FLT CREW OF CL604 FAIL TO LEVEL AT 1500 PER TEB DEP PROC.
Synopsis
FLT CREW OF CL604 FAIL TO LEVEL AT 1500 PER TEB DEP PROC.
Narrative
WE WERE CLRED THE TEB 5 SID USING RWY 24. CLB ON RWY HDG UNTIL REACHING 1500 FT THEN TURN R TO 280 DEG HDG. MAINTAIN 1500 FT UNTIL 4.5 DME (TEB) THEN CLB AND MAINTAIN 2000 FT. ON THIS FLT THE CO-PLT WAS THE FLYING PLT. PRIOR TO DEP WE REVIEWED THE SID TOGETHER. I THOUGHT HE WAS COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE ALT RESTRS. AFTER DEPING (TEB) HE DID NOT STOP THE CLB AT 1500 FT BUT AT 1700 FT; I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO DSND TO 1500 FT UNTIL 4.5 DME THEN CLB TO 2000 FT. AS SOON AS HE APCHED 1500 FT HE THEN STARTED HIS CLB TO 2000 FT. AT THAT POINT WE WERE AT APPROX AT 3 DME FROM (TEB). WHEN WE CONTACTED NY DEP THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE 1500 FT UNTIL 4.5 DME AND NOT ANY SOONER. WHILE ENRTE FROM TEB TO FXE I REVIEWED WITH THE CO-PLT THE SID AND EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE ON COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CLRNCS; AND TO ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER CREWMEMBER. DURING THE DEP; THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONFLICT OR EVASIVE ACTION REQUIRED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR; THE CAPT AND PNF ON THIS FLT; BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD PROPERLY BRIEFED THE DEP AND THAT THE SIC HAD CONFIRMED HE UNDERSTOOD THE RESTRS. YET; EVEN AFTER AN INTERVENTION BY THE CAPT TO RETURN TO 1500 FT THE CLB WAS AGAIN INITIATED PRIOR TO THE 4.5 MI ARC. HE ADVISED THEIR ACFT; ALTHOUGH FMS EQUIPPED; DOES NOT EMPLOY AUTO THROTTLES AND THUS THE FLYING PLT MUST INITIATE ALL THRUST CHANGES. HE STATED THAT; ALTHOUGH THE CO-PLT WAS HAND FLYING; THE FLT DIRECTOR WAS ENGAGED AND WAS COMMANDING A LEVEL OFF WHICH APPARENTLY WAS NOT OBSERVED OR ACTED UPON. HE FELT THAT THE CO-PLT WAS WELL BEHIND THE AIRPLANE AND UNABLE TO CATCH UP. IN ADDITION; THE DEP ITSELF IS NOT LINE SELECTABLE AND; THEREFORE; THE AUTOPLT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FROM A TOTALLY PROGRAMMED DISPLAY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE FLT CREW. THE RPTR SUGGESTED THE DEP CHART WOULD BE MORE USER FRIENDLY IF IT WERE TO BE UNCLUTTERED. HE SUGGESTED IT BE DIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE 'ALPHA AND BRAVO; ETC.' PAGES DEPICTING DEPS FOR ONLY A SINGLE RWY. LASTLY; THE RPTR AND THE ANALYST DISCUSSED THE COMMON PRACTICE OF ALLOWING SIC PLTS TO UTILIZE THE L SEAT DURING 'THEIR' LEGS. THERE IS MERIT TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT SUCH SEAT SWITCHING; WHICH REQUIRES REVERSED USE OF HANDS TO MANAGE THROTTLE AND FLT PARCH CTL FROM THAT OF THE 'ROUTINE AND USUAL' SEAT; MAY ADD TO THE DIFFICULTY OF EFFICIENTLY AND ACCURATELY PERFORMING THE COMPLEX AND/OR RAPIDLY CHANGING FLT DYNAMICS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH DEP PROCS IN HIGH DENSITY AIRSPACE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.