{"operation":"document","citation":"P-90-026","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-90-026","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1990-10-01","effective_on":"1990-10-01","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA: ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO CONDUCT REGULAR AND ADEQUATE INSPECTIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SUBMERGED PIPELINES AND TO MAINTAIN THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH AS-BUILT CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-026.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-026.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-026","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-90-026","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-90-026.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA: ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO CONDUCT REGULAR AND ADEQUATE INSPECTIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SUBMERGED PIPELINES AND TO MAINTAIN THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH AS-BUILT CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1990-10-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1990-09-11\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1991-06-03\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 3, 1989, THE UNITED STATES FISHING VESSEL NORTHUMBERLAND STRUCK AND RUPTURED A 16-INCH-DIAMETER NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE ABOUT 1/2 NAUTICAL MILE OFFSHORE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND ABOUT 5 1/3 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF THE JETTIES AT THE ENTRANCE TO SABINE PASS, TEXAS. NATURAL GAS UNDER A PRESSURE OF 835 PSIG WAS RELEASED. AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE ON BOARD THE VESSEL IGNITED THE GAS, AND WITHIN SECONDS, THE ENTIRE VESSEL WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE ON THE VESSEL BURNED ITSELF OUT ON OCTOBER 4. LEAKING GAS FROM THE PIPELINE ALSO CONTINUED TO BURN UNTIL OCTOBER 4. OF THE 14 CREW MEMBERS, 11 DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA90MM001\n\nReport Number: PAR-90-02\n\nAddressee Name: MidCon Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1991-06-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1991-01-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: NATURAL HAS RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN A COMPLETE INSPECTION BY DIVERS OF THE COMPANY'S ENTIRE NETWORK OF ACTIVE OFFSHORE PIPELINES OUT TO A DEPTH OF 22 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING ANY EXPOSED PIPELINE. THOSE AREAS FOUND TO BE EXPOSED HAVE BEEN REBURIED TO A DEPTH CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL BURIAL REQUIREMENTS. NATURAL WILL UNDER TAKE SIMILAR PERIODIC REINSPECTIONS AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS AND WILL REBURY ANY EXPOSED PIPELLINES DISCOVERED IN SUCH REINSPECTIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE BURIAL DEPTH.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1991-06-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2089}