# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-86-011

**Citation:** P-86-011  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1986-04-17  
**Published:** 1986-04-17

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY: BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF THE JOB/TASK ANALYSIS, ESTABLISH INSPECTION AND WORK STANDARDS FOR PIPELINE RECOATING OPERATIONS AND CONDUCT PERIODIC QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS TO MEASURE THE ADEQUACY OF THE LEVEL OF INSPECTION PROVIDED ON-SITE AT PIPELINE RECOATING PROJECTS.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-86-011.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY: BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF THE JOB/TASK ANALYSIS, ESTABLISH INSPECTION AND WORK STANDARDS FOR PIPELINE RECOATING OPERATIONS AND CONDUCT PERIODIC QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS TO MEASURE THE ADEQUACY OF THE LEVEL OF INSPECTION PROVIDED ON-SITE AT PIPELINE RECOATING PROJECTS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1986-04-17

Adopted Date: 1986-03-18

Overall Date Closed: 1989-07-12

Synopsis: ABOUT 10:30 A.M. ON JULY 23, 1985, IN A RURAL AREA ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF KAYCEE, WYOMING, A GIRTH WELD CRACKED DURING A PIPELINE RECOATING PROJECT ON A 23-YEAR-OLD, 8-INCH DIAMETER PIPELINE OWNED BY THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY. THE CRACKED GIRTH WELD ALLOWED THE RELEASE, ATOMIZATION, AND IGNITION OF AIRCRAFT TURBINE FUEL UNDER 430 POUNDS PRESSURE, KILLING ONE PERSON, BURNING SIX PERSONS, DESTROYING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND SHUTTING DOWN THE PIPELINE. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $128,000.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA85FP016

Report Number: PAR-86-01

Addressee Name: Continental Pipeline Company

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1989-07-12

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1988-12-27

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: BESIDES ASSIGNING AN INSPECTOR OR INSPECTORS TO PIPELINE MAINTENANCE AND/OR RECONDITIONING WORK, CHIEF INSPECTORS ARE ALSO ASSIGNED WHERE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT ONE.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1988-11-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1989-07-12

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1988-10-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-86-011>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `42073f67ba8fab94799dd9677b56f56b614dbf24d9abefe7fb07f98143761f89`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T06:35:54.929Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-86-011`

### Source metadata

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