MD80 crew had tail compartment temperature high light illuminate.

Attributes
ACN	481293
Time
Date	200008
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sjc.airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : o90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	481293
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	481294
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : overheat warning other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Red tail compartment temperature high light. Shortly after takeoff from sjc the red tail compartment temperature high light illuminated along with red warning lights. Performed memory items of emergency checklist followed by complete checklist. Emergency declared and returned to sjc. Red light never went out until power reduction in landing flare. Smooth touchdown of overweight landing of 142000 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HAD TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATE.

Narrative: RED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF FROM SJC THE RED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH RED WARNING LIGHTS. PERFORMED MEMORY ITEMS OF EMER CHKLIST FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE CHKLIST. EMER DECLARED AND RETURNED TO SJC. RED LIGHT NEVER WENT OUT UNTIL PWR REDUCTION IN LNDG FLARE. SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN OF OVERWT LNDG OF 142000 LBS.

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.