{"operation":"document","citation":"P-81-030","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-81-030","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1981-08-26","effective_on":"1981-08-26","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-81-030.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-81-030.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-81-030","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-81-030","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-81-030.\n\nTHE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1981-08-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1981-08-18\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-02-02\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA81MP002\n\nReport Number: PAR-81-04\n\nAddressee Name: American Independent Oil Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-02-02\n\nAddressee Acronym: Aminoil\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-11-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Acronym: Aminoil\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: Aminoil\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1974}