{"operation":"document","citation":"P-85-019","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-85-019","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 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE ABS PLASTIC PIPE FAILURE DATA TO GAS OPERATORS NATIONWIDE, AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDED METHODS OF ELIMINATING OR MITIGATING SUCH FAILURES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-019.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-019.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-019","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-85-019","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-85-019.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE ABS PLASTIC PIPE FAILURE DATA TO GAS OPERATORS NATIONWIDE, AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDED METHODS OF ELIMINATING OR MITIGATING SUCH FAILURES.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1985-07-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1985-06-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1986-05-12\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 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\nNtsbnumber: DCA84AP026\n\nReport Number: PAR-85-01\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1986-05-12\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-03-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: SEE LOG FOLDER.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-05-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1683}