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An MD80 return land after the master caution warning system indicates a high temperature indication in the tail compartment at dfw, tx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
| 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 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : master wing light |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out, #1 flight attendant informed #2 flight attendant and myself that we would be returning to dallas, as a sensor in tailcone showed overheating. We were told that if we had to evacuate/evacuation that we were not to use tailcone. Captain told passenger that there was an air leak. Upon landing, we were met by rescue trucks and escorted to gate, where they took aircraft OTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 RETURN LAND AFTER THE MASTER CAUTION WARNING SYS INDICATES A HIGH TEMP INDICATION IN THE TAIL COMPARTMENT AT DFW, TX.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT, #1 FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED #2 FLT ATTENDANT AND MYSELF THAT WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO DALLAS, AS A SENSOR IN TAILCONE SHOWED OVERHEATING. WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE HAD TO EVAC THAT WE WERE NOT TO USE TAILCONE. CAPT TOLD PAX THAT THERE WAS AN AIR LEAK. UPON LNDG, WE WERE MET BY RESCUE TRUCKS AND ESCORTED TO GATE, WHERE THEY TOOK ACFT OTS.
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.