Pipeline Accident Reports

Title: An Explosion at a Detroit-area chemical plant: Pipe was weak because of corrosion, July 14, 2001
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Title: Pipeline Accident Report: Natural Gas Explosion and Fire South Riding, Virginia, July 7, 1998
NTSB Report Number: PAR-01-01, adopted on 06/12/2001 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB2001-916501

Title: Hazardous Liquid Pipe Failure and Leak, Explorer Pipeline Company, Greenville, Texas, March 9, 2000
NTSB Report Number: PAB-01-03, adopted on 07/06/2001 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Hazardous Liquid Pipe Failure and Leak, Marathon Ashland Pipe Line, LLC Winchester, Kentucky, January 27, 2000
NTSB Report Number: PAB-01-02, adopted on 05/03/2001 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Hazardous Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline Rupture, Colonial Pipeline Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 9, 1999
NTSB Report Number: PAB-01-01, adopted on 03/28/2001 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Natural Gas Service Line and Rupture and Subsequent Explosion and Fire, Bridgeport, Alabama, January 22, 1999
NTSB Report Number: PAB-00-01, adopted on 11/28/2000 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Pipeline Accident Report: Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Subsequent Explosion, St. Cloud, Minnesota, December 11, 1998
NTSB Report Number: PAR-00-01, adopted on 07/11/2000 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB2000-916501

Title: Hazardous Liquid Petroleum Products Overpressure Rupture, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 5, 1996
NTSB Report Number: PAB-99-03, adopted on 04/29/1999 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 21, 1997
NTSB Report Number: PAB-99-02, adopted on 04/20/1999 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Pipe Failure and Leak, Morgan Falls Landfill, Sandy Springs, Georgia, March 30, 1998
NTSB Report Number: PAB-99-01, adopted on 03/22/1999 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: Pipeline Rupture, Liquid Butane Release and Fire Lively, Texas August 24, 1996
NTSB Report Number: PAR98-02*, adopted on 11/06/1998 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB98-916503

Title: Pipeline Rupture and Release of Fuel Oil in the Reedy River at Fork Shoals, South Carolina June 26, 1996
NTSB Report Number: PAR-98-01, adopted on 11/04/1998 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB98-916502

Title: Pipeline Accident Summary Report Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire During Dredging of Tiger Pass, Louisiana October 23, 1996
NTSB Report Number: PAR98-01*, adopted on 09/28/1998 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB98-916501

Title: Release of Hazardous Liquid Near Gramercy, Louisiana, May 23, 1996
NTSB Report Number: PAB-98-01, adopted on 09/21/1998 [Full Text | PDF document]
 

Title: San Juan Gas Company, Inc./Enron Corp. Propane Gas Explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 21, 1996 (ALSO AVIALABLE IN SPANISH)
NTSB Report Number: PAR-97-01, adopted on 12/23/1997 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB97-916501

Title: UGI Utilities, Inc., Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Explosion and Fire Allentown, Pennsylvania June 9, 1994
NTSB Report Number: PAR-96-01, adopted on 02/26/1996 [Abstract | PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB96-916501

Title: Evaluation of Pipeline Failure During Flooding and of Spill Response Actions, San Jacinto River Near Houston, Texas October 1994
NTSB Report Number: PAR-96-04, adopted on 09/06/1996 [PDF document]
NTIS Report Number: PB96-917004

Title: Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Piepline Explosion and Fire Edison, New Jersey March 23, 1994.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-95-01, adopted on 01/18/1995
NTIS Report Number: PB95-916501

Title: Highly Volatile Release from Underground Storage Cavern and Explosion Mapco Natural Gas Liquids, Inc. Brenham, Texas April 7, 1992.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-93-01, adopted on 11/04/1993
NTIS Report Number: PB93-916502

Title: Chicago, Illinois -- January 17, 1992.
NTSB Report Number: PAR93-01*, adopted on 01/05/1993
NTIS Report Number: PB93-916501

Title: Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Department of Defense/Army Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis, Indiana December 9, 1990
NTSB Report Number: PAR-92-01, adopted on 04/08/1992
NTIS Report Number: PB92-916501

Title: Liquid Propane Pipeline Rupture and Fire Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company North Blenheim, New York March 13, 1990
NTSB Report Number: PAR-91-01, adopted on 06/11/1991
NTIS Report Number: PB91-916501

Title: Kansas Power and Light Company Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents September 16, 1988 to March 29, 1989 (Revised).
NTSB Report Number: PAR-90-03, adopted on 03/27/1990
NTIS Report Number: PB-90-916503

Title: Fire on Board the F/V Northumberland and Rupture of a Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico Near Sabine Pass, TX October 3, 1989.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-90-02, adopted on 09/11/1990
NTIS Report Number: PB90-916502

