{"operation":"document","citation":"P-77-020","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-020","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-08-16","effective_on":"1977-08-16","summary":"IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO PATROL ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AS FREQUENTLY AS NECESSARY WHILE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GAS MAIN FAILURE DUE TO SETTLEMENT. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-020.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-020.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-020","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-77-020","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-77-020.\n\nIMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO PATROL ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AS FREQUENTLY AS NECESSARY WHILE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GAS MAIN FAILURE DUE TO SETTLEMENT. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-08-16\n\nAdopted Date: 1977-08-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-11-23\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 30, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN CHEROKEE, ALABAMA. ONE PERSON IN THE HOUSE SUFFERED THIRD-DEGREE BURNS, WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND DIED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77FP028\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Cherokee, Water and Gas Board\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-11-23\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-09-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CITY OF CHEROKEE LTR: UPON OUR FIRST INSTRUCTIONS TO MONITOR THE GAS SYSTEM CLOSELY TO CHECK FOR LEAKS, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED OBSERVING THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS SINCE THAT TIME. WE DECIDED TO PUT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ODORANT INTO THE SYSTEM.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1172}