The investigation disclosed that 10 hopper barges were moored to trees growing on a small island close to the descending bank of the Arkansas River in an unauthorized fleeting area. During high river flows, the island washed away, the trees were uprooted and the barges came adrift. They drifted into collision with other barges moored in an authorized fleeting area, causing these barges to break away from their moorings. The barges drifted downstream and collided with a State highway bridge and a grain dock, and ultimately, drifted into dam No. 2 at mile 17 of the Arkansas River. No one was injured, but resultant property damage, including salvage costs, was estimated at over $12 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the makeshift mooring of a fleet of 10 barges, in an unauthorized fleeting area, which came adrift during high water and collided with barges moored downriver in an authorized fleeting area and at a dock, resulting in 28 additional barges being cast adrift.
Marine Accident Report - Breakaway of 38 Barges, Arkansas River, December 4, 1982
1983
30 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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