Md-83 captain experiences a tail compartment temp high light climbing out of 6;000 ft. QRH procedure...

Narrative:

Out of 6;000 ft a master warning tail compartment high indication came on. As the flying pilot I flew and took the radios while the first officer ran the memory items and pulled out the checklist. After the 2 minutes we were unable to get the light out and continued to run the QRH. We isolated the leak to the left engine. We had no passengers on board and I had an flight attendant go to the tail looking for fire indications. Per the checklist we left the left engine at idle and declared an emergency and returned for a right traffic pattern. Emergency vehicles were standing by and followed us to the gate. I had the flight attendant's plan for a possible forward evacuation if fire indications were communicated from tower or emergency vehicles. A previous write up had been in the logbook for left engine ducting work and it seemed like the likely cause for the bleed leak.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-83 Captain experiences a Tail Compartment Temp High light climbing out of 6;000 FT. QRH procedures are complied with; an emergency is declared and flight returns to the departure airport with the left engine at idle per the chicklist.

Narrative: Out of 6;000 FT a Master Warning Tail Compartment High Indication came on. As the flying pilot I flew and took the radios while the First Officer ran the memory items and pulled out the checklist. After the 2 minutes we were unable to get the light out and continued to run the QRH. We isolated the leak to the left engine. We had no passengers on board and I had an FA go to the tail looking for fire indications. Per the checklist we left the left engine at idle and declared an emergency and returned for a right traffic pattern. Emergency vehicles were standing by and followed us to the gate. I had the FA's plan for a possible forward evacuation if fire indications were communicated from Tower or emergency vehicles. A previous write up had been in the logbook for left engine ducting work and it seemed like the likely cause for the bleed leak.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1099720
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Ducting
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Md-83 captain experiences a tail compartment temp high light climbing out of 6;000 ft. QRH procedures are complied with; an emergency is declared and flight returns to the departure airport with the left engine at idle per the chicklist.