2007-11 · NASA ASRS report 762652
A CORPORATE JET CAPT FAILED TO OBSERVE THE 1500 FT ALT RESTR ON THE TEB 5 PROC .
AFTER AN EXTENSIVE WAIT ON THE GND FOR DEP FROM TEB ARPT WHILE #3 FOR DEP THE ARPT WAS TURNED AROUND AND WE TRANSITIONED TO THE OPPOSITE RWY FOR TAKEOFF. I HAD ALL INSTRUMENTS; FMS; ETC; SET UP FOR THE TEB 5 DEP TO THE N. WITH A TRANSITION TO A SOUTHERLY TAKEOFF. I SWITCHED MY FMS TO THE DIFFERENT DEP PROC (STILL THE TEB 5) AND PREPARED FOR TAKEOFF. THE WIND WAS A NEAR DIRECT CROSSWIND 20 GUSTING TO 30 WITH WINDSHEAR RPTED BY MULTIPLE ACFT. I TOOK OFF; WHEN CLRED; AND FOLLOWED THE DEP PROC. THE PROC PRESCRIBED A CLB TO 1500 FT WITH A TURN TILL REACHING 4.5 DME; THEN CLBING TO 2000 FT. INSTEAD OF CORRECTLY FOLLOWING THE PROC; I CLBED TO 2000 FT WHEN I STARTED THE TURN WHICH IS THE PROC FOR TAKING OFF TO THE N; NOT THE S. APCH CTL TOLD ME TO DSND BACK DOWN TO 1500 FT; THE CORRECT ALTITUDE; WHICH I DID. THE ALTITUDE DEV WAS DUE TO MY CONFUSION BETWEEN THE N AND S DEP PROC. I HAD BEEN ALL READY FOR THE N PROC; BUT ALTHOUGH I GOT THE FMS ETC; PROGRAMMED FOR THE S PROC; MY BRAIN WAS STILL PROGRAMMED FOR THE N PROC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE DIFFICULT WX CONDITIONS AND WINDSHEAR THAT I ENCOUNTERED ON TAKEOFF; THAT WE WERE RUNNING LATE AFTER A 50 MINUTE GND DELAY; THE SWITCHING OF TAKEOFF RWYS RIGHT BEFORE MY DEP; AND THAT I WAS FLYING THE JET ACFT SINGLE PLT IN THE VERY BUSY AND COMPLEX AIRSPACE AND COMPLEX DEP PROC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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