# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-019 - **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. 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. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1974-03-11 Adopted Date: 1974-02-27 Overall Date Closed: 1985-07-29 Synopsis: 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. Ntsbnumber: PLD73XR004 Report Number: PAR-74-03 Addressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1985-07-29 Addressee Acronym: ASME Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations Communication Date: 1978-07-17 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication 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 Addressee Acronym: ASME Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations Communication Date: 1978-10-19 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication 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. Addressee Acronym: ASME Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations Communication Date: 1978-09-29 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: ASME Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations Communication Date: 1985-07-29 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2440