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An MD80 on initial climb declared an emergency and returned to the field due to a tail compartment overheat warning caused by a cracked air cycle machine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 481261 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mvy.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 481261 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 481262 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff, tail compartment temperature high light came on. Ran emergency procedure. Light stayed on for approximately 4 mins. Declared emergency and returned to dfw. Overweight landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the cause of the tail compartment overheat warning was a crack in the air cycle machine filling the compartment with high pressure, high temperature bleed air.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 ON INITIAL CLB DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO A TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT WARNING CAUSED BY A CRACKED AIR CYCLE MACHINE.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT CAME ON. RAN EMER PROC. LIGHT STAYED ON FOR APPROX 4 MINS. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO DFW. OVERWT LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT WARNING WAS A CRACK IN THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE FILLING THE COMPARTMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH TEMP BLEED AIR.
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.