Docket Contents

Project Summary: Pipeline Investigation - 116 Docket Items - DCA16FP003

Description: Apartment building natural gas explosion and fire

Mode: Pipeline

NTSB Number: DCA16FP003

Date of Accident: 08/10/2016

City: Silver Spring

State / Region: MD

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation


Docket Information

Creation Date: 08/10/17

Last Modified: 08/03/2020 12:16 PM

Public Release Date & Time: 08/15/2017 11:00 AM


Docket Items: 116

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1 Final Accident Report NTSB/PAR-19/01 64 0 Adobe PDF file
2 IIC Synopsis 1 0 Adobe PDF file
3 Materials Laboratory Factual Report 16-097 46 21 Adobe PDF file
4 Materials Laboratory Factual Report 16-098 7 5 Adobe PDF file
5 Operations Factual Report 42 19 Adobe PDF file
6 ATF Report 12 0 Adobe PDF file
7 Operations - 10-13-16 Kay Management Response to NTSB Request 5 0 Adobe PDF file
8 Operations - 10-21-16 Kay Management Response to NTSB 10-7-16 Request 6 0 Adobe PDF file
9 Operations - Associates Plumbing Invoices & Log 2 0 Adobe PDF file
10 Operations - 8701 Meter Room Inventory 1 0 Adobe PDF file
11 Attachment A - Photo Coverage of Accident Scene Moments After the Accident by Maryland Public Service Commission 7 13 Adobe PDF file
12 Attachment B - Photo coverage of the basement perimeter and accident area by Kay Management representative 13 24 Adobe PDF file
13 Flower Branch Apartments Floor Plans for Buildings 8701 and 8703 4 0 Adobe PDF file
14 Operations - OPS - Painting Work Orders 6 0 Adobe PDF file
15 Operations - 3-9-17 Kay Management Response to 3-7-17 Request 3 0 Adobe PDF file
16 Operations - Kay Management Safety Meetings 3 0 Adobe PDF file
17 Operations - Vector Security Report on Doors Access 4 0 Adobe PDF file
18 Operations - Combustble Gas Detector Information by Kay Management 8 0 Adobe PDF file
19 Operations - Kay Management (All Work Orders 08-01-15 thru 08-25-16) 90 0 Adobe PDF file
20 Operations - ASTI Fire Alarm Testing 4 0 Adobe PDF file
21 Operations - Montgomery County Fire Prevention-Code Compliance. VN (5-9-16) 3 0 Adobe PDF file
22 Operations - Teco Purchase Order Furnace Replacement (1-29-2016) 2 0 Adobe PDF file
23 Operations - Kay Management New Tenants Information 8 0 Adobe PDF file
24 Operations - Liberty Lock records (FB) 58 0 Adobe PDF file
25 Operations - OPS - Meter Room Activity in total for 8701 66 0 Adobe PDF file
26 Operations - WG email on regulator union rotation 4 0 Adobe PDF file
27 Operations - Paul Armstrong Residential Methane 18 0 Adobe PDF file
28 Operations - Attachment C - Adjusted list to reflect gas calls Copy of NTSB Event request for Arliss St 11 0 Adobe PDF file
29 Operations - Combined 4 MCFRS Officers Statements 4 0 Adobe PDF file
30 Operations - Mercury Regulator Removal and Replacements 4 0 Adobe PDF file
31 Operations - Mercury Regulator repalcements FY12- FY16 1 0 Adobe PDF file
32 Operations - OPS - Wall thickness 4 inch and 2 inch for the piping at 8701 and 8703 1 0 Adobe PDF file
33 Operations - OPS - Leak Repair History for one year in vicinity of incident 2 0 Adobe PDF file
34 Operations - OPS - Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 (1) 2 0 Adobe PDF file
35 Operations - Operation and Maintenance Manual - Meter Banks 9 0 Adobe PDF file
36 Operations - OPS - Overview PAP Materials Narrative[1] 5 0 Adobe PDF file
37 Operations - OPS - Outside Leak Repair on Service at 8703 Arliss St 9.5.2013 6 0 Adobe PDF file
38 Operations - OPS - O&M Regulator Operations 20 0 Adobe PDF file
39 Operations - OPS - Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703- 2 1 0 Adobe PDF file
40 Operations - OPS - Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 (2016)-7 12 0 Adobe PDF file
41 Operations - OPS - Five Year History of Odor Calls at Flower Branch Complex - 4 22 0 Adobe PDF file
42 Operations - OPS - Five Year History of Odor Calls at Flower Branch Complex - 3 42 0 Adobe PDF file
43 Operations - OPS - Five Year History of Odor Calls at Flower Branch Complex - 2 50 0 Adobe PDF file
44 Operations - OPS - Five Year 8-2011 through 8-2016 Odor Call History for 8701 Arliss 1 0 Adobe PDF file
45 Operations - OPS - DR.001.Methane Detectors[1] 2 0 Adobe PDF file
46 Operations - OPS - Coating Information - 2 8 0 Adobe PDF file
47 Operations - OPS - Odorant Monitoring - 1 2 0 Adobe PDF file
48 Operations - OPS - O&M Actions Installing Gas Meters[1] 1 0 Adobe PDF file
49 Operations - OPS - Map of Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 - 5 1 0 Adobe PDF file
50 Operations - OPS - Five Year Aboveground Leak Repair History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703.REVISED Title Name - 2 1 0 Adobe PDF file
51 Operations - OPS - Cathodic Protection Info - 1 9 0 Adobe PDF file
52 Operations - OPS - Miss Utility Tickets - 811 tickets 2 0 Adobe PDF file
