Pc-12 captain reported a chip detector indication.

Attributes
ACN	1604339
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Component
Aircraft Component	Chip Detector
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

In cruise climb in an attempt to find smoother air; we were climbing from FL230 to FL270. At approximately FL260; the crew alerting system alerted in reference to an 'engine chip' condition. We ran the QRH checklist and alerted ATC to the problem and were diverting to ZZZ. After stating that we were not declaring an emergency; but could not accept any delays in our descent; they stated that they were '[advising] on your behalf.' they then cleared us to descend to MVA and began vectoring us on to the RNAV approach for runway xx at ZZZ. After an uneventful descent and landing; we parked the airplane and shut down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PC-12 Captain reported a chip detector indication.

Narrative: In cruise climb in an attempt to find smoother air; we were climbing from FL230 to FL270. At approximately FL260; the Crew Alerting System alerted in reference to an 'Engine Chip' condition. We ran the QRH checklist and alerted ATC to the problem and were diverting to ZZZ. After stating that we were not declaring an emergency; but could not accept any delays in our descent; they stated that they were '[advising] on your behalf.' They then cleared us to descend to MVA and began vectoring us on to the RNAV approach for Runway XX at ZZZ. After an uneventful descent and landing; we parked the airplane and shut down.

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.