Air carrier captain reported that high egt indications resulted in an engine shutdown.

Attributes
ACN	1745827
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

During descent the #2 engine egt began to fluctuate and peaked at 1007 degrees. An 'X' would also intermittently display on the #2 egt indicator. Performed a precautionary engine shutdown and received vectors for the ILS. Captain flew the approach and executed an auto land.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that high EGT indications resulted in an engine shutdown.

Narrative: During descent the #2 engine EGT began to fluctuate and peaked at 1007 degrees. An 'X' would also intermittently display on the #2 EGT indicator. Performed a precautionary engine shutdown and received vectors for the ILS. Captain flew the approach and executed an auto land.

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.