NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-006

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-006.

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 PIPES AND TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CORROSION AND HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-02-29

Adopted Date: 1976-02-04

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: PLD74XR005

Report Number: PAR-76-01

Addressee Name: Texas Oil and Gas Corporation

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29