{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-051","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-051","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-11-13","effective_on":"1973-11-13","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY; EXAMINE ITS PIPELINE SYSTEM AND EXCAVATE THE LINE ON A RANDOM SAMPLE BASIS IN AREAS WHERE FULL-WRAP REINFORCEMENT SLEEVES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND INSPECT THOSE REPAIRED SECTIONS FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF STRESS CONCENTRATION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-051.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-051.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-051","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-051","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-051.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY; EXAMINE ITS PIPELINE SYSTEM AND EXCAVATE THE LINE ON A RANDOM SAMPLE BASIS IN AREAS WHERE FULL-WRAP REINFORCEMENT SLEEVES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND INSPECT THOSE REPAIRED SECTIONS FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF STRESS CONCENTRATION.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1973-11-13\n\nAdopted Date: 1973-11-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nSynopsis: ON FEBRUARY 22, 1973, NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS LEAKED FROM A RUPTURED 10-INCH PIPELINE AT A PUMP STATION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, FLOWED INTO DITCHES ALONGSIDE A ROAD ADJACENT TO THE STATION, AND VAPORIZED. A DODGE VAN DROVE INTO THE VAPOR-RICH ZONE AND STALLED. WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE VAPOR IGNITED, AND THE DRIVER AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. SIX OF THESE PERSONS DIED AND TWO WERE CRITICALLY BURNED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-73-04\n\nAddressee Name: Phillips Petroleum Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-08-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM PHILLIPS PIPELINE COMPANY: PHILLIPS MADE OVER 50 INSPECTIONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND UNCOVERED IN EXCESS OF 23,000 FEET OF PIPE WHERE FULLWRAP HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, PHILLIPS ALSO ELECTED TO HYDROSTATICALLY TEST THE ENTIRE PIPELINE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1511}