A B737-200 engine overheat light illuminated on short final for landing. Emergency not declared but crash fire rescue equipment inspected aircraft after landing and found nothing abnormal.

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Attributes
ACN	762216
Time
Date	200711
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	762216
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On final at about 400 ft; the #2 engine overheat light came on. Tower was notified to have crash units meet us at intersection of taxiway D. No smoke was seen. Possible electronic indication malfunction. No emergency declared.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-200 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON SHORT FINAL FOR LNDG. EMER NOT DECLARED BUT CFR INSPECTED ACFT AFTER LNDG AND FOUND NOTHING ABNORMAL.

Narrative: ON FINAL AT ABOUT 400 FT; THE #2 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. TWR WAS NOTIFIED TO HAVE CRASH UNITS MEET US AT INTXN OF TXWY D. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN. POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC INDICATION MALFUNCTION. NO EMER DECLARED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.