{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-002","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-002","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"TEST PIPE FOR STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING USING A NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD SUCH AS THE MAGNETIC PARTICLE-INSPECTION METHOD OR OTHER SUITABLE TECHNIQUE EVERY TIME THE PIPELINE IS EXPOSED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-002","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-002","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-002.\n\nTEST PIPE FOR STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING USING A NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD SUCH AS THE MAGNETIC PARTICLE-INSPECTION METHOD OR OTHER SUITABLE TECHNIQUE EVERY TIME THE PIPELINE IS EXPOSED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-02-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-01-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-09-29\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 20, 1977, A 12-INCH PROPANE PIPELINE, OWNED BY THE CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION, RUPTURED NEAR THE TOWN OF RUFF CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA. THE LIQUID ESCAPED FROM THE PIPELINE, VAPORIZED, AND PROPANE VAPORS SETTLED LIKE A FOG OVER THE BOTTOM OF A VALLEY. TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK ENTERED THE PROPANE CLOUD; THE TRUCK STALLED AND THE PROPANE GAS IGNITED WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE TRUCK. THE 2 PERSONS IN THE TRUCK WERE KILLED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77MP027\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-01\n\nAddressee Name: Consolidated Gas Transmission Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-07-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORP. LTR: CONSOLIDATED GAS HAS DEVELOPED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES TO BE ISSUED SOON. THEY INCLUDE INSPECTION FOR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING--THE PIPE IN LPG PIPELINE G-136 SHALL BE TESTED FOR STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING USING THE MAGNETIC PARTICLE-INSPECTION METHOD EVERYTIME THE PIPELINE IS EXPOSED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1690}