A md-80 tail compartment temperature hi light illuminated climbing through FL210; so the QRH was com...

Attributes
ACN	1073773
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Ducting
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

Climbing out and passing FL210 the 'tail compartment temperature hi' light illuminated. We accomplished the immediate action items for that procedure and declared an emergency with ATC for an immediate return to the departure airport. The annunciator light extinguished within seconds of accomplishing the immediate action items. We did exceed 250 knots below 10;000 feet as a precaution to land quicker. Airfield rescue and fire fighter vehicles met us after landing and found no heat signature on the aircraft. Taxied to gate and took airplane out of service. Wrote up overweight landing as well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MD-80 TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI light illuminated climbing through FL210; so the QRH was completed; an emergency declared and the flight returned to the departure airport.

Narrative: Climbing out and passing FL210 the 'TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI' light illuminated. We accomplished the immediate action items for that procedure and declared an emergency with ATC for an immediate return to the departure airport. The annunciator light extinguished within seconds of accomplishing the immediate action items. We did exceed 250 knots below 10;000 feet as a precaution to land quicker. Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighter vehicles met us after landing and found no heat signature on the aircraft. Taxied to gate and took airplane out of service. Wrote up overweight landing as well.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A md-80 tail compartment temperature hi light illuminated climbing through FL210; so the QRH was completed; an emergency declared and the flight returned to the departure airport.