Title: Kansas Power and Light Company Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents (revised PAR-90-03) September 16, 1988 to March 29, 1989.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-90-01, adopted on 03/27/1990
NTIS Report Number: PB90-916501

Title: Green Oaks, Il--August 31, 1988.
NTSB Report Number: PAR89-01*, adopted on 09/30/1989
NTIS Report Number: PB89-916501

Title: Piedmont Natural Gas Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Winston-Salem, North Carolina January 18, 1988
NTSB Report Number: PAR-88-01, adopted on 10/25/1988
NTIS Report Number: PB88-916501

Title: Chicago Heights, IL--March 13, 1986.
NTSB Report Number: PAR87-01*, adopted on 09/30/1987
NTIS Report Number: PB87-916504

Title: Lone Star Gas Company Gas Explosion and Fire Fort Worth, Texas March 12, 1986.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-87-03, adopted on 08/04/1987
NTIS Report Number: PB87-916503

Title: Williams Pipe Line Company Liquid Pipeline Rupture and Fire Mounds Views, Minnesota July 8, 1986.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-87-02, adopted on 07/20/1987
NTIS Report Number: PB87-916502

Title: Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Company Ruptures and Fires at Beaumont, Kentucky on April 27, 1985 and Lancaster, Kentucky on February 21, 1986.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-87-01, adopted on 02/18/1987
NTIS Report Number: PB87-916501

Title: Northeast Utilities Service Co. Explosion and Fire Derby, Connecticut December 6, 1985.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-86-02, adopted on 11/14/1986
NTIS Report Number: PB86-916503

Title: Jackson, Louisiana -- November 25, 1984.
NTSB Report Number: PAR86-01*, adopted on 03/31/1986
NTIS Report Number: PB86-916502

Title: Pinson, Alabama -- August 22, 1985.
NTSB Report Number: PAR86-01*, adopted on 03/31/1986
NTIS Report Number: PB86-916502

Title: Continental Pipe Line Company Pipeline Rupture and Fire Kaycee, Wyoming, July 23, 1985.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-86-01, adopted on 03/18/1986
NTIS Report Number: PB86-916501

Title: National Fuel Gas Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1985.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-85-02, adopted on 10/25/1985
NTIS Report Number: PB85-916502

Title: Arizona Public Service Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, Phoenix, Arizona, September 25, 1984.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-85-01, adopted on 06/12/1985
NTIS Report Number: PB85-916501

Title: Boston Gas Company Natural Gas Overpressure Explosion and Fires, Easton Boston, Massachusetts, September 23, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-84-05, adopted on 10/16/1984
NTIS Report Number: PB84-91605

Title: Columbia Gas of West Virginia, Inc., Explosion and Fire South Charleston, West Virginia, October 17, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-84-04, adopted on 09/05/1984
NTIS Report Number: PB84-916504

Title: Washington Gas Light Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Herndon Gate Station, Fairfax County Virginia, October 13, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-84-03, adopted on 08/09/1984
NTIS Report Number: PB84-916503

Title: Interstate Power Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, Clear Lake, Iowa, July 12, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-84-02, adopted on 05/17/1984
NTIS Report Number: PB84-916502

Title: Mid-America Pipeline System Liquefied Petroleum Gas Pipeline Rupture, West Odessa, Texas, March 15, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-84-01, adopted on 05/15/1984
NTIS Report Number: PB84-916501

Title: El Paso Natural Gas Company Compressor Station Explosion and Fire Bloomfield, New Mexico, May 26, 1983.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-83-04, adopted on 12/12/1983
NTIS Report Number: PB83-916504

Title: Mississippi River Transmission Corp. Natural Gas Flash Fire, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, October 1, 1982.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-83-03, adopted on 07/26/1983
NTIS Report Number: PB83-916503

Title: Northern Natural Gas Company Pipeline Puncture, Explosion and Fire, Hudson, Iowa, November 4, 1982.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-83-02, adopted on 05/17/1983
NTIS Report Number: PB83-916502

Title: The Gas Company of New Mexico Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Portales, New Mexico, June 28, 1982.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-83-01, adopted on 01/13/1983
NTIS Report Number: PB83-916501

Title: Missouri Power and Light Company Natural Gas Fires, Centralia, Missouri, January 28, 1982.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-82-03, adopted on 08/24/1982
NTIS Report Number: PB82-916503

Title: The Chaparral Pipeline, Explosion and Fire Ackerly, Texas, September 27, 1981.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-82-02, adopted on 04/20/1982
NTIS Report Number: PB82-916502

