B727 first officer reported receiving a lower aft body overheat warning on initial climb. Flight cre...

Attributes
ACN	1053204
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Ducting
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On climbout during acceleration passing 4;000 ft; engineer informed the rest of the crew that we had a lower aft body overheat light illuminated. I continued to fly while he and the captain ran the QRH. We leveled at 13;000 ft and when it was determined that the light was not going to go out; we turned back for the [departure airport]. Captain declared emergency. Landing was uneventful; fire crew checked the airplane with ir sensors and we terminated to emergency and taxied in. The light finally extinguished when all engines were shut down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 First Officer reported receiving a Lower Aft Body Overheat warning on initial climb. Flight crew ran the procedure; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: On climbout during acceleration passing 4;000 FT; Engineer informed the rest of the crew that we had a Lower Aft Body Overheat light illuminated. I continued to fly while he and the Captain ran the QRH. We leveled at 13;000 FT and when it was determined that the light was not going to go out; we turned back for the [departure airport]. Captain declared emergency. Landing was uneventful; fire crew checked the airplane with IR sensors and we terminated to emergency and taxied in. The light finally extinguished when ALL engines were shut down.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

B727 first officer reported receiving a lower aft body overheat warning on initial climb. Flight crew ran the procedure; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.