{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-027","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-027","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"CONDUCT DESTRUCTIVE BURST TESTS ON EACH TYPE OF JOINT BY WHICH A PLASTIC PIPELINE IS CONNECTED TO INSURE THAT THE JOINT IS AS STRONG AS THE PIPE BEING JOINED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-027.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-027.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-027","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-027","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-027.\n\nCONDUCT DESTRUCTIVE BURST TESTS ON EACH TYPE OF JOINT BY WHICH A PLASTIC PIPELINE IS CONNECTED TO INSURE THAT THE JOINT IS AS STRONG AS THE PIPE BEING JOINED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-07-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-07-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 15, 1977, A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN UNDER AN ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS, PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING WHICH JOINED IT TO A STEEL GAS MAIN. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE MAIN AND MIGRATED THROUGH THE STONE FOUNDATION WALLS OF TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS IN THE TWO BUILDINGS IGNITED. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE OTHER BUILDING, AND BROKE NEARBY WINDOWS. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LTR: THIS TESTING WAS COMPLETED AT THE MIDWEST RESEARCH LABORATORY IN KANSAS CITY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE FIRM OF ROBERT R. BAYLES AND ASSOCIATES.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-08-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1631}