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P-76-023
NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-023
Current as of 1976-06-14 Government source
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NTSB safety recommendation P-76-023.
RETEST HYDROSTATICALLY ALL OF THE SECTIONS WHICH CONTAIN ERW PIPE MANUFACTURED BY THE JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION AND WHICH ARE NEAR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND POPULATED AREAS. (URGENT)
Priority: CLASS I
Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Issued Date: 1976-06-14
Adopted Date: 1976-05-21
Overall Date Closed: 1987-08-19
Synopsis: ON FEBRUARY 25, 1976, A MID-AMERICA PIPE LINE SYSTEM 8-INCH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS PIPELINE RUPTURED NEAR WHITHARRAL, TEXAS. THE ESCAPING LPG VAPORIZED, FORMED A LOW-LYING CLOUD, AND IGNITED. THE OCCUPANTS OF TWO DWELLINGS IN THE AREA WERE BURNED SEVERELY, AND FIVE WERE KILLED.
Probable Cause: Investigation showed that the longitudinal seam of the 8 inch pipe had split. The 8 1/2-foot -long split was located on the side of the pipe at the 9:00 position. The pipe was manufactured by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in 1960.
Ntsbnumber: DCA76FP016
Report Number: None
Addressee Name: Mid-America Pipeline System
Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Addressee Date Closed: 1987-08-19
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1986-12-03
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP AND THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PAST CORRESPONDENCE. MID-AMERICA'S RESPONSE OF JUNE 15, 1976. NTSB'S FOLLOWUP LETTER OF JULY 30, 1976.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1987-05-19
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: ALL SECTIONS OF MID-AMERICA PIPELINES WHICH CONTAIN ERW PIPE MANUFACTURED BY JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATIONS IN 1960 AND WHICH ARE NEAR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER POPULATED AREAS HAVE BEEN RETESTED HYDROSTATICALLY. MID-AMERICA HAS NO ERW PIPE IN THEIR PIPELINE SYSTEM WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE JONE AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION IN OTHER YEARS.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1987-08-19
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1986-12-03
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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