Narrative:

After climbout we noticed that oil temperature was around 120 and started timing. Oil temperature stayed in yellow range for approximately 17 minutes and we called company and they wanted us to return to our departure airport. No emergency was ever declared we just returned to the field and called maintenance. The limitation was not exceeded either.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DHC8-100 First Officer reported that with oil temperature in the yellow band around 120 degrees; his Company wanted the aircraft returned to the departure airport. An emergency was not declared.

Narrative: After climbout we noticed that oil temperature was around 120 and started timing. Oil temperature stayed in yellow range for approximately 17 minutes and we called Company and they wanted us to return to our departure airport. No emergency was ever declared we just returned to the field and called Maintenance. The limitation was not exceeded either.

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.