Engine overheat light on steady in climb. Flight crew declared emergency and returned to iah.

Attributes
ACN	188220
Time
Date	199109
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 13000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tracon : iah
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent other landing other other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zfw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 162 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 162
ASRS Report	188220
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Engine #2 overheat came on intermittently during climb out. Reduced power and ran checklists. Engine #2 overheat came on and stayed on. Shut down #2 engine as per checklist. Emergency declared with return to iah. Emergency equipment standing by.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT ON STEADY IN CLB. FLC DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO IAH.

Narrative: ENG #2 OVERHEAT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY DURING CLB OUT. REDUCED PWR AND RAN CHKLISTS. ENG #2 OVERHEAT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. SHUT DOWN #2 ENG AS PER CHKLIST. EMER DECLARED WITH RETURN TO IAH. EMER EQUIP STANDING BY.

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.