2005-06 · NASA ASRS report 659652
A B35 PLT DID NOT COMPLY WITH EITHER TEB 5 HDG OR ALT CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE HE FAILED TO LOOK AT THE DEP CHARTING.
I ARRIVED AT TEB ARPT; RUNNING LATE TO PICK UP A PAX FOR A CHARITY FLT FOR ROUTINE MEDICAL TREATMENT. TO DEPART PROMPTLY; SINCE I HAD RECEIVED A RECENT WX BRIEFING VIA DUATS PRIOR TO THE INBND LEG; I DID NOT ENTER THE PLT BRIEFING AREA OR CALL FLT SVC BEFORE DEPARTING. INSTEAD; I LISTENED TO THE ATIS AND THEN CALLED CLRNC DELIVERY. THE DEP CLRNC INCLUDED THE TEB 5 DEP. I HAD A PRINTED COPY AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN A TABLET PC. I EXAMINED THE DIGITAL VERSION AND SAW NAVAIDS AND FREQUENCIES; BUT NO ALTS. I ASSUMED THAT THE ALT WOULD BE ASSIGNED IN DUE TIME BY THE TWR OR DEP CTL. ON INITIAL CLBOUT; I REALIZED THAT NO ALT HAD BEEN ASSIGNED. FURTHERMORE; I REALIZED THAT NO HDG HAD BEEN ASSIGNED EITHER. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO CONTACT DEP CTL TO ASK; BUT FREQUENCY CONGESTION AT THIS VERY BUSY ARPT PREVENTED PROMPT CONTACT. AS SOON AS I SUCCEEDED; DEP CTL IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME TO STOP CLBING AND INFORMED ME THAT I HAD EXCEEDED AN ALT RESTR IN THE SID AND WAS OFF COURSE. REVIEWING THE SEQUENCE AFTERWARD; I DISCOVERED THAT THIS SID HAD TWO PAGES. THE DIGITAL VERSION IS PRESENTED AS TWO DOCS; RATHER THAN ONE DOC WITH TWO PAGES; AS LONG 'PDF' DOCS USUALLY ARE. I HAD SELECTED ONLY THE FIRST DOCUMENT SO I HAD NOT SEEN THE SECOND PORTION. THAT PORTION CONTAINS VERY SPECIFIC ALT AND COURSE INSTRUCTIONS. I HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REALIZE THIS ERROR BUT IGNORED NAGGING DOUBTS. THE ATIS MENTIONED A REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH TEB 5 ALT RESTRS. HOWEVER; WHEN I HEARD THE ATIS I HADN'T BEEN ASSIGNED ANY SID. REASONING THAT OF COURSE I WOULD COMPLY WITH ANY PRINTED RESTRS; I DISMISSED THE WARNING AS UNNEEDED. ON THE RWY; I DID REALIZE I HAD NO HDG INFO; BUT ASSUMED THAT RWY HDG WAS APPROPRIATE FOR AN INITIAL COURSE AND I WOULD GET A VECTOR FROM DEP CTL UPON BREAKING GND. RATHER THAN DELAY THE BUSY ARPT'S OPS; I PROCEEDED. IN RETROSPECT; OF COURSE; I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT I WAS MISSING IMPORTANT ALT AND HDG INFO AND STOPPED THERE AND NOTIFIED THE TWR THAT I HAD PROBS WITH MY CLRNC. ON A SUBSEQUENT VISIT TO THIS ARPT; I DID VISIT THE PLT BRIEFING AREA. LARGE POSTERS WARN PLTS TO COMPLY WITH THE RESTRS I HAD VIOLATED. LESSONS LEARNED: ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS LESSON THAT SIDS CAN HAVE TWO ELECTRONIC FILES; THE INCIDENT STRONGLY REMINDS ME TO LOOK FOR MISSING INFO; ASK FOR IT IF NEEDED; AND NOT TO RELY ON ATC TO FILL IN GAPS IN A CLRNC BY RADIO. DON'T LAUNCH WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE TO GO; ABSENT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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