What was found
CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT OVER TEMP INDICATION AT 18,000 FEET AND DID NOT EXTINGUISH. RETURNED TO SEA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE SENSOR.
- Difficulty date
- September 11, 2009
- Submitted
- September 15, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53630
- Aircraft time
- 28,631 hours, 13,633 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2613 · Overheat Detection
- Part
- Sensor
- Part number
- 6712152180F
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- A/C Bay
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- A, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.