The pilot of an unspecified aircraft experienced engine problems. The captain elected to shutdown th...

Attributes
ACN	1063488
Time
Date	201301
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 5300 Flight Crew Type 3400
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Climbing out of ZZZ about 10 minutes into the flight the engine 1 egt rose significantly up to around 770 degrees celsius. The egt was bouncing back and forth I also believe that the bypass light was coming on and off. I pulled back the power lever and it made no difference. I then decided to stop and feather the engine. We let ATC know that we shut down the left engine and we were declaring an emergency and we wanted to divert to ZZZ1. We were immediately vectored towards ZZZ1. We let the passengers know what was going on and that we were going to ZZZ1. We decided to go to ZZZ1 instead of going back to ZZZ because the cross winds were less at ZZZ1. We had briefed this in our pre-departure brief.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of an unspecified aircraft experienced engine problems. The Captain elected to shutdown the engine; declare an emergency; and divert to an airport with favorable conditions.

Narrative: Climbing out of ZZZ about 10 minutes into the flight the Engine 1 EGT rose significantly up to around 770 degrees Celsius. The EGT was bouncing back and forth I also believe that the bypass light was coming on and off. I pulled back the power lever and it made no difference. I then decided to stop and feather the engine. We let ATC know that we shut down the left engine and we were declaring an emergency and we wanted to divert to ZZZ1. We were immediately vectored towards ZZZ1. We let the passengers know what was going on and that we were going to ZZZ1. We decided to go to ZZZ1 instead of going back to ZZZ because the cross winds were less at ZZZ1. We had briefed this in our pre-departure brief.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

The pilot of an unspecified aircraft experienced engine problems. The captain elected to shutdown the engine; declare an emergency; and divert to an airport with favorable conditions.