NTSB Safety Recommendation P-81-030

NTSB safety recommendation P-81-030.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMINOIL USA, INC.: INSTALL AND MAINTAIN PRESSURE RECORDING DEVICES ON ITS LEASE AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER (LACT) UNITS TO PROVIDE A RECORD OF ITS PUMPS DISCHARGE PRESSURES AND THE DATES AND TIMES OF OPERATION.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1981-08-26

Adopted Date: 1981-08-18

Overall Date Closed: 1983-02-02

Synopsis: ON DECEMBER 1, 1980, A PIPELINE TRANSPORTING NAPHTHA RUPTURED UNDER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 28TH STREET AND GALE AVENUE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. ESCAPING PRODUCT UNDER HIGH PRESSURE BLEW A HOLE THROUGH THE PAVEMENT AND SPRAYED INTO THE AIR UP TO 20 FEET AND THEN FLOWED INTO THE GUTTERS. MOMENTS LATER, THE PRODUCT IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE. THE ENSUING FLAMES REACHED A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET. AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE, 5 PERSONS WERE INJURED, 1 HOUSE WAS DESTROYED, 11 HOUSES SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE, AND 11 MOTOR VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA81MP002

Report Number: PAR-81-04

Addressee Name: American Independent Oil Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-02-02

Addressee Acronym: Aminoil

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-11-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMINOIL LTR: THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN INSTITUTED AND A PRESSURE RECORDING DEVICE HAS BEEN INSTALLED DOWN STREAM FROM THE SHIPPING PUMPS. AMINOIL'S "LACT OPERATION REVIEW PROCEDURE" SETS FORTH IN DETAIL AMINOIL'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUBJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.

Addressee Acronym: Aminoil

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: Aminoil

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-02-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence