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P-84-020
NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-020
Current as of 1984-06-18 Government source
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NTSB safety recommendation P-84-020.
THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM: PROVIDE TO THE TULSA DISPATCH CONTROL CENTER SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON OPERATING CONDITIONS ALONG THE PIPELINE SYSTEM TO ENABLE DISPATCHERS TO IDENTIFY THE REASON FOR ANY ACTUATION OF AN OPERATING CONSOLE ALARM.
Priority: CLASS II
Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action
Issued Date: 1984-06-18
Adopted Date: 1984-05-15
Overall Date Closed: 1989-02-21
Synopsis: ON MARCH 15, 1983, AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) PIPELINE OPERATED BY THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM (MAPCO) WAS DAMAGED BY A ROTATING POWER AUGER BEING USED TO DRILL HOLES IN ROCKY TERRAIN TO PLANT TREES ON LOT 8, SECTION 5, BLOCK 43 OF THE CHAPARRAL ESTATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT NEAR WEST ODESSA, TEXAS. THE DAMAGED PIPELINE RUPTURED AND WITHIN 3 MINUTES, LPG, WHICH WAS BEING TRANSPORTED AT 1,075 PSIG, ESCAPED, VAPORIZED, AND WAS IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE. IN THE RESULTANT FIRE, FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED AND FIVE PERSONS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED--ONE PERSON DIED 5 DAYS LATER. TWO MOBILE HOMES, A SMALL FRAME HOUSE, AN AUGER TRUCK, TWO CARS, AND A PICKUP TRUCK WERE DESTROYED; 9,375 BARRELS OF LPG WERE BURNED.
Probable Cause: None
Ntsbnumber: DCA83MP015
Report Number: PAR-84-01
Addressee Name: Mid-America Pipeline System
Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action
Addressee Date Closed: 1989-02-21
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1986-12-03
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE OR FOLLOWUP TO THESE RECOMMENDA TIONS.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1987-05-19
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: THE USE OF REMOTE TERMINAL UNITS (RTU'S) FOR DATA ACQUISITION HAS BEEN EXPANDED FROM ITS APPLICATION TO SITE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE NEW FIELD UNITS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THEM. IN ADDITION, WITH THE ADVENT OF "SMART" RTU'S THERE ARE FEW APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT JUSTIFY THEIR INSTALLATION IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1987-10-08
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: AS STATED IN MY LETTER OF MAY 19, 1987, MID-AMERICA PIPELINE HAS BEEN INSTALLING "SMART" REMOTE TERMINAL UNITS (RTU'S) AT A NUMBER OF OUR FACILITIES AND ALONG THE PIPELINE AT LOCATIONS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE REMOTE CONTROL OF THE PIPELINE SYSTEMS.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1988-04-01
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1989-02-21
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1987-08-19
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1986-12-03
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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