Engine overheat light activates. Emergency declared.

Attributes
ACN	243859
Time
Date	199306
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : chs
State Reference	SC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	243859
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 2100
ASRS Report	243864
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

#1 engine overheat light came on, throttled back as per procedure. Light went out. Declared emergency, asked for landing at chs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT ACTIVATES. EMER DECLARED.

Narrative: #1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON, THROTTLED BACK AS PER PROC. LIGHT WENT OUT. DECLARED EMER, ASKED FOR LNDG AT CHS.

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.