# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997070761 — FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S. — ROMULUS, MI

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997070761  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-06-19  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-06-19 in ROMULUS, MI.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997070761.
Incident date: 1997-06-19.
Location: ROMULUS, MI.
Mode: Air.
Carrier/reporter: AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL IN.
Shipper: DOW CORNING CORP.
Materials: UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 0.396258 LGA released.
What failed: Weld or Seam.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Dropped.
Reported result: Spillage.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=eY8oNAK19ojOL4EzsVrkuQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `119e7fc57c66dc8f6d75fce981a82308d5e71266d7e5efbf0c0db2cc54801a86`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T13:22:18.341Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997070761`

### Source metadata

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