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An MD80 on departure at 8000 ft declared an emergency and returned to the field due to a tail compartment overheat warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 484197 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 484197 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : tail compt. overheat warn other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On departure from dfw to bdl (approximately XA30) approximately 8000 ft MSL, the tail compartment temperature high warning first flickered then quickly illuminated steady. Emergency procedure extinguished the light and flight was air interrupted. Landing was uneventful. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the exact cause of the overheat warning was not passed on by maintenance but believes it was a pneumatic leak.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 ON DEP AT 8000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO A TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT WARNING.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM DFW TO BDL (APPROX XA30) APPROX 8000 FT MSL, THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH WARNING FIRST FLICKERED THEN QUICKLY ILLUMINATED STEADY. EMER PROC EXTINGUISHED THE LIGHT AND FLT WAS AIR INTERRUPTED. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE OVERHEAT WARNING WAS NOT PASSED ON BY MAINT BUT BELIEVES IT WAS A PNEUMATIC LEAK.
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.