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MD80 return land after PIC advises flight attendants that there was high temperature air flowing into the aircraft's tail cone area on a departure flight from dfw, tx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 621022 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| 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 | tracon : d10.tracon |
| 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 : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 15 flight attendant time total : 15 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 621022 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : mast caution - high temp tail cone other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff, about 15 mins into the flight, the captain called to say an indicator light in the cockpit was showing that there was heat blowing in the tail cone. I turned on the aft stairs light and saw nothing and felt no heat from the exit door.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 RETURN LAND AFTER PIC ADVISES FLT ATTENDANTS THAT THERE WAS HIGH TEMP AIR FLOWING INTO THE ACFT'S TAIL CONE AREA ON A DEP FLT FROM DFW, TX.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, ABOUT 15 MINS INTO THE FLT, THE CAPT CALLED TO SAY AN INDICATOR LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS HEAT BLOWING IN THE TAIL CONE. I TURNED ON THE AFT STAIRS LIGHT AND SAW NOTHING AND FELT NO HEAT FROM THE EXIT DOOR.
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.