Title: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Natural Gas Pipeline Puncture San Francisco, California, August 25, 1981.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-82-01, adopted on 02/25/1982
NTIS Report Number: PB82-916501

Title: Issue 1, 1982 Brief Reports
NTSB Report Number: PAB-82-01, adopted on 01/22/1982
NTIS Report Number: PB82-916901

Title: Four Corners Pipline Company Pipe Rupture and Fire Long Beach, California, December 1, 1980.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-81-04, adopted on 08/18/1981
NTIS Report Number: PB82-102377

Title: Williams Pipeline Company, Gasoline Explosion and Fire, Roseville, Minnesota, April 16, 1981.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-81-03, adopted on 07/22/1981
NTIS Report Number: PB81-236820

Title: Colonial Pipeline Company, Petroleum Products Pipeline Failures, Manassas and Locust Grove, Virginia, March 6, 1980.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-81-02, adopted on 07/15/1981
NTIS Report Number: PB81-231789

Title: Union Light, Heat and Power Company Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Simon High School, Independence, Kentucky, October 9, 1981.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-81-01, adopted on 04/28/1981
NTIS Report Number: PB81-207102

Title: The Pipelines of Puerto Rico, Inc., Petroleum Products Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, January 30, 1980.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-06, adopted on 12/19/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB81-204851

Title: Issue 1, 1980 Brief Reports
NTSB Report Number: PAB-80-01, adopted on 09/18/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB81-156978

Title: Municipal Gas Department of Cordele Georgia Explosion and Fire Cordele, Georgia, February 21, 1980.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-05, adopted on 09/09/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB81-105629

Title: Washington Gas Light Company Natural Gas Explosion 215 Third Street Southeast Washington, DC, October 30, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-04, adopted on 07/08/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB80-213457

Title: Columbia Gas of Virginia, Inc., Natural Gas Explosion and Fire Standardsville, Virginia, October 24, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-03, adopted on 06/10/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB80-202880

Title: Columbia Liquefied Natural Gas Corporation Explosion and Fire, Covepoint, Maryland, October 6, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-02, adopted on 04/16/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB80-185721

Title: Southern Natural Gas Company Rupture and Fire of a 14-inch Gas Transmission Pipeline Southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-80-01, adopted on 02/21/1980
NTIS Report Number: PB80-162894

Title: Philadelphia Gas Works Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture, Explosion and Fire Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-79-03, adopted on 09/27/1979
NTIS Report Number: PB80-108863

Title: Gas Service Company, Explosion and Fire, London, Kentucky, January 16, 1979.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-79-02, adopted on 08/16/1979
NTIS Report Number: PB-299850/AS

Title: Mid-America Pipeline System Liquefied Petroleum Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Donnellson, Iowa, August 4, 1978.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-79-01, adopted on 05/03/1979
NTIS Report Number: PB-296136/AS

Title: The Gas Service Company, Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Kansas City, Missouri, June 12, 1978.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-78-05, adopted on 12/07/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-290496/AS

Title: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc., Explosion and Fire, Lawrence, Kansas, December 15, 1977.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-78-04, adopted on 07/05/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-286345/AS

Title: Issue 1, 1977 Brief Reports
NTSB Report Number: PAB-78-01, adopted on 06/20/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-284470

Title: Atlanta Gas Light Company, High- Pressure Gas Main Rupture, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 1977.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-78-03, adopted on 05/18/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-294650/AS

Title: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Explosion and Fire, Pump Station 8, near Fairbanks, Alaska, July 8, 1977.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-78-02, adopted on 03/09/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-294651/AS

Title: Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation, Propane Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Ruff Creek, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1977.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-78-01, adopted on 01/12/1978
NTIS Report Number: PB-278192/AS

Title: Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, Natural Gas Explosions, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1977.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-77-04, adopted on 11/23/1977
NTIS Report Number: PB-277052/AS

Title: Exxon Gas System, Inc., Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, Robstown, Texas, December 7, 1976.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-77-03, adopted on 10/13/1977
NTIS Report Number: PB-275174/AS

Title: UGI Corporation, Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, Allentown, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1976.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-77-02, adopted on 05/18/1977
NTIS Report Number: PB-268938/8GA

Title: United Gas Pipeline Company, 20-inch Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Cartwright, Louisiana, August 9, 1976.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-77-01, adopted on 04/26/1977
NTIS Report Number: PB-268606/1GA

Title: Standard Oil Company of California, Pipeline Rupture, Los Angeles, California, June 16, 1976.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-08, adopted on 12/09/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-264347/AS

Title: Sun Pipeline Company, Rupture of 8-inch Pipeline, Romulus, Michigan, August 2, 1975.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-07, adopted on 07/20/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-257671/AS

