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After completing the flight; an MD80 captain reconsidered his decision to ignore a transient tail compartment temperature high warning which illuminated for a few seconds during climbout.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 950821 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pneumatic System - Indicating and Warning |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Climbing through FL210 tail compartment [temperature hi] light came on for 3 seconds and went out before red box procedures could be completed. Leveled at FL230 for about five minutes and the light stayed out and did not come back on. There is no procedure for momentary illumination of the light and elected to continue to our destination. Having thought about this I now think that returning for a maintenance inspection would have been the safest decision.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After completing the flight; an MD80 Captain reconsidered his decision to ignore a transient Tail Compartment Temperature High warning which illuminated for a few seconds during climbout.
Narrative: Climbing through FL210 tail compartment [TEMP HI] light came on for 3 seconds and went out before red box procedures could be completed. Leveled at FL230 for about five minutes and the light stayed out and did not come back on. There is no procedure for momentary illumination of the light and elected to continue to our destination. Having thought about this I now think that returning for a maintenance inspection would have been the safest decision.
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.