Sa-227 captain reported that after the left engine oil temperature indication became erratic during ...

Attributes
ACN	1450011
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SA-227 AC Metro III
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Oil Temperature Indication
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

While climbing through 16000 we noticed that the left engine oil temperature gauge was rising to red line. The temperature stopped rising and went back down into the green arc; but continued to bounce between the green and yellow arc. We had leveled off at FL190 and the temperature continued with the same indications. The temperature eventually spiked past red line until the gauge was pegged out. At that point we decided to perform a precautionary shutdown of the left engine and return to [base].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SA-227 Captain reported that after the left engine oil temperature indication became erratic during climb the crew performed a precautionary shutdown and returned to base.

Narrative: While climbing through 16000 we noticed that the left engine oil temperature gauge was rising to red line. The temperature stopped rising and went back down into the green arc; but continued to bounce between the green and yellow arc. We had leveled off at FL190 and the temperature continued with the same indications. The temperature eventually spiked past red line until the gauge was pegged out. At that point we decided to perform a precautionary shutdown of the left engine and return to [base].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Sa-227 captain reported that after the left engine oil temperature indication became erratic during climb the crew performed a precautionary shutdown and returned to base.