53 Operations - OPS - Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 (2013) - 8 10 0 Adobe PDF file
54 Operations - OPS - Map of Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 - 6 of 10 1 0 Adobe PDF file
55 Operations - OPS - Five Year Outside Leak Survey History for Flower Branch and 8701 and 8703 - 3 2 0 Adobe PDF file
56 Interview of Resident A 57 0 Adobe PDF file
57 Interview of Williams Meters Service Tech 42 0 Adobe PDF file
58 Interview of Montgomery Fire and Rescue Lieutenant 52 0 Adobe PDF file
59 Interview of Former Washington Gas Employee 113 0 Adobe PDF file
60 Interview of Washington Gas Supervisor 58 0 Adobe PDF file
61 Interview of MCFRS Firefighter 2 26 0 Adobe PDF file
62 Interview of Washington Gas Manager, Meter and Regulator Services 68 0 Adobe PDF file
63 Interview of Washington Gas Aboveground Construction Supervisor 68 0 Adobe PDF file
64 Interview of Williams Meter Employee 54 0 Adobe PDF file
65 Interview of Property Manager of Flower Branch Apartments - Errata 56 0 Adobe PDF file
66 Interview of Williams Meter Relight Tech - Errata 52 0 Adobe PDF file
67 Interview of Washington Gas Manager, Meter and Regulator Services - Errata 70 0 Adobe PDF file
68 Interview of Williams Meter Credit Collector - Errata 28 0 Adobe PDF file
69 Interview of Washington Gas Leak Survey Supervisor - Errata 3 0 Adobe PDF file
70 Interview of Kay Management Maintenance Technician - Errata 29 0 Adobe PDF file
71 Interview of Kay Management Regional Supervisor - Errata 53 0 Adobe PDF file
72 Interview of Lyle Kenneth Davis Jr. - Errata 44 0 Adobe PDF file
73 Interview of President of Kay Management - Errata 60 0 Adobe PDF file
74 Interview of Witness A 40 0 Adobe PDF file
75 Interview of Kay Management Engineer 36 0 Adobe PDF file
76 Interview of Washington Gas Operations Technician 40 0 Adobe PDF file
77 Interview of Robert Kirschner 26 0 Adobe PDF file
78 Interview of Leonel Lazaro 27 0 Adobe PDF file
79 Interview of James Little Jr. 17 0 Adobe PDF file
80 Interview of Contract Manager of Alarm System Testing and Inspection, Inc. 27 0 Adobe PDF file
81 Interview of President, Associates Plumbing Inc. 59 0 Adobe PDF file
82 Interview of Senior Engineer, Linc Energy Systems, Inc. (1) 64 0 Adobe PDF file
83 Interview of Senior Engineer, Linc Energy Systems, Inc. (2) 17 0 Adobe PDF file
84 Interview of James Clark Melillo 57 0 Adobe PDF file
85 Interview of Andre C. Minor 50 0 Adobe PDF file
86 Interview of Ronald Neil 51 0 Adobe PDF file
87 Interview of Kay Management Maintenance Technician 17 0 Adobe PDF file
88 Interview of Property Manager of Flower Branch Apartments 54 0 Adobe PDF file
89 Interview of Kay Management Maintenance Technician 25 0 Adobe PDF file
90 Interview of Plumber, Associates Plumbing Inc. 35 0 Adobe PDF file
91 Interview of Washington Gas, Gas and Service Technician 25 0 Adobe PDF file
92 Interview of Washington Gas Service Technician (Rockville) 43 0 Adobe PDF file
93 Interview of Vice President, Associates Plumbing, Inc. 16 0 Adobe PDF file
94 Materials Laboratory Report 16-100 Hot Water Heater 6 5 Adobe PDF file
95 Hot Water Heater Unit Operating and Service Manual 56 0 Adobe PDF file
96 Survival Factors 21 0 Adobe PDF file
97 Survival Factors Factual - Exhibit 1 Event Chronology Timeline 5 0 Adobe PDF file
98 Survival Factors Factual - Exhibit 2 OEMHS Memorandum 4 0 Adobe PDF file
99 Transcript of Interview - A. Walls/Washington Gas (with witness review response) 62 0 Adobe PDF file
100 Reg. Oversight-MPSC Warning Letter 2013-2016 40 0 Adobe PDF file
101 Reg. Oversight-Montgomery County Concil Resolution No. 18-218 (7-21-2015) 26 0 Adobe PDF file
102 Reg. Oversight-Montgomery County Council Resolution No. 18-555 (7-19-2016) 8 0 Adobe PDF file
103 Reg. Oversight-ASTI Fire Alarm Testing Record (4-27-2016) 4 0 Adobe PDF file
104 Reg. Oversight-Montgomery County Fire and Life Inspection (5-19-2016) 3 0 Adobe PDF file
105 Reg. Oversight-Post Accident Washington Gas Odorant Test (8-11-2016) 2 0 Adobe PDF file
106 Reg. Oversight-MCFRS SOP for Natural Gas Incident 8 0 Adobe PDF file
107 Reg. Oversight-MCFRS Statements on July 25, 2016 incident 3 0 Adobe PDF file
108 Reg. Oversight-Operations Technology Development Summary Report, Project No. 1.14g and No. 1.15e 2 0 Adobe PDF file
109 Regulatory Oversight Group Factual Report 15 3 Adobe PDF file
110 Materials Laboratory Factual Report 18-008 4 5 Adobe PDF file
111 Gas Composition on August 10, 2016 to Flower Branch Complex (Silver Spring, MD) 3 0 Adobe PDF file
112 Materials Laboratory Study Report 18-039S 14 0 Adobe PDF file
113 Washington Gas Party Submission 99 0 Adobe PDF file
114 MPSC Party Submission 8 0 Adobe PDF file
115 MCFRS Party Submission 7 0 Adobe PDF file
116 Washington Gas Presentation to NTSB Board Members April 2019 31 0 Adobe PDF file