NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-027

NTSB safety recommendation P-84-027.

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 ENCROACH ON EASEMENTS FOR THE PIPELINES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1984-06-18

Adopted Date: 1984-05-15

Overall Date Closed: 1990-07-20

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: National Association of Counties

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1990-07-20

Addressee Acronym: NACo

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1988-07-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication 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.

Addressee Acronym: NACo

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1988-10-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: NACo

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1988-06-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: NACo

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1990-07-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence