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B727 flight crew declared an emergency and diverted to another airport when the aft body overheat light came on during cruise.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518937 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : hrv.vortac |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 518937 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : acft body overheat warning other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The lower aft body overheat light started blinking while in cruise at FL330 50 mi northwest of msy. The light very quickly came on steady. After declaring an emergency and beginning a descent, the light went out with the reduction of power, and did not come back on during the descent and approach. Due to the closeness of the divert airport, and in the interest of an expeditious landing, after consulting overweight landing charts, we decided to perform an overweight landing. Our landing was performed at 164600 pounds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT WHEN THE AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON DURING CRUISE.
Narrative: THE LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL330 50 MI NW OF MSY. THE LIGHT VERY QUICKLY CAME ON STEADY. AFTER DECLARING AN EMER AND BEGINNING A DSCNT, THE LIGHT WENT OUT WITH THE REDUCTION OF PWR, AND DID NOT COME BACK ON DURING THE DSCNT AND APCH. DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF THE DIVERT ARPT, AND IN THE INTEREST OF AN EXPEDITIOUS LNDG, AFTER CONSULTING OVERWT LNDG CHARTS, WE DECIDED TO PERFORM AN OVERWT LNDG. OUR LNDG WAS PERFORMED AT 164600 LBS.
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.