Narrative:

After taking off; at around 800 feet; the left engine began bypassing. I referred to the emergency checklist and followed the bypass light checklist. While performing the checklist; the engine eventually rolled back to idle. Having been so close to the airport; I elected to return to the airport and shut down the engine as it was severely reducing performance; as I was unable to climb. After shutting the engine down I landed without incident and shut down when cleared of the runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SA-227 Captain reported experiencing an engine problem shortly after takeoff. Reporter shut down the problem engine and returned to the departure airport.

Narrative: After taking off; at around 800 feet; the left engine began bypassing. I referred to the Emergency checklist and followed the bypass light checklist. While performing the checklist; the engine eventually rolled back to idle. Having been so close to the airport; I elected to return to the airport and shut down the engine as it was severely reducing performance; as I was unable to climb. After shutting the engine down I landed without incident and shut down when cleared of the runway.

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.