B767 crew had a cargo compartment overheat warning on the ground at jfk.

Attributes
ACN	514269
Time
Date	200106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	514269
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas warning other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Cargo compartment overheat. While taxiing to runway 4L, EICAS message 'forward cargo compartment overheat' with associated cargo heat 'inoperative' annunciated on overhead annunciator panel. Followed procedures, light did not extinguish. Requested crash fire rescue equipment to standby with thermal image to determine if actual fire, overheat, etc. Taxied back to gate uneventfully. Emergency was declared when overheat light did not extinguish in a reasonable amount of time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW HAD A CARGO COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT WARNING ON THE GND AT JFK.

Narrative: CARGO COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT. WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 4L, EICAS MESSAGE 'FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT' WITH ASSOCIATED CARGO HEAT 'INOP' ANNUNCIATED ON OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. FOLLOWED PROCS, LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. REQUESTED CFR TO STANDBY WITH THERMAL IMAGE TO DETERMINE IF ACTUAL FIRE, OVERHEAT, ETC. TAXIED BACK TO GATE UNEVENTFULLY. EMER WAS DECLARED WHEN OVERHEAT LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

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.