A boeing 727 flight crew declared an emergency and landed overweight at mia.

Attributes
ACN	444186
Time
Date	199907
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	444186
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to alternate flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Location: mia international. I exercised my emergency authority/authorized to land overweight. The aircraft had a problem with the #3 engine strut overheat light. I declared an emergency with ATC and landed without incident. It is my opinion landing overweight was as safe as dumping fuel to the maximum landing weight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BOEING 727 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED OVERWT AT MIA.

Narrative: LOCATION: MIA INTL. I EXERCISED MY EMER AUTH TO LAND OVERWT. THE ACFT HAD A PROB WITH THE #3 ENG STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT. I DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT IS MY OPINION LNDG OVERWT WAS AS SAFE AS DUMPING FUEL TO THE MAX LNDG WT.

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.