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An MD83 flight crew experienced tail comp temperature high warning. They declared an emergency and returned to departure airport for an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 827037 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pneumatic Ducting |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Climbing out of ZZZ at approximately 15;000 ft; warning light illuminated 'tail comp temperature high.' completed emergency checklist; and elected to return to ZZZ. Declared an emergency due to overweight landing. No further problems noted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD83 flight crew experienced TAIL COMP TEMP HIGH warning. They declared an emergency and returned to departure airport for an overweight landing.
Narrative: Climbing out of ZZZ at approximately 15;000 FT; warning light illuminated 'TAIL COMP TEMP HIGH.' Completed emergency checklist; and elected to return to ZZZ. Declared an emergency due to overweight landing. No further problems noted.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.