# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998041018 — DICHLOROMETHANE — REDWOOD CITY, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998041018  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1998-04-10  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-04-10 in REDWOOD CITY, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998041018.
Incident date: 1998-04-10.
Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA.
Mode: Air.
Carrier/reporter: AIRBORNE EXPRESS.
Shipper: VWR SCIENTIFIC CO.
Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 0.264172 LGA released.
What failed: Liner.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Dropped; 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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ed5f76a5340e13683fa65817cf1cccddb2448b7e89009fd4c89ec66f58b1ecef`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T19:22:15.670Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998041018`

### Source metadata

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