{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-053","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-053","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: INSTRUCT ITS PIPELINE MAINTENANCE CREW ON THE IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF PROPER POSITIONING OF WELDED REINFORCEMENT SLEEVES TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCE OF STRESS CONCENTRATION ON THE CARRIER PIPE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-053.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-053.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-053","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-053","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-053.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY: INSTRUCT ITS PIPELINE MAINTENANCE CREW ON THE IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF PROPER POSITIONING OF WELDED REINFORCEMENT SLEEVES TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCE OF STRESS CONCENTRATION ON THE CARRIER PIPE.\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PLD73XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-73-04\n\nAddressee Name: Phillips Petroleum Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-08-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official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 PIPE LINE COMPANY: MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED ON THE IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF PROPER POSITIONING OF WELDED REINFORCEMENT SLEEVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVISION IN THE MAINTENANCE OPERATING MANUAL.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1446}