NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-047

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-047.

AMEND 49 CFR 192, "OPERATIONS," TO REQUIRE THAT OPERATORS RECORD THE RECEIPT OF EMERGENCY CALLS, THE RESPONSE TO THE CALLS, AND THE TIME OF EACH SIGNIFICANT ACTION TAKEN BY THE OPERATOR.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-09-15

Adopted Date: 1976-07-07

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL, IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM A 2-INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS COMPRESSION COUPLING; THE GAS SEEPED INTO THE HOTEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CAPPED ABOVE BY FROZEN EARTH AND A CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE. 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: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1977-03-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR FROM MTB: THE AMENDED SECTION 192.615 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 192.603(B) REQUIRES THIS TYPE OF RECORD TO BE MAINTAINED.