{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-005","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-005","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-05-15","effective_on":"1979-05-15","summary":"CHECK ALL OTHER SEGMENTS OF ITS PIPELINE FOR CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE OPEN VALVE CONDITION IN THE LINE SECTION INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND MAKE CHANGES OR ADDITIONS AS REQUIRED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-005","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-005","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-005.\n\nCHECK ALL OTHER SEGMENTS OF ITS PIPELINE FOR CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE OPEN VALVE CONDITION IN THE LINE SECTION INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND MAKE CHANGES OR ADDITIONS AS REQUIRED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1979-05-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1979-05-03\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1984-05-24\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 4, 1978, PROPANE THAT HAD VAPORIZED AND SPREAD WIDELY FROM A RUPTURED 8-INCH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN A RURAL AREA NEAR DONNELLSON, IOWA. THE INTENSE FIRE KILLED TWO PERSONS AND CRITICALLY BURNED THREE OTHERS; ONE OF THE CRITICALLY BURNED PERSONS LATER DIED. A FARMHOUSE AND SIX OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, AND TWO ADJACENT HOMES WE DAMAGED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP021\n\nReport Number: PAR-79-01\n\nAddressee Name: Mid-America Pipeline System\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1984-05-24\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1984-05-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1371}