Title: Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Pathfinder Hotel Explosion and Fire, Fremont, Nebraska, January 10, 1976.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-06, adopted on 07/07/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-257363/AS

Title: Dow Chemical U.S.A., Natural Gas Liguids Explosion and Fire, near Devers, Texas, May 12, 1975.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-05, adopted on 06/30/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-255979/AS

Title: West Texas Gulf Pipeline Company, Abilene, Texas, December 1, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-04, adopted on 06/09/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-257166/AS

Title: Mid Valley Pipeline Company, Crude Oil Terminal Fire, near Lima, Ohio, January 17, 1975.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-03, adopted on 04/27/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-253988/AS

Title: Consolidated Edison Company, Explosion at 305 East 45th Street, New York, New York, April 22, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-02, adopted on 04/19/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-252022/AS

Title: Texas Oil and Gas Corporation, 6-inch Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Failure, near Meridan, Mississippi, May 21, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-76-01, adopted on 02/04/1976
NTIS Report Number: PB-250935/AS

Title: Southern Union Gas Company, Transmission Pipeline Failure, near Farmington, New Mexico, March 15, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-75-03, adopted on 12/23/1975
NTIS Report Number: PB-250774/AS

Title: Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp., 30 inch Transmission Line Failure, near Bealeton, Virginia, June 9, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-75-02, adopted on 05/28/1975
NTIS Report Number: PB-244547/AS

Title: Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Company, Monroe, Louisiana, March 2, 1974.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-75-01, adopted on 04/02/1975
NTIS Report Number: PB-241988/AS

Title: Mid America Pipeline System, Anhydrous Ammonia Leak, Conway, Kansas, December 6, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-06, adopted on 11/11/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-238158/AS

Title: Washington Gas Light Company, Bowie, Maryland, June 23, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-05, adopted on 10/24/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-238039/AS

Title: Columbia Gas of West Virginia, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, December 2, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-04, adopted on 08/21/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-236479/AS

Title: Missouri Public Service Company, Clinton, Missouri, December 9, 1972.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-03, adopted on 02/27/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-230617/AS

Title: Southern Union Gas Company, El Paso, Texas, April 22, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-02, adopted on 02/13/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-229868/AS

Title: UGI Corporation, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-74-01, adopted on 02/07/1974
NTIS Report Number: PB-228673/AS

Title: Phillips Pipeline Company, Natural Gas Liquids Fire, Austin, Texas, February 22, 1973.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-73-04, adopted on 11/07/1973
NTIS Report Number: PB-225845

Title: Atlanta Gas Light Company, Atlanta, Georgia, August 31, 1972.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-73-03, adopted on 08/16/1973
NTIS Report Number: PB-223336

Title: Exxon Pipeline Company, Crude Oil Explosion at Hearne, Texas, May 14, 1972.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-73-02, adopted on 08/01/1973
NTIS Report Number: PB-222656

Title: Northern States Power Company, Lake City, Minnesota, Oct. 30, 1972.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-73-01, adopted on 05/16/1973
NTIS Report Number: PB-221393

Title: Lone Star Gas Company, Fort Worth, Texas, October 4, 1971.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-72-05, adopted on 12/13/1972
NTIS Report Number: PB-214777

Title: Washington Gas Light Company, Natural Gas Explosion at Annandale, Virginia, March 24, 1972.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-72-04, adopted on 11/22/1972
NTIS Report Number: PB-214328

Title: Lone Star Gas Company, North Richland Hills, Texas, October 4, 1971.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-72-03, adopted on 11/08/1972
NTIS Report Number: PB-213615

Title: Equitable Gas Company, Natural Gas Distribution System, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1971.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-72-02, adopted on 05/25/1972
NTIS Report Number: PB-211000

Title: Phillips Pipeline Company, Propane Gas Explosion, Franklin County, Missouri, December 9, 1970.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-72-01, adopted on 03/01/1972
NTIS Report Number: PB-209876

Title: Colonial Pipeline Company, Petroleum Products Pipeline, Jacksonville, Maryland, September 3, 1970.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-71-02, adopted on 12/08/1971
NTIS Report Number: PB-207130

Title: High Pressure Natural Gas Pipeline, near Houston, Texas, September 9, 1969.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-71-01, adopted on 07/01/1971
NTIS Report Number: PB-202868

Title: Low Pressure Natural Gas Distribution System, Burlington, Iowa, November 6, 1969.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-70-01, adopted on 10/14/1970
NTIS Report Number: PB-196054

Title: Low Pressure Natural Gas Distribution System, Gary, Indiana. June 3, 1969 November 6, 1969.
NTSB Report Number: PAR-, adopted on 12/04/1969
NTIS Report Number: PB-190200