# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-069

**Citation:** P-80-069  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1980-09-24  
**Published:** 1980-09-24

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: DETERMINE, THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF INCIDENT REPORTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH FILLET-WELDED REINFORCED SLEEVES, AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION(S).

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-069.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: DETERMINE, THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF INCIDENT REPORTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH FILLET-WELDED REINFORCED SLEEVES, AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION(S).

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-09-24

Adopted Date: 1980-09-16

Overall Date Closed: 1985-09-03

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 2, 1980, CRUDE OIL LEAKED FROM A FRACTURED 22-INCH PIPELINE AT A LEVEE CROSSING AT BERWICK, LOUISIANA; THE PIPELINE IS OWNED BY THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY AND RUNS BETWEEN HOUMA AND ERATH, LOUISIANA. AT 9:54 A.M., THE CRUDE OIL IGNITED. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, AND SIX HOMES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED.

Ntsbnumber: FTW80FP002

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1985-09-03

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1983-03-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: RSPA LETTER: AS A RESULT OF MTB'S CONTINUING REVIEW OF THE EXISTING BODY OF REGULATIONS, RULEMAKING IS NOW UNDERWAY WHICH WILL ACCOMPLISH RELATED, BUT HIGHER PRIORITY SAFETY OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROPER WELDING TECHNIQUES. THE RULEMAKING (ON NPRM) WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE WELDING PROCEDURES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF API 1104, TO MINIMIZE IMPROPER PIPELINE REPAIR WELDING TECHNIQUES.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1985-09-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-069>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `d5768ae489c4d9e1303fbfdec8027a67a0400beb66d921bf9742046a7137d82c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T05:35:49.983Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-80-069`

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