AN ACR CREW ADMITTED THEIR ERROR IN NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWING THE TEB DEP PROC.
Synopsis
AN ACR CREW ADMITTED THEIR ERROR IN NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWING THE TEB DEP PROC.
Narrative
WHILE DEPARTING TEB; NJ; RWY 24; WE WERE CLRED TO USE THE TEB 5 DEP (ELIOT TRANSITION). AFTER INITIAL DEP WE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH OUR RADIO (POOR QUALITY XMISSIONS AND RECEPTIONS). WHILE TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT A RADIO PROB AND FLYING THROUGH SOME TURB; I MISSED MY ASSIGNED ALT. AFTER REALIZING THE DEVIATION; I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO MY ALT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; I DID NOT HEAR THE VECTOR THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. ATC QUESTIONED US LATER REGARDING OUR HDG AND ALT. DURING DEP I WAS CONCENTRATING ON COMPLYING WITH A NOISE ABATEMENT PROC WHEN MY ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED TO OUR RADIO DIFFICULTIES; ALONG WITH FLYING THROUGH SOME TURB. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: I FEEL INTIMIDATED WHEN FLYING IN NY AIRSPACE; I AM A RELATIVELY LOW TIME JET CAPT WITH LIMITED EXPERIENCE; I DO NOT ROUTINELY FLY IN AND OUT OF THIS AIRSPACE; AND I BECAME OVERWHELMED VERY QUICKLY DURING THIS INCIDENT. I NEED TO DEVELOP BETTER CREW COORD SKILLS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 618372: AFTER DEP TEB; NJ; RWY 5; TEB 5 DEP TRANSITION TO ELIOT INTERSECTION; AFTER TAKEOFF CLIMB; WE RECEIVED AN ALT ASSIGNMENT WHICH I DIDN'T CONVEY CLEARLY TO THE CAPT. A COM PROB WITH MY XMITTER RECEIVER HAD MY ATTENTION DIVERTED TO THE COM PROB RATHER THAN ASSISTING THE PLT WITH ALT RESTR. THE DEP CALLS FOR A R TURN; THEN A CLB; WHICH WE HAD BRIEFED PRIOR TO DEP. THE CTLR CHANGED OUR ALT RESTRICTION TO 1500 FT MSL WITH A TURN TO 290 DEGS AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW 1500 FT MSL. THE PLT'S NOT RECEIVING AN ALT RESTR FROM ME CAUSED THE DEVIATION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: CHANGE OF ALT GIVEN BY ATC WHEN WE HAD BRIEFED FOR THE ALTS AND HDG PRIOR TO DEP. I LATER CHANGED TO ANOTHER XMITTER AND PROBS RESOLVED. MY POOR COMMUNICATION TO PLT FLYING WHILE DEALING WITH A COM PROB. POOR CREW COORD ON MY PART IN COMMUNICATING AN ALT ASSIGNMENT. I NEED TO DEVELOP A MORE POSITIVE DELIVERY OF COM WITH ATC; WHICH WILL IMPROVE MY CREW COORD SKILLS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.