NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY BOARD

Pipeline Accident Reports

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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: Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline 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: 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: 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: 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: 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