C560XL FLT CREW OVERSHOT TEB SID RESTRS; COMPLICATED BY PIC'S LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES AND BEING VECTORED INTO A COMPLEX ATC ENVIRONMENT.

Date: 2003-10 · Aircraft: Citation Excel (C560XL)

Anomalies: deviation-altitude-overshoot|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

C560XL FLT CREW OVERSHOT TEB SID RESTRS; COMPLICATED BY PIC'S LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES AND BEING VECTORED INTO A COMPLEX ATC ENVIRONMENT.

Narrative

PRIOR TO DEP; FIRST CLRNC FILED BY COMPANY THROUGH ELECTRONIC FILING WAS REJECTED WITHOUT NOTICE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FILE 3 TIMES; THE COMPANY ADVISED THE PIC THAT HE SHOULD FILE LOCALLY. PIC THEN FILED THE PREFERRED RTE WHICH WAS GIVEN AS THE FLT'S ROUTING BY TEB CLRNC. TEB GND ADVISED US TO CONTACT CLRNC FOR A REVISED FULL RTE CLRNC. AFTER RECEIVING THE NEW CLRNC AND PROGRAMMING THE FMS; TAXI CLRNC WAS RECEIVED AND WE DEPARTED. SHORTLY AFTER CONTACT WITH NEW YORK DEP; WE STARTED RECEIVING VECTORS WHICH INCLUDED HDGS TO INTERCEPT ROUTING ON OUR SECOND CLRNC (THE ONE FILED BY THE PIC); NOT THE REVISED ROUTING RECEIVED JUST PRIOR TO DEP. THE PIC; WHO SPEAKS LIMITED ENGLISH; WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE NEW POINTS ON THE MAP. I THEN PLACED THE ACFT ON AUTOPLT AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY ASSIST THE PIC IN IDENTING LOCATIONS. I WAS HAND FLYING THE ACFT ON THE DEP TO ENSURE FULL ATTN TO ALT RESTRS ON THE DEP. THIS WAS THE PIC'S AND MY 6TH DAY OF WORK WHICH INCLUDED NUMEROUS TIME ZONE CHANGES AND 10 HR AVERAGE WORK SHIFTS. I HAD SET THE ALT ALERTER TO 2000 FT FOR THE DEP INSTEAD OF 1500 FT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CORRECT SETTING. BY SETTING THE INCORRECT ALT; I HAD TO LOOK 'THROUGH' THE FLT DIRECTOR TO MAINTAIN 1500 FT AND DID NOT HAVE THE ALERTER RESET UNTIL AFTER LEVELOFF WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND AIRSPD WAS UNDER CTL. I DO NOT FEEL ANY FARS WERE VIOLATED DURING THIS FLT; HOWEVER; I FEEL THE FOLLOWING POINTS WERE RELEARNED BY ME; WHICH WERE STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A CLASSIC 'STRING OF EVENTS' LEADING TO AN FAR VIOLATION OR WORSE; AN ACCIDENT: 1) ATC SHOULD USE ONLY ROUTING IN THE MOST RECENT CLRNC FOR VECTORING. 2) PROPER SETTING OF THE FLT DIRECTOR TO REDUCE COCKPIT WORKLOAD. 3) THE COMMUNICATING PLT IN HIGH WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS NEW YORK SHOULD BE THE PLT MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE LANGUAGE BEING UTILIZED BY ATC. THIS SHALL BE MY RULE FROM THIS POINT ON; REGARDLESS OF WHOSE 'LEG' IT IS TO FLY. PROPER REST LIMITS; KNOWING WHEN YOU ARE TIRED AND STEPPING FORWARD.

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