CL604 FLT CREW TURNS WIDE DURING THE TEB 5 DEP DUE TO EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. CTLR QUERIES THE FLT CREW ABOUT HEADING.
Synopsis
CL604 FLT CREW TURNS WIDE DURING THE TEB 5 DEP DUE TO EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. CTLR QUERIES THE FLT CREW ABOUT HEADING.
Narrative
ON TEB 5 DEP; WITH LOW TIME TYPE-RATED PLT FLYING. CLB TO 1500 FT WAS NORMAL AS WAS THE LEVELOFF. SPEED INCREASED TO ABOUT 250 KTS AFTER LEVELOFF WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT 200 KTS. I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS RIGHT AWAY AS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TURN AND WITH THE CTLR. TURN TO REQUIRED 250 DEG HEADING WAS INITIATED ON TIME; BUT TURN RATE WAS A LITTLE SLOW. TRANSPONDER WAS NOT ON INITIALLY; BUT WAS ON BY 800 ON CTLR PROMPT. PASSING ABOUT 250 DEGS; CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE ON A 280 DEG HEADING. I REPLIED 'ALMOST; DON'T YOU SEE US YET?' HE MUTTERED SOMETHING ABOUT AN OVERLAP AND WORDS SIMILAR TO 'THAT'S CLOSE; REAL CLOSE.' I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS TALKING TO US; TO HIMSELF; OR TO A CTLR OVERLOOKING HIS SCOPE. VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE CALLED RADAR CONTACT AND GAVE US A CONTINUED CLB CLRNC. FIRST; WHILE I BRIEFED THE DEP PROC AND I AM INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH IT; I BELIEVE I WOULD EMPHASIZE BETTER THAT THIS IS A PROC THAT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED RATHER CRISPLY IN THAT THE INITIAL CLB; INITIAL LEVELOFF; AND INITIAL TURN SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED AND THAT AIRSPEED CTL IS VERY IMPORTANT. IN A NUTSHELL THIS IS A CHOREOGRAPHIC DEP. MY ERROR IN NOT TURNING ON THE TRANSPONDER ADDED TO THE WORKLOAD. NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN; BUT THE PROC WAS ACCOMPLISHED AS PUBLISHED. THE AIRSPEED INCREASE MAY HAVE BEEN LEGAL AS WE MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE OF CLASS B BY THE TIME THIS OCCURRED; BUT CONTRIBUTED A DETRIMENTAL FACTOR REGARDLESS. HOWEVER; THE CTLR MUTTERING HAS BOTHERED ME EVER SINCE. NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS OBSERVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A TARGET ON TCAS ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY TOWARDS EWR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.