Commuter light transport got false engine overheat warning after takeoff. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	85012
Time
Date	198804
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bgm
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bgm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 550
ASRS Report	85012
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Departed bgm and at 800' AGL received a tailpipe hot light on warning panel. Retarded power level and warning persisted. Proceeded with precautionary engine shutdown on right engine and alerted bgm to call crash trucks. Landed bgm west/O incident and discovered heat sensors in tailpipe assembly were giving false indications. Operations checked ok and 45 mins later were en route to boston.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LTT GOT FALSE ENGINE OVERHEAT WARNING AFTER TKOF. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: DEPARTED BGM AND AT 800' AGL RECEIVED A TAILPIPE HOT LIGHT ON WARNING PANEL. RETARDED PWR LEVEL AND WARNING PERSISTED. PROCEEDED WITH PRECAUTIONARY ENG SHUTDOWN ON RIGHT ENG AND ALERTED BGM TO CALL CRASH TRUCKS. LANDED BGM W/O INCIDENT AND DISCOVERED HEAT SENSORS IN TAILPIPE ASSEMBLY WERE GIVING FALSE INDICATIONS. OPS CHKED OK AND 45 MINS LATER WERE ENRTE TO BOSTON.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.