# MAGELLAN AMMONIA PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2010-07-23 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20100179 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2010-07-23 **Published:** 2010-08-19 Hazardous liquid incident in PICKRELL, GAGE County, NE. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.36 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $113,311 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 Hazardous liquid incident in PICKRELL, GAGE County, NE. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.36 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $113,311 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: 20100179. Operator ID: 12105. Reported incident date: 7/23/2010 14:05. Location detail: 153.4 Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED Cause detail: WELDER WAS TACKING A TOR FITTING ONTO THE LINE TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING VAPORS IN THE PIPE AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF EMPTYING CONTENTS OF PIPE IN PREPARATION FOR CONDUCTING A HYDROSTATIC TEST OF THE PIPELINE SEGMENT WHEN THE PIPE BEGAN MOVING AND MAKING A NOISE. THE PIPE SUBSEQUENTLY EMERGED FROM THE EXCAVATED TRENCH AND BOWED, CREAKING A CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE. THE PIPE SEGMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LINE AND SENT FOR METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. REPAIR WAS MADE BY INSTALLING A NEW PIECE OF PIPE AND THE HYDROSTATIC TEST CONTINUED. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED. PHMSA indexed costs: $163,161 reported total cost, $89,275.814 in 1984 dollars, $219,858.854 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: `6e59c83dc5d0bb80bab5355edb16f374eb96898c352a2c56bf81ab48e251eb0a` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-26T18:02:29.495Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-c22cc18f6858bfd26faa2e39` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "hazardous_liquid", "datasetLabel": "Hazardous liquid", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20100179", "supplementalNumber": "15904", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2010-08-19", "receivedDateRaw": "8/19/2010" }, "operator": { "id": "12105", "name": "MAGELLAN AMMONIA PIPELINE, L.P." }, "incident": { "date": "2010-07-23", "dateRaw": "7/23/2010 14:05" }, "location": { "city": "PICKRELL", "county": "GAGE", "state": "NE", "postalCode": "68422-8125", "latitude": 40.36468, "longitude": -96.65431, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "153.4" }, "facilityName": "ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PIPELINE" }, "cause": { "category": "MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED", "NARRATIVE": "WELDER WAS TACKING A TOR FITTING ONTO THE LINE TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING VAPORS IN THE PIPE AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF EMPTYING CONTENTS OF PIPE IN PREPARATION FOR CONDUCTING A HYDROSTATIC TEST OF THE PIPELINE SEGMENT WHEN THE PIPE BEGAN MOVING AND MAKING A NOISE. THE PIPE SUBSEQUENTLY EMERGED FROM THE EXCAVATED TRENCH AND BOWED, CREAKING A CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE. THE PIPE SEGMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LINE AND SENT FOR METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. 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