# PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-03-03

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190039  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2019-03-03  
**Published:** 2019-04-02

Gas transmission and gathering incident in MEXICO, AUDRAIN County, MO. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 90006 NATURAL GAS released, $206,000 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 MEXICO, AUDRAIN County, MO. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 90006 NATURAL GAS released, $206,000 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: 20190039.

Operator ID: 15105.

Reported incident date: 3/3/2019 3:23.

Location detail: 739+83

Cause detail: ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED

Cause detail: 3/3/19 3:28 CST COMPANY EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED GAS CONTROL OF LARGE FIRE NORTH OF MEXICO, MO NEAR 2 GATE. 3/3/19 3:36 CST EMPLOYEES DISPATCHED TO CENTRALIA STATION, 1 GATE AND 3 GATE. 3/3/19 3:45 CST EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ONSITE AND SPOKE TO MO STATE PATROL ONSITE. 3/3/19 4:17 CST DISCHARGE FIRE GATE CLOSED AT CENTRALIA STATION. 3/3/19 4:25 CST 403 GATE CLOSED. 3/3/19 4:35 CST 401 GATE CLOSED. 3/3/19 4:47 CST NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1239100. 3/3/19 4:54 CST FIRE DIMINISHED. 3/3/19 5:13 CST PHMSA AID NOTIFIED. 3/3/19 17:00 CST POWER RESTORED TO ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS. 3/4/19 22:11 CST 48-HOUR NRC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1239251. 3/4/19 22:43 CST PHMSA AID UPDATED. THE INITIAL SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED ON 5/2/19 UPDATED THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: PART A, QUESTION 15.B LOCAL TIME PIPELINE/FACILITY RESTARTED: 4/16/19 19:03 CST PART D, QUESTION 7.B ESTIMATED COST OF OPERATOR'S PROPERTY DAMAGE & REPAIRS: $206,000 THE SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL DATED 7/19/19 UPDATED THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: PART G, CONFIRMED CAUSE AS G5 ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING RELATED BASED ON METALLURGICAL LAB ANALYSIS. PART G5, QUESTION 6, STRENGTH AND SPIKE PRESSURE TESTS WERE COMPLETED IN 2019, POST INCIDENT AND PRIOR TO RESTARTING THE LINE. STRENGTH TEST PRESSURE WAS 1145 PSIG. SPIKE TEST PRESSURE WAS 1264 PSIG.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED.

PHMSA indexed costs: $1,502,052 reported total cost, $869,164.047 in 1984 dollars, $1,767,873.253 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: `42a2a435962bc4bcc44826505aba842dce9c8c5bf724ded8982f26b5c25c5751`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T01:41:04.529Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-5023f6b9b0cc7f8171d2936b`

### Source metadata

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