WITH NTSB STAFF AND TO WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN/PARAMETERS/CRITERIA OF A TELEMETRY TEST PROGRAM.\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-07-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2440}