{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-006","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-006","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-02-29","effective_on":"1976-02-29","summary":"ESTABLISH A PERIODIC SCRAPER PROGRAM AND INSTALL APPROPRIATE HYDROGEN PROBES, TEST COUPONS, RESISTANCE PROBES, OR OTHER TESTING EQUIPMENT AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE INTERNAL CORROSION PROBLEMS; EXAMINE THE TEST EQUIPMENT AND ANALYZE THE SCRAPER RESIDUES CAREFULLY AT REGULAR TIME INTERVALS TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF THE LINES; AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO REPAIR DEFICIENCIES FOUND IN THE P","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-006.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-006.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-006","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-006","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-006.\n\nESTABLISH A PERIODIC SCRAPER PROGRAM AND INSTALL APPROPRIATE HYDROGEN PROBES, TEST COUPONS, RESISTANCE PROBES, OR OTHER TESTING EQUIPMENT AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE INTERNAL CORROSION PROBLEMS; EXAMINE THE TEST EQUIPMENT AND ANALYZE THE SCRAPER RESIDUES CAREFULLY AT REGULAR TIME INTERVALS TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF THE LINES; AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO REPAIR DEFICIENCIES FOUND IN THE PIPES AND TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CORROSION AND HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-02-29\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-02-04\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON MAY 21, 1974, A 6-INCH GAS-GATHERING PIPELINE, OWNED BY THE TEXAS OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, RUPTURED AT THE EDGE OF A RURAL ROAD SOUTH OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THREE VEHICLES ENTERED THE AREA WHICH CONTAINED THE ESCAPING GAS AND STALLED NEAR THE RUPTURE. THE GAS IGNITED, AND FIVE PERSONS DIED AS A RESULT. THREE VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND 40 ACRES OF WOODLAND WERE BURNED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-01\n\nAddressee Name: Texas Oil and Gas Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29","truncated":false,"body_characters":1285}