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MD80 crew had the tail compartment temperature high light illuminate while climbing through FL230 in ZMA class a airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 567777 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200212 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zma.artcc |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 23000 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Ice |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| 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 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 567777 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : tail compartment temp highlighted other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Tail compartment temperature high light came on. Climbing out of mia through FL230, the tail compartment temperature high light came on. Airfoil anti-ice was off. Pneumatic xfeed valves were closed, so we just turned the aircraft packs to high pressure bleed off, as the checklist says to do. The light went out after 5 seconds. I decided to return to mia because of the icing conditions ahead of our flight plan. We declared an emergency with ATC and made an overweight landing at mia. After clearing the runway, crash fire rescue equipment checked our aircraft and found no problems, so we taxied to the gate. We made an overweight landing on runway 9R at mia. Our landing weight was 134000 pounds and we made a soft landing. No problems after landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 CREW HAD THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATE WHILE CLBING THROUGH FL230 IN ZMA CLASS A AIRSPACE.
Narrative: TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT CAME ON. CLBING OUT OF MIA THROUGH FL230, THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT CAME ON. AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE WAS OFF. PNEUMATIC XFEED VALVES WERE CLOSED, SO WE JUST TURNED THE ACFT PACKS TO HIGH PRESSURE BLEED OFF, AS THE CHKLIST SAYS TO DO. THE LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER 5 SECONDS. I DECIDED TO RETURN TO MIA BECAUSE OF THE ICING CONDITIONS AHEAD OF OUR FLT PLAN. WE DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC AND MADE AN OVERWT LNDG AT MIA. AFTER CLRING THE RWY, CFR CHKED OUR ACFT AND FOUND NO PROBS, SO WE TAXIED TO THE GATE. WE MADE AN OVERWT LNDG ON RWY 9R AT MIA. OUR LNDG WT WAS 134000 LBS AND WE MADE A SOFT LNDG. NO PROBS AFTER LNDG.
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.