# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-86-009 - **operation:** document - **citation:** P-86-009 - **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-86-009 - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 1986-04-17 - **effective on:** 1986-04-17 - **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY: THROUGH THE USE OF JOB/TASK AND OTHER SAFETY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, DEVELOP AND ISSUE WRITTEN PROCEDURES WHICH, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE INSPECTIONS TO BE PERFORMED BEFORE RAISING PIPELINES FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED FOR SAFELY RAISING PIPELINES DURING THESE PROJECTS. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-009.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-009.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-009 - **source url:** https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-86-009 **body:** NTSB safety recommendation P-86-009. THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY: THROUGH THE USE OF JOB/TASK AND OTHER SAFETY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, DEVELOP AND ISSUE WRITTEN PROCEDURES WHICH, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE INSPECTIONS TO BE PERFORMED BEFORE RAISING PIPELINES FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED FOR SAFELY RAISING PIPELINES DURING THESE PROJECTS. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1986-04-17 Adopted Date: 1986-03-18 Overall Date Closed: 1989-07-12 Synopsis: ABOUT 10:30 A.M. ON JULY 23, 1985, IN A RURAL AREA ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF KAYCEE, WYOMING, A GIRTH WELD CRACKED DURING A PIPELINE RECOATING PROJECT ON A 23-YEAR-OLD, 8-INCH DIAMETER PIPELINE OWNED BY THE CONTINENTAL PIPE LINE COMPANY. THE CRACKED GIRTH WELD ALLOWED THE RELEASE, ATOMIZATION, AND IGNITION OF AIRCRAFT TURBINE FUEL UNDER 430 POUNDS PRESSURE, KILLING ONE PERSON, BURNING SIX PERSONS, DESTROYING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND SHUTTING DOWN THE PIPELINE. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $128,000. Probable Cause: None Ntsbnumber: DCA85FP016 Report Number: PAR-86-01 Addressee Name: Continental Pipeline Company Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1989-07-12 Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1988-12-27 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: IN JULY, 1987 CPL COMPLETED A MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES GUIDE WHICH ADDRESSES THE PROCEDURES TO BE EMPLOYED BY CPL PERSONNEL WHEN PERFORMING ALL ASPECTS OF PIPELINE MAINTENANCE. THIS MANUAL DOES INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PIPELINE INSPECTION AND PROCEDURES FOR SAFELY HANDLING PIPELINES. Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1988-11-08 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1989-07-12 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1988-10-21 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2066