NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-028

NTSB safety recommendation P-84-028.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN LAND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE: ADVISE ITS MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT NEAR WEST ODESSA, TEXAS, ON MARCH 15, 1983, AND URGE THEM TO COOPERATE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAND PLANNING AND ZONING AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTRICTIONS AGAINST 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: 1989-05-22

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: Urban Land Institute

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1901-01-01

Addressee Acronym: ULI

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1988-06-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ULI

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1989-05-18

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: American Land Development Association

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1901-01-01

Addressee Acronym: ALDA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1988-06-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ALDA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1989-05-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence