CE560 FLT CREW EXCEEDS 2000 FT PRIOR TO PNJ ON THE TEB 5 DEP.
Synopsis
CE560 FLT CREW EXCEEDS 2000 FT PRIOR TO PNJ ON THE TEB 5 DEP.
Narrative
EARLY MORNING DEP FROM RWY 1 TEB. OUR CLRNC WAS TEB 5; RADAR VECTORS TO PARKE INTXN; ON COURSE. OUR FLT CREWS FLY TO THIS ARPT OFTEN AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE NOTORIOUS TEB 5 DEP. ON TAXI OUT THE PF GAVE ME A VAGUE AND RELAXED BRIEFING ON THE DEP PROC AND WHEN I CORRECTED HIM ON SEVERAL OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROC HE ASSURED ME HE UNDERSTOOD ALL RESTRS ON ALTITUDES AND HEADINGS. HE FURTHER ADVISED ME HE WOULD FLY THE PROC WITH THE FLT DIRECTOR COUPLED TO THE FMS. FOR SOME REASON ON INITIAL CLBOUT THE PF BECAME CONVINCED THAT THE FMS WAS NOT FLYING THE PROC CORRECTLY AND SEEMED TO DISREGARD ITS GUIDANCE. WE WERE TO LEVEL AT 2000 FT BUT CLBING THROUGH 1000 FT I NOTICED WE HAD A RATE OF CLIMB OF OVER 3000 FPM. AT THE TIME I POINTED OUT 1000 FT TO LEVELOFF TOWER HANDED US OFF TO DEP. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING THAT THE PF HAD ACKNOWLEDGED AND WAS LEVELING THE ACFT WHEN IN FACT HE WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS COURSE GUIDANCE. WHILE I WAS CHECKING IN WITH DEP THE ACFT CLBED TO 2800 FT BEFORE I COULD GET THE PLT'S ATTENTION REGARDING HIS ALTITUDE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONTACTING DEP WE WERE ISSUED A CLB TO 6000 FT AND THE PF ASSURED ME ALL WAS NOW FINE. THIS PLT HAS A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS FLYING DEPS AND STARS AND WHENEVER HE HAS AN INCIDENT SEEMS UNABLE TO LEARN FROM IT BUT PUTS IT OUT OF HIS MIND AND FORGETS IT. IN RETROSPECT I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE IN MONITORING THE PROC SINCE I KNEW THE PF HAD A VERY RELAXED ATTITUDE ABOUT THE DEP AND HAD PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED AN INABILITY TO FLY DEMANDING PROCS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.