# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-062

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** P-76-062
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-062
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1976-09-17
- **effective on:** 1976-09-17
- **summary:** REEMPHASIZE TO APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH AND CONTINUOUS INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION TO PREVENT OR TO REPORT DAMAGE TO PIPELINE FACILITIES BY OUTSIDE PARTIES.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-76-062.

REEMPHASIZE TO APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH AND CONTINUOUS INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION TO PREVENT OR TO REPORT DAMAGE TO PIPELINE FACILITIES BY OUTSIDE PARTIES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-09-17

Adopted Date: 1976-07-20

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: ON AUGUST 2, 1975, AN 8-INCH PIPELINE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY RUPTURED IN ROMULUS, MICHIGAN. PROPANE ESCAPED FROM THE RUPTURE, SPRAYED INTO THE AIR, VAPORIZED, AND IGNITED; FLAMES 500 FEET HIGH ENGULFED A 600-FOOT-DIAMETER AREA, DESTROYED FOUR HOUSES AND DAMAGED THREE OTHERS, AND BURNED 12 VEHICLES. NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.

Ntsbnumber: PLD75XR003

Report Number: PAR-76-07

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1976-11-15

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: THE INSTITUTE AGREES WITH BOARD'S INTENT AND HAS TAKEN STEPS TO INSURE WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NTSB REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE NATION'S PETROLEUM PIPELINES.
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