NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-003

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-003.

REVIEW ITS ENTIRE SYSTEM TO SEE IF PIPE HAS PULLED OUT OF ITS COUPLING ELSEWHERE AND TO RECTIFY ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOUND. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-02-04

Adopted Date: 1976-02-04

Overall Date Closed: 1986-09-22

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE HOTEL EXPLODED AND FIRE ENSUED; THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL, DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS, AND BROKE WINDOWS WITHIN A ONE-BLOCK RADIUS. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND 20 PERSONS WERE KILLED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP013

Report Number: PAR-76-06

Addressee Name: Nebraska Natural Gas Company

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1986-09-22

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1986-09-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP AND THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE: COPY OF NOTES OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN STAFF AND COMPANY ON 5/22/78. COMPANY'S 5/22/78 LETTER DESCRIBING ACTIONS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. OTHER PERTINENT CORRES PONDENCE WHICH RELATES TO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ISSUED FOLLOWING THE COMPLETED INVESTIGATION INCLUDE: THE COMPANY'S 6/19/80 LETTER RESPONDING TO P-76-49 THROUGH -55. NTSB'S 8/12/80 LETTER CLOSING P-76-49 THROUGH 55.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1986-09-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence