{"operation":"document","citation":"P-85-010","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-85-010","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1985-07-01","effective_on":"1985-07-01","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR TO THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY: EXPEDITE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS PLASTIC PIPE IN ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, BEGINNING WITH KNOWN AREAS OF LIQUID ACCUMULATION AND OTHER KNOWN LOW SPOTS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-010.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-010.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-010","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-85-010","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-85-010.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR TO THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY: EXPEDITE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS PLASTIC PIPE IN ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, BEGINNING WITH KNOWN AREAS OF LIQUID ACCUMULATION AND OTHER KNOWN LOW SPOTS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1985-07-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1985-06-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1989-05-12\n\nSynopsis: AT 3:30 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984, AN EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY AN INTENSE NATURAL GASFED FIRE DESTROYED TWO APARTMENTS AT 3022 NORTH 37TH STREET IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. OF THE 12 PERSONS INJURED IN THE FIRE, 5 PERSONS LATER DIED. AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, THE 1 1/4-INCH-DIAMETER PLASTIC GAS MAIN SUPPLYING GAS TO THE DESTROYED APARTMENTS WAS EXCAVATED AND A 3-INCH-LONG LONGITUDINAL SPLIT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE 18 FEET FROM THE GAS METERS ON THE APARTMENT BUILDING. GAS AT 30 PSIG HAD ESCAPED THROUGH THE LONGITUDINAL SPLIT, MIGRATED INTO AND UNDER THE APARTMENTS, IGNITED, EXPLODED, AND BURNED.\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA84AP026\n\nReport Number: PAR-85-01\n\nAddressee Name: Southwest Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1989-05-12\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-01-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: A PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE, AS SOON AS SGC ASSUMED THE ARIZONA GAS CORP. ASSUMED THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, THAT IDENTIFIED, PRIORITIZED AND BEGAN TO REMOVE THE ABS PIPING FOR BOTH MAINS AND SERVICES IN THE ACQUIRED SYSTEM.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-05-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-10-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1928}