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A departure MD80 has a high tail compartment temperature on initial climb. Emergency declared and return land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 399315 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : las |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 399315 |
| 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 | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff, a tail compartment temperature high light illuminated (MD80 red light and master warning). Declared emergency, did emergency checklists and returned to las uneventfully. WX/wind was calm, departure runway was runway 19L, vectors for visual for runway 25L were given. Maintenance found bleed air line leaking after landing in las.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DEP MD80 HAS A HIGH TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP ON INITIAL CLB. EMER DECLARED AND RETURN LAND.
Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, A TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED (MD80 RED LIGHT AND MASTER WARNING). DECLARED EMER, DID EMER CHKLISTS AND RETURNED TO LAS UNEVENTFULLY. WX/WIND WAS CALM, DEP RWY WAS RWY 19L, VECTORS FOR VISUAL FOR RWY 25L WERE GIVEN. MAINT FOUND BLEED AIR LINE LEAKING AFTER LNDG IN LAS.
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.