An air carrier dc 9-50 had a tail compartment high temperature warning.

Attributes
ACN	262387
Time
Date	199401
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 18000 agl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 50
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zma
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18560 flight time type : 1330
ASRS Report	262387
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Tail compartment. Temperature hi warning light came on. We followed prescribed procedures. Declared emergency and landed orlando mccoy. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter was flying a DC9-50. He is pleased to announce that there was no fire, but the procedures call for the flight crew to treat the situation as a fire. The procedures call for a single engine approach. These are practiced in a dc 9-30 simulator. The dc 9-50 lands much more nose high than the dc 9-30 simulator. Maintenance was not able to find anything wrong with the aircraft. After a delay, the reporter flew it on to the next destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR DC 9-50 HAD A TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMP WARNING.

Narrative: TAIL COMPARTMENT. TEMP HI WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WE FOLLOWED PRESCRIBED PROCS. DECLARED EMER AND LANDED ORLANDO MCCOY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A DC9-50. HE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE, BUT THE PROCS CALL FOR THE FLC TO TREAT THE SIT AS A FIRE. THE PROCS CALL FOR A SINGLE ENG APCH. THESE ARE PRACTICED IN A DC 9-30 SIMULATOR. THE DC 9-50 LANDS MUCH MORE NOSE HIGH THAN THE DC 9-30 SIMULATOR. MAINT WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ACFT. AFTER A DELAY, THE RPTR FLEW IT ON TO THE NEXT DEST.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.