B757-200 equipment overheat light illuminated during takeoff. Equipment failures resulted; flight crew declared an emergency and returned to departure airport.

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Attributes
ACN	777655
Time
Date	200803
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	777655
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During takeoff; equipment overheat light and EICAS advisory appeared accompanied by numerous system failures. Determination was made to return to ZZZ and land overweight. Emergency declared; vectors received; landing normal. No known ATC abnormalities or issues.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 EQUIPMENT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING TKOF. EQUIPMENT FAILURES RESULTED; FLT CREW DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.

Narrative: DURING TKOF; EQUIP OVERHEAT LIGHT AND EICAS ADVISORY APPEARED ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SYS FAILURES. DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO ZZZ AND LAND OVERWT. EMER DECLARED; VECTORS RECEIVED; LNDG NORMAL. NO KNOWN ATC ABNORMALITIES OR ISSUES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.