# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-023

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- **citation:** P-84-023
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-023
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1984-06-18
- **effective on:** 1984-06-18
- **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM: VALIDATE THE INVENTORY OF FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE VICINITY OF ITS PIPELINES AND ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO UPDATE CHANGES.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-84-023.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM: VALIDATE THE INVENTORY OF FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE VICINITY OF ITS PIPELINES AND ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO UPDATE CHANGES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1984-06-18

Adopted Date: 1984-05-15

Overall Date Closed: 1987-08-19

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 - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1987-08-19

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 RECOMMENDATIONS.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1987-05-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MID-AMERICAN ANNUALLY UPDATES AND VALIDATES THE INVENTORY OF FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE VICINITY OF ITS PIPELINES. THE PROCEDURE INCLUDES PERSONNEL OR TELEPHONE CONTACTS TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION.

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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