# PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-23 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140108 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2014-09-23 **Published:** 2014-10-21 Gas transmission and gathering incident in ELWOOD, MADISON County, IN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3164 NATURAL GAS released, $5,525 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: not significant, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in ELWOOD, MADISON County, IN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3164 NATURAL GAS released, $5,525 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: 20140108. Operator ID: 15105. Reported incident date: 9/23/2014 0:45. Location detail: 1602+39 Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DATED 01/13/15, IS TO UPDATE THIS NARRATIVE SECTION PER A REQUEST BY THE PHMSA CENTRAL REGION. A VEHICLE ACCIDENT AFFECTING A FARM TAP RESULTING IN A RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE WAS REPORTED BY MADISON CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PEPL GAS CONTROL AT 12:47PM EDT ON 9/23/2014. THE LIST BELOW IDENTIFIES THE ACTIONS FOLLOWING INITIAL NOTIFICATION IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. PROPERTY DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE (ESTIMATED AT $3,200) AND OPERATOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND REPAIRS OF $5,525. 12:45 AM EDT: LOCAL RESIDENT CONTACTED MADISON COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTING "BLOWING GAS AND FIRE" 12:46 AM EDT: MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES/EMERGENCY RESPONDERS O PIKE CREEK FIRE DEPT., MADISON CO. SHERIFF, ELWOOD AMBULANCE, MADISON CO. EMA, FRANKTON POLICE, AND ELWOOD POLICE 12:47 AM EDT: MADISON CO. SHERIFF CONTACTED PANHANDLE EASTERN (PEPL) GAS CONTROL 12:50 AM EDT: PEPL GAS CONTROL NOTIFIED AREA TECHNICIAN (ON-CALL/STAND-BY) OF EVENT AND PROVIDED THE SITE ADDRESS AND MADISON CO. SHERIFFS CONTACT NUMBER 1:00 AM EDT: POLICE & FIRE DEPT. SHUT DOWN N CR900 W FROM NORTH AND SOUTH ACCESS ROADS. 1:26 AM EDT: SMALL FIELD FIRE WAS REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT. ON SITE. 2:02 AM EDT: PEPL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT EVENT SITE AND CONFIRMED AFFECTED FACILITIES TO BE A FARM TAP ON THE ZIONSVILLE 100 MAINLINE. 2:08 AM EDT: SMALL FIELD FIRE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BURNT ITSELF OUT ACCORDING TO PIKE CREEK FIRE DEPT. 2:25 AM EDT: ALL PEPL PERSONNEL IN-PLACE TO BEGIN BLOW-DOWN SEQUENCE 2:40 AM EDT: NOBLESVILLE M&R STATION; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 2:45 AM EDT: ELWOOD M&R STATION; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 2:47 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 103 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; VERIFIED 103-L CLOSED. 3:00 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 105 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; OPEN VALVE 205-SE, OPEN VALVE 205-E, OPEN VALVE 105-E, VALVE 105-W VERIFIED CLOSED, CLOSED GATE VALVE 105. 3:13 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 103 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; CLOSED GATE VALVE 103. 3:15 AM EDT: ANDERSON LATERAL TAKE-OFF; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 3:43 AM EDT: TIPTON LATERAL TAKE-OFF; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 3:45 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 105 GATE-PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; OPEN VALVE 105-UB AND BEGAN BLOW-DOWN FROM 578 PSIG. 4:00 AM EDT: FIRE AT ACCIDENT SITE WAS EXTINGUISHED. 5:00 AM EDT: AFFECTED SECTION OF ZIONSVILLE 100 MAINLINE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN-DOWN (0 PSIG). 6:24 AM EDT: AFFECTED RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME. 6:30 AM EDT: VEHICLE THAT STRUCK FARM TAP WAS REMOVED FROM SCENE AND THE ROAD WAS RE-OPENED. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION. PHMSA indexed costs: $77,789 reported total cost, $49,370.075 in 1984 dollars, $75,716.453 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: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `f6c202cab7b0e68b19d49f3e3a825e4b513a33b7f94bc38ebe397c7e9ddb8351` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-27T00:27:04.521Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-a5a8024954e65d7ff9dd75c3` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20140108", "supplementalNumber": "16613", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2014-10-21", "receivedDateRaw": "10/21/2014" }, "operator": { "id": "15105", "name": "PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2014-09-23", "dateRaw": "9/23/2014 0:45" }, "location": { "city": "ELWOOD", "county": "MADISON", "state": "IN", "postalCode": "46036", "latitude": 40.2258, "longitude": -85.8425, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "1602+39" }, "facilityName": "ZIONSVILLE 100" }, "cause": { "category": "OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION", "NARRATIVE": "THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DATED 01/13/15, IS TO UPDATE THIS NARRATIVE SECTION PER A REQUEST BY THE PHMSA CENTRAL REGION. A VEHICLE ACCIDENT AFFECTING A FARM TAP RESULTING IN A RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE WAS REPORTED BY MADISON CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PEPL GAS CONTROL AT 12:47PM EDT ON 9/23/2014. THE LIST BELOW IDENTIFIES THE ACTIONS FOLLOWING INITIAL NOTIFICATION IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. PROPERTY DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE (ESTIMATED AT $3,200) AND OPERATOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND REPAIRS OF $5,525. 12:45 AM EDT: LOCAL RESIDENT CONTACTED MADISON COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTING \"BLOWING GAS AND FIRE\" 12:46 AM EDT: MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES/EMERGENCY RESPONDERS O PIKE CREEK FIRE DEPT., MADISON CO. SHERIFF, ELWOOD AMBULANCE, MADISON CO. EMA, FRANKTON POLICE, AND ELWOOD POLICE 12:47 AM EDT: MADISON CO. SHERIFF CONTACTED PANHANDLE EASTERN (PEPL) GAS CONTROL 12:50 AM EDT: PEPL GAS CONTROL NOTIFIED AREA TECHNICIAN (ON-CALL/STAND-BY) OF EVENT AND PROVIDED THE SITE ADDRESS AND MADISON CO. SHERIFFS CONTACT NUMBER 1:00 AM EDT: POLICE & FIRE DEPT. SHUT DOWN N CR900 W FROM NORTH AND SOUTH ACCESS ROADS. 1:26 AM EDT: SMALL FIELD FIRE WAS REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT. 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