A B737-400 captain reported two egt exceedences on takeoff on successive days with two different air...

Narrative:

Climbing out with takeoff power set at approximately 1;500 ft the red egt light on the number 1 engine illuminated. The egt was 944C. Reduced thrust to lower temperature and extinguish light. Accomplished QRH procedures and continued to destination. The following day on another aircraft I had the same problem with the egt reaching 942C. Upon arrival I called maintenance to discuss the engine and the fact that I had two egt issues in the same number of days. I've been on the 737 for 23 years and probably have not seen this 5 times; usually coming out of a high desert airport in the summer. Maintenance told me that this was part of a program with the engine manufacturer and that they basically fix or change an engine after ten of these occurrences. In my opinion the company is trying to save money in the wrong place with this program. I suggest the company should replace or repair engines sooner.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-400 Captain reported two EGT exceedences on takeoff on successive days with two different aircraft. He believes them to be symptoms of a maintenance program to delay action on aging engines until 10 such events have been logged.

Narrative: Climbing out with takeoff power set at approximately 1;500 FT the red EGT light on the number 1 engine illuminated. The EGT was 944C. Reduced thrust to lower temperature and extinguish light. Accomplished QRH procedures and continued to destination. The following day on another aircraft I had the same problem with the EGT reaching 942C. Upon arrival I called Maintenance to discuss the engine and the fact that I had two EGT issues in the same number of days. I've been on the 737 for 23 years and probably have not seen this 5 times; usually coming out of a high desert airport in the summer. Maintenance told me that this was part of a program with the engine manufacturer and that they basically fix or change an engine after ten of these occurrences. In my opinion the company is trying to save money in the wrong place with this program. I suggest the company should replace or repair engines sooner.

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.

Attributes
ACN	913301
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

A B737-400 captain reported two egt exceedences on takeoff on successive days with two different aircraft. He believes them to be symptoms of a maintenance program to delay action on aging engines until 10 such events have been logged.