Soil collapse in natural disasters seriously threatens to the stability of buried pipelines. In order to study the stability of buried pipelines in the suspended collapse area, based on the finite element method,the displacement, strain and stress of buried elbows with different wall thickness and outer diameter in the suspended state were studied. Based on the eigenvalue buckling theory, the ultimate length that the buried elbow can withstand when the soil collapses under certain conditions was studied. The results show that reducing the buried depth, increasing the outer diameter and wall thickness can effectively reduce the displacement of pipeline in soil collapse. The stress and strain of the pipeline occur in the center of the collapse area and the fixed ends of the two sides; the increase of the outer diameter and wall thickness of the pipeline can inhibit the occurrence of local excessive stress to a certain extent. The ultimate length of the buried elbow in the goaf is about 87 m, and improving the outer diameter and wall thickness of the pipeline can enhance the buckling resistance of the buried elbow in the process of soil collapse.