S80 aircraft receives cargo compartment overheat indication, declares emergency, and returns to land...

Attributes
ACN	342257
Time
Date	199607
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : las tracon : lit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	342257
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

ATC facility: las tower. Location: las. Just after lift-off at las, the tail compartment high light illuminated. The 3 immediate action items were completed. The light went out 20-30 seconds later. We decided to return to las. An emergency was declared and the equipment was requested to meet us. Emergency checklist was completed for this problem. An overweight landing was completed at las. Landing weight was 135700 pounds with an extremely smooth touchdown performed by first officer. Upon exiting the runway I had the las emergency equipment check for any problems in the rear section of the aircraft. None were found and we returned to the gate and the passenger were deplaned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S80 ACFT RECEIVES CARGO COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT INDICATION, DECLARES EMER, AND RETURNS TO LAND AT LAS.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: LAS TWR. LOCATION: LAS. JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF AT LAS, THE TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE 3 IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS WERE COMPLETED. THE LIGHT WENT OUT 20-30 SECONDS LATER. WE DECIDED TO RETURN TO LAS. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE EQUIP WAS REQUESTED TO MEET US. EMER CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED FOR THIS PROB. AN OVERWT LNDG WAS COMPLETED AT LAS. LNDG WT WAS 135700 LBS WITH AN EXTREMELY SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN PERFORMED BY FO. UPON EXITING THE RWY I HAD THE LAS EMER EQUIP CHK FOR ANY PROBS IN THE REAR SECTION OF THE ACFT. NONE WERE FOUND AND WE RETURNED TO THE GATE AND THE PAX WERE DEPLANED.

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.

S80 aircraft receives cargo compartment overheat indication, declares emergency, and returns to land at las.