# FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-03-21

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190047  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2019-03-21  
**Published:** 2019-04-17

Gas transmission and gathering incident in PINECREST, MIAMI DADE County, FL. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5017 NATURAL GAS released, $226,912 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 PINECREST, MIAMI DADE County, FL. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5017 NATURAL GAS released, $226,912 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: 20190047.

Operator ID: 5304.

Reported incident date: 3/21/2019 16:38.

Location detail: 7235+24

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811

Cause detail: 3/21/19 17:41 EST OPERATIONS ARRIVED ON SITE AND CONFIRMED LINE HIT. 3/21/19 17:48 EST LINE SHUT IN AND ISOLATED. 3/21/19 19:55 EST NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1240712. 3/21/19 20:20 EST PHMSA AID NOTIFIED. 3/21/19 21:00 EST FPL POWER RESTORED TO CUSTOMERS AND EVACUEE RETURNED HOME. 3/23/19 16:09 EST REPLACEMENT COMPLETED AND LINE PUT BACK IN SERVICE. 3/23/19 17:54 EST 48-HOUR NRC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1240870. 3/23/19 18:23 EST PHMSA AID UPDATED. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED 8/13/19, CORRECTED PART A: 5 - LATITUDE/LONGITUDE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $262,526 reported total cost, $134,435.875 in 1984 dollars, $305,323.86 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: `21988d7b27273e8fc9f811d70209c193dc8d40e2afeb5e5ec58cf809ab1e59fd`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T05:34:46.779Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-ea467d084f30bed3c76190ea`

### Source metadata

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