{"operation":"document","citation":"P-75-011","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-011","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1975-05-28","effective_on":"1975-05-28","summary":"REQUIRE TRANSCO TO: EXAMINE THE NECESSITY OF INSTALLING ADDITIONAL PIPELINE FAILURE ALARMS ON THE STATION RECORDING SUCTION AND DISCHARGE PRESSURE GAUGE, THE STATION RECORDING FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE, THE STATION FUEL FLOW GAUGE, OR THER OTHER PRESSURE-SENSITIVE POINTS. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-011","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-75-011","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-75-011.\n\nREQUIRE TRANSCO TO: EXAMINE THE NECESSITY OF INSTALLING ADDITIONAL PIPELINE FAILURE ALARMS ON THE STATION RECORDING SUCTION AND DISCHARGE PRESSURE GAUGE, THE STATION RECORDING FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE, THE STATION FUEL FLOW GAUGE, OR THER OTHER PRESSURE-SENSITIVE POINTS. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1975-05-28\n\nAdopted Date: 1975-05-28\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-02-02\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 9, 1974, THE TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION'S 30-INCH NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE RUPTURED IN A RURAL AREA NEAR BEALETON, VIRGINIA. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED, IGNITED, AND FUELED FLAMES WHICH WERE VISIBLE TO AIRLINE PILOTS OVER 100 MILES AWAY. NO DEATHS OR INJURIES RESULTED, NO LIVESTOCK WERE AFFECTED, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AMOUNTED ONLY TO A SCORCHED FIELD AND SOME BURNED TREES.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR006\n\nReport Number: PAR-75-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-02\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-05-10\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: 5/24/76 - LTR FROM TRANSCO TO NTSB, ENCLOSING 10/27/75 LTR TO OPSO: TRANSCO IS INSTALLING DIAL TYPE PRESSURE GAUGES EASILY VISIBLE TO STATION OPERATORS WHICH WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAY PRESSURE CONDITIONS ON EACH LINE ENTERING AND LEAVING THE STATION. ALSO THEY WILL INSTALL A RATE-OF-PRESSURE DROP ALARM ON THE DISCHARGE AND SUCTION HEADERS AT EACH COMPRESSOR STATION.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1574}