{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-008","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-008","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"TRAIN PUMP STATION PERSONNEL ON PUMP MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LINE PRESSURE LOSSES CAUSED BY LEAKS AND BY PUMPS BEING VAPOR LOCKED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-008.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-008.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-008","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-008","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-008.\n\nTRAIN PUMP STATION PERSONNEL ON PUMP MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LINE PRESSURE LOSSES CAUSED BY LEAKS AND BY PUMPS BEING VAPOR LOCKED.\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Number: PAR-78-01\n\nAddressee Name: Consolidated Gas Transmission Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-07-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: THREE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD AT HASTINGS TO EXPLAIN PUMP OPERATION ALONG WITH THE NEW MONITOR SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW WHEN MONITORS INDICATE ON ALARM CONDITION. A 1/4\" NIPPLE AND VALUE WERE INSTALLED AT HASTINGS TO HELP OPERATORS DETERMINE IF A VAPOR LOCK CONDITION EXISTS. THE VALVE CAN BE CRACKED TO SEE IF VAPOR OR LIQUID IS RELEASED.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1665}