NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-007

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-007.

ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE SIMILAR LPG PIPELINES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREFUL, THOROUGH INSPECTION DURING PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TO MINIMIZE THE INCIDENCE OF DENTS AND GOUGES WHICH COULD RESULT IN SIMILAR ACCIDENTS, AND BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION THE NEED TO USE PROPER ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO RELOCATE OR LOWER A SECTION OF PIPELINE.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-05-18

Adopted Date: 1979-05-03

Overall Date Closed: 1983-04-07

Synopsis: ON AUGUST 4, 1978, PROPANE THAT HAD VAPORIZED AND SPREAD WIDELY FROM A RUPTURED 8-INCH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) PIPELINE OWNED BY THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE STYSTEM 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 WERE DAMAGED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA78MP021

Report Number: PAR-79-01

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-04-07

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-12-15

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER: IN REGARD TO RECOMMENDATIONS P-79-7 AND P-80-70, THE NTSB FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION AT THE TIME NTSB MADE THEM KNOWN TO US, IN ORDER TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION WIDE DISSEMINATION AMONG THE INDUSTRY. API CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE WORK OF THE AGA PIPELINE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. ALSO, THROUGH OUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WELDING RESEARCH COUNCIL, THE METAL PROPERTIES COUNCIL AND OTHER ORGANIZATONS, AS WELL AS OUR STANDARDIZATON ACTIVITIES, WE EXAMINE ON A CONTINUING BASIS ANY NEED FOR NEW RESEARCH WORK.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-06-15

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-04-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence