Narrative:

During initial climb itt exceeded limits. Power needed to be brought to almost flight idle to bring itt back within limits. Declared emergency. Returned to departure airport and executed a visual approach and landing with reduced power to #1 engine. There was a previous write up on the #1 engine itt for running high at idle and fluctuating. Local maintenance stated that the problem went away and they could not duplicate. I suggest that maintenance either dig deeper or test fly the aircraft before releasing the aircraft back to service.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An HS125 flight Crew experienced high ITT on initial climb; reduced thrust to control ITT; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: During initial climb ITT exceeded limits. Power needed to be brought to almost flight idle to bring ITT back within limits. Declared emergency. Returned to departure airport and executed a visual approach and landing with reduced power to #1 engine. There was a previous write up on the #1 engine ITT for running high at idle and fluctuating. Local maintenance stated that the problem went away and they could not duplicate. I suggest that maintenance either dig deeper or test fly the aircraft before releasing the aircraft back to service.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.