# CROSSTEX MISSISSIPPI PIPELINE LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2005-04-18

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20050053  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2005-04-18  
**Published:** 2005-05-17

Gas transmission and gathering incident in WARREN, WARREN County, MS. Reported cause: 14. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $1,000,000 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 WARREN, WARREN County, MS. Reported cause: 14. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $1,000,000 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: 20050053.

Operator ID: 31880.

Reported incident date: 4/18/2005.

Cause detail: BODY OF PIPE

Cause detail: AREA GROUND SHIFT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FORCES CAUSING PIPELINE TO WRINKLE AND BEND WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL CRACK TO THE PIPE (APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OPENING). UPDATED BY PHMSA ON 12/4/2015 PER OPERATOR'S MARK UP (PART C, QUESTION 5 - YEAR THE PIPE OR COMPONENT WHICH FAILED WAS INSTALLED).

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — BODY OF PIPE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $1,000,000 reported total cost, $455,594.002 in 1984 dollars, $559,400.231 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/3f48859a-5658-4f64-acf0-e33e632af625?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2c9aec20d243b147609de285297f54477b0019cfec7c04f004232905bb0cc5c1`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T17:06:46.674Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-db0e424b20cbf30bd91ad05d`

### Source metadata

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