Narrative:

Starting the left engine we observed unusually high egts. They were; however; within limits. On takeoff; the egt quickly stabilized very close to redline. Right at rotation; the left engine egt suddenly started increasing again; exceeding redline and reaching 656 degrees. I called out the high temperature; and the first officer immediately disconnected the autothrottle and throttled back slightly. The temperature returned to normal range.after cleaning up the aircraft; we ran the engine limit qrc; followed by the flight manual reference items. It was clear from the checklist that we had a choice to continue if other circumstances were not detrimental. We advised ATC that we had a possible engine problem and that we may want to return to the airport. I asked to level off at 15;000 MSL and accepted a turn to keep us close to the airport. We contacted maintenance control through dispatch to get their input before making a decision to continue or return to the airport; knowing that they are able to view engine parameters and history. After some discussion we were comfortable continuing. The temperature exceedance was very brief and; according to maintenance; within safe limits to press on. All engine readings had been normal since the initial small power reduction; and no terrain; weather or other issues precluded a safe operation. On the route; we would also be continuously within about 15 minutes of an airport at all times.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After consulting with Maintenance regarding a brief; modest EGT exceedance on takeoff the flight crew of a B757-200 opted to continue to their destination.

Narrative: Starting the left engine we observed unusually high EGTs. They were; however; within limits. On takeoff; the EGT quickly stabilized very close to redline. Right at rotation; the left engine EGT suddenly started increasing again; exceeding redline and reaching 656 degrees. I called out the high temperature; and the First Officer immediately disconnected the autothrottle and throttled back slightly. The temperature returned to normal range.After cleaning up the aircraft; we ran the engine limit QRC; followed by the flight manual reference items. It was clear from the checklist that we had a choice to continue if other circumstances were not detrimental. We advised ATC that we had a possible engine problem and that we may want to return to the airport. I asked to level off at 15;000 MSL and accepted a turn to keep us close to the airport. We contacted Maintenance Control through Dispatch to get their input before making a decision to continue or return to the airport; knowing that they are able to view engine parameters and history. After some discussion we were comfortable continuing. The temperature exceedance was very brief and; according to Maintenance; within safe limits to press on. All engine readings had been normal since the initial small power reduction; and no terrain; weather or other issues precluded a safe operation. On the route; we would also be continuously within about 15 minutes of an airport at all times.

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.