Narrative:

Departed. On climbout; master warning for a tail comp temperature high. Accomplished immediate action items declared an emergency returned to the departure airport. Aircraft had a previous history; of this problem. Captain called it a night.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MD-83 TAIL COMP TEMP HIGH and Master Warning alerted after takeoff; so an emergency was declared and the flight returned to the departure airport.

Narrative: Departed. On climbout; Master Warning for a TAIL COMP TEMP HIGH. Accomplished Immediate Action Items declared an emergency returned to the departure airport. Aircraft had a previous history; of this problem. Captain called it a night.

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.