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.

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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.