G-IV DEP FROM OAK FAILS TO COMPLY WITH SID ALT RESTR.

2003-03 · NASA ASRS report 576899

Date: 2003-03 · Aircraft: Gulfstream IV / G350 / G450

Anomalies: deviation-altitude-crossing-restriction-not-met|deviation-altitude-overshoot|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

G-IV DEP FROM OAK FAILS TO COMPLY WITH SID ALT RESTR.

Narrative

WHILE DEPARTING RWY 29 AT KOAK; WE WERE GIVEN THE OAKLAND 5 DEP. THE SID STATES TO CROSS 4 NM NW AT OR BELOW 2000 FT. I MISREAD THE SID AS TO CROSS 4 NM NW AT OR ABOVE 2000 FT. THE FO WAS FLYING THE ACFT. THE FO AND I HAD BEEN BRIEFING THE SID WHEN WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY OUR PAX'S EARLY ARR. AFTER RECEIVING THE PAX; WE STARTED ENGS AND COMMENCED TAXIING. IT IS OUR PROC TO READ ALOUD THE SID ONE LAST TIME PRIOR TO TAKING THE RWY. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS WHEN TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF WITH ANOTHER ACFT ON FINAL. I HURRIEDLY SET 10000 FT IN THE ALT ALERTER (WHICH WAS OUR CLRNC ALT) AND STATED THAT WE WERE TO CROSS 4 NM AT OR ABOVE 2000 FT. NEITHER OF US CAUGHT THESE MISTAKES. WE WERE CLBING THROUGH 3500 FT BEFORE WE REALIZED THE SIT. LUCKILY; NO OTHER ACFT WAS INVOLVED WITH OUR ALTDEV. I FEEL THAT THIS EVENT WAS CAUSED BY OUR PAX'S ARR INTERRUPTION; WHICH THREW US SLIGHTLY OUT OF SYNC; AND OUR HASTE TO ACCEPT TKOF CLRNC. EVEN THOUGH BOTH OF US KNOW BETTER THAN TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN; IT PROVES THAT ALL CHKLISTS AND PROCS SHOULD NEVER BE RUSHED; NO MATTER WHAT THE REASON. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 516900: IT WAS READ TO ME AS MAINTAIN 2000 FT OR HIGHER AT 4.0 DME. AFTER WE WERE AIRBORNE; ATC ADVISED US THAT THE SID WAS FOR 2000 FT OR BELOW; UNTIL 4.0 DME. OUR IMPROPER BRIEFING OF THE SID; CREATED THE ALT INFRACTION.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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