# FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-12-26

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20130007  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-12-26  
**Published:** 2013-01-24

Gas transmission and gathering incident in MELBOURNE, BREVARD County, FL. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 293976 NATURAL GAS released, $132,077 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 MELBOURNE, BREVARD County, FL. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 293976 NATURAL GAS released, $132,077 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: 20130007.

Operator ID: 5304.

Reported incident date: 12/26/2012 5:55.

Location detail: 1613+22

Cause detail: ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING-RELATED (NOT GIRTH WELD OR OTHER WELDS FORMED IN THE FIELD)

Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL BEING SUBMITTED, IS TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION IN SECTION G5 - CAUSE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $1,168,231 reported total cost, $930,534.591 in 1984 dollars, $1,237,562.502 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: `f6083df5506e0a2c690fe004c5115dc1acb7a3a3e96558b8194db2795d68bd1f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T17:06:31.735Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-db5df16b3ef39b9eb66924eb`

### Source metadata

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