B757 first officer experiences a right engine overheat condition at FL380. The QRH is consulted and ...

Narrative:

EICAS announced right engine overheat condition. We immediately proceeded to the QRH and the checklist directed to turn the affected engine bleed off and slowly reduce thrust on the affected engine. Since we were in cruise we expected not to maintain altitude. We declared emergency with center and requested direct to a suitable airport that at the time was only 40-50 miles away. We also called the international relief officer to return to the cockpit and subdivided the work between us to brief the flight attendants; send diversion message to the company; and set up for single engine approach. By the time we got to the shut down part of the checklist later in the descent the overheat message disappeared; hence we chose to keep the engine running at idle all the way to the ground. We setup and executed one-engine inoperative approach and landed without any further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 First Officer experiences a RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT condition at FL380. The QRH is consulted and a diversion to the nearest suitable airport is planned. Before the engine is shut down in the descent the overheat warning goes out and the engine is left at idle for approach and landing.

Narrative: EICAS announced RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT condition. We immediately proceeded to the QRH and the checklist directed to turn the affected engine bleed off and slowly reduce thrust on the affected engine. Since we were in cruise we expected not to maintain altitude. We declared emergency with Center and requested direct to a suitable airport that at the time was only 40-50 miles away. We also called the IRO to return to the cockpit and subdivided the work between us to brief the flight attendants; send diversion message to the company; and set up for single engine approach. By the time we got to the shut down part of the checklist later in the descent the overheat message disappeared; hence we chose to keep the engine running at idle all the way to the ground. We setup and executed one-engine inoperative approach and landed without any further incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1107140
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

B757 first officer experiences a right engine overheat condition at FL380. The QRH is consulted and a diversion to the nearest suitable airport is planned. Before the engine is shut down in the descent the overheat warning goes out and the engine is left at idle for approach and landing.