<< >> NASA ASRS Report 285646, October 1994

Flight crew of an medium large transport returned and landed after warning of a tail compartment overheat indication.

Attributes
ACN	285646
Time
Date	199410
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw tower : fsm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	285646
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 other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After takeoff, master warning and tail compartment temperature high lights illuminated. Accomplished emergency procedure checklist and returned to dfw without declaring an emergency. On short final tower referred to us as the emergency aircraft. We replied that we had not declared an emergency. However, tower responded that they had declared an emergency for us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED AND LANDED AFTER WARNING OF A TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT INDICATION.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, MASTER WARNING AND TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED EMER PROC CHKLIST AND RETURNED TO DFW WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMER. ON SHORT FINAL TWR REFERRED TO US AS THE EMER ACFT. WE REPLIED THAT WE HAD NOT DECLARED AN EMER. HOWEVER, TWR RESPONDED THAT THEY HAD DECLARED AN EMER FOR US.

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.