C560 CREW DEP TEB OFF RWY 24 ON TEB 5 SID WITH 3000 FT SET IN THE ALT ALERTER; RESULTING IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH SID RESTRS.

2003-10 · NASA ASRS report 597775

Date: 2003-10 · Aircraft: Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560)

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

Synopsis

C560 CREW DEP TEB OFF RWY 24 ON TEB 5 SID WITH 3000 FT SET IN THE ALT ALERTER; RESULTING IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH SID RESTRS.

Narrative

DURING A TKOF FROM RWY 24 AT TEB; I TURNED THE AUTOPLT ON AT 1000 FT AS I HAD BRIEFED. WHAT I HAD NOT VERIFIED WAS THAT THE FO HAD PLACED 3000 FT IN THE ALT ALERTER. SHORTLY AFTER TURNING THE AUTOPLT ON; IT BECAME CLR THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT LEVELING OFF AT 1500 FT; BUT BY THE TIME I COULD DISCONNECT THE AUTOPLT I TOOK OVER MANUALLY. WE HAD CLBED TO 2000 FT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS; THE CTLR BECAME VERY AGITATED. THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT I HAD NOT VERIFIED THE CORRECT ALT SETTING DURING THE BRIEFING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE FATIGUE AND AN INEXPERIENCED FO. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 597987: WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 24 AT TEB VIA THE TEB 5 DEP. THIS SID REQUIRES A R TURN TO HDG AND CLB TO 1500 FT UNTIL 4.5 DME FROM TEB. AFTER 4.5 DME; CLB TO 2000 FT. JUST BEFORE WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF; AN AEROSTAR HAD TAKEN OFF. THE TWR ADVISED US TO KEEP A VISUAL ON THE AEROSTAR; AS HE WAS DEPARTING VFR AT 1000-1500 FT SWBOUND ALSO. I PROGRAMMED OUR ALT ALERTER TO 3000 FT (OUR CLRED TO ALT). AT FLT SCHOOL WE WOULD PUT THE FIRST 'HARD' ALT INTO THE ALERTER; THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 1500 FT. THIS IS IN OUR SOP'S. HOWEVER; OTHER PIC'S HAVE SAID TO PUT IN OUR HIGHER CLRED TO ALT (3000 FT). BASED ON THIS; I STARTED PUTTING IN OUR CLRED TO ALT. AFTER TKOF; I KEPT MY EYES ON THE AEROSTAR AND NOT THE ALT. I HAD RELIED ON THE PIC TO MAKE THE REQUIRED TURN AND ALT RESTRS. BEFORE GETTING TO THE 4.5 FIX; WE WERE ADVISED BY DEP TO GET BACK DOWN TO 1500 FT; WE HAD CLBED TO 2100 FT. WE WENT DOWN TO 1500 FT AND CONTINUED WITH THE PUBLISHED DEP. FROM THIS POINT FORWARD; I WILL PUT IN THE FIRST 'HARD' ALT AS REQUIRED BY OUR SOP'S. IF THE PIC SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT; I WILL REMIND HIM OF THE SOP'S.

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

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