{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-027","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-027","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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COUNTY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: ADIVSE ITS MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT NEAR WEST ODESSA, TEXAS, ON MARCH 15, 1983, AND URGE THEM TO DEVELOP MEASURES TO PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS OVER PIPELINES TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS OR GASES OR OF LOTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION WILL NECESSARILY","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-027.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-027.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-027","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-027","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-027.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COUNTY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: ADIVSE ITS MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT NEAR WEST ODESSA, TEXAS, ON MARCH 15, 1983, AND URGE THEM TO DEVELOP MEASURES TO PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS OVER PIPELINES TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS OR GASES OR OF LOTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION WILL NECESSARILY ENCROACH ON EASEMENTS FOR THE PIPELINES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1984-06-18\n\nAdopted Date: 1984-05-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1990-07-20\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA83MP015\n\nReport Number: PAR-84-01\n\nAddressee Name: National Association of Counties\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1990-07-20\n\nAddressee Acronym: NACo\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-07-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR FILES FOR 1985 AND 1984 AND HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY NACO ON EITHER OF THESE TWO SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS NOR DO WE HAVE ANY RECORD OF THEIR RECEIPT. IF THERE IS ANY ACTION WHICH YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD NOW UNDERTAKE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.\n\nAddressee Acronym: NACo\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-10-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: NACo\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-06-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: NACo\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1990-07-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2488}