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Because their destination was forecasting icing conditions; a B737-400 flight crew diverted to a VMC airport following receipt of a wing body overheat caution warning that failed to extinguish after completion of the associated QRH procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 932098 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pneumatic System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
While level at FL310 on a B737-400 got a wing body overheat caution light with master caution light. Per ops procedure used QRH to confront the issue. Could not continue to destination because of icing conditions there. Communicated with maintenance and dispatch and diverted to ZZZ. On approach control we noticed overheat light did not go out. Unsure if the hot bleed air was not terminated we declared an emergency and landed overweight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Because their destination was forecasting icing conditions; a B737-400 flight crew diverted to a VMC airport following receipt of a WING BODY OVERHEAT caution warning that failed to extinguish after completion of the associated QRH procedure.
Narrative: While level at FL310 on a B737-400 got a WING BODY OVERHEAT caution light with master caution light. Per ops procedure used QRH to confront the issue. Could not continue to destination because of icing conditions there. Communicated with Maintenance and Dispatch and diverted to ZZZ. On Approach Control we noticed overheat light did not go out. Unsure if the hot bleed air was not terminated we declared an emergency and landed overweight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.