NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-001

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-001.

ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR REMOTE INSTALLATION ALARM SYSTEMS AND TO CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCIES FOUND. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-04-04

Adopted Date: 1979-04-03

Overall Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 27, 1978, A SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED AT THE ROBSTOWN (TEXAS) COMPRESSOR STATION OF THE FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY. THE SIGNAL CAME OVER THE RADIO ALARM RELAY SYSTEMS (MARS) AND INDICATED THAT A UNIT OF THE COMPANY'S REMOTE MURDOCK PASS COMPRESSOR STATION ON PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, HAD SHUT DOWN. AN INVESTIGATOR WHO WENT TO THE MURDOCK PASS STATION TO CHECK THE INDICATED PROBLEM FOUND THE STATION WAS ON FIRE. HE TRIPPED THE MANUAL EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN SYSTEM. THIS ACTION SHUT OFF THE GAS SUPPLY AND BLEW DOWN THE STATION. OF THE STATION'S THREE COMPRESSOR UNITS, TWO WERE DESTROYED AND THE THIRD WAS BADLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Ntsbnumber: FTW78FP004

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-02-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION (AGA) LETTER: AGA CORRESPONDENCE TO MEMBER COMPANY DELEGATES DATED DECEMBER 22, 1982, REFERS TO AND FORWARDS A COPY OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATION P-79-1.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-11-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AGA LETTER: A RESPONSE TO THIS SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SUBMITTED SHORTLY.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-05-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: INGAA MEMORANDUM TO THE (INGAA) MEMBERS REGARDING NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAFETY RECOMMENDATION P-79-1: ENCLOSED IS THE NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION REFERENCED ABOVE WHICH REQUESTS INGAA TO: ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR REMOTE INSTALLATION ALARM SYSTEMS AND TO CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCES FOUND. THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS RECENTLY RECEIVED VIA AN NTSB FOLLOW-UP ACTION. A REVIEW OF INGAA'S FILES DID NOT INDICATE ITS PRESENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH NTSB INDICATE THE INITIAL CORRESPONDENCE WAS POSSIBLY LOST IN THE MAIL.

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-12-30

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence