A B737-200 in climb at 13000 ft declared an emergency and returned to the field with #1 engine shut down due to high oil temperature caused by oil over-service.

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Attributes
ACN	434089
Time
Date	199904
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : pxr.vortac
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	msl single value : 13000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : p50.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 13200 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	434089
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	434273
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine oil tempature indicator
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

First officer was flying the aircraft. During climb #1 engine oil temperature climbed into the yellow band. As an intermediate leveloff was required by ATC, thrust was reduced causing the #1 oil temperature to increase into the red band. The thrust was increased to decrease the oil temperature. The company maintenance was called. A return to the departure airport was determined to be the best course of action. The passenger and flight attendant were briefed. An emergency was declared and the engine was shut down as per company procedures. The problem was determined to be the #1 engine was over-svced with engine oil.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-200 IN CLB AT 13000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITH #1 ENG SHUT DOWN DUE TO HIGH OIL TEMP CAUSED BY OIL OVER-SVC.

Narrative: FO WAS FLYING THE ACFT. DURING CLB #1 ENG OIL TEMP CLBED INTO THE YELLOW BAND. AS AN INTERMEDIATE LEVELOFF WAS REQUIRED BY ATC, THRUST WAS REDUCED CAUSING THE #1 OIL TEMP TO INCREASE INTO THE RED BAND. THE THRUST WAS INCREASED TO DECREASE THE OIL TEMP. THE COMPANY MAINT WAS CALLED. A RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. THE PAX AND FLT ATTENDANT WERE BRIEFED. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AS PER COMPANY PROCS. THE PROB WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE #1 ENG WAS OVER-SVCED WITH ENG OIL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.