# PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-12-19

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20180014  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2017-12-19  
**Published:** 2018-01-16

Gas transmission and gathering incident in FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND County, NC. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 9970.92 NATURAL GAS released, $178,634 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND County, NC. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 9970.92 NATURAL GAS released, $178,634 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

Report number: 20180014.

Operator ID: 15518.

Reported incident date: 12/19/2017 9:13.

Location detail: 65474

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: A DRIVER TRAVELING EAST OF SHAW MILL ROAD EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL CONDITION. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING A REGULATOR STATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE VEHICLE AND REGULATOR STATION. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FIRE AND A RELEASE OF GAS. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF A PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION AND NOT DUE TO A RELEASE OF GAS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.

PHMSA indexed costs: $231,311 reported total cost, $126,849.215 in 1984 dollars, $277,318.51 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `b5906a882f2def3d998daeb1a28b3d7e538f121ec3f14afd66854df3e89f0f12`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T19:17:12.188Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-35747255c735d514076e4ada`

### Source metadata

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