An erj flight crew on the teb ruudy 4 climbed directly to 2;000 ft before wentz because the captain ...

Narrative:

While departing teb on a charter the first officer and I were reviewing the departure procedures and noise abatement procedures for our runway when I made an error in my take off briefing. We were assigned the ruddy 4 RNAV departure that requires you to cross a fix at 1;500 ft then continue the climb to 2;000 ft. While at the terminal I briefed a climb to 2;000 ft and a crossing restriction of making sure we cross the restriction at or above 1;500 ft. Upon taxi out we were held on the ground for delays and spent our time going over an ATC reroute as well as making sure the weather was suitable when departing 24. After takeoff I continued my climb to 2;000 ft too early because I was concentrating on weather cells that lined the departure. ATC told us that we should be at 1;500 and by that time it was too late to fix our mistake. They said nothing else; and the first officer and I realized what we had done. I was in an unfamiliar airport on a charter that had complicated noise procedures combined with weather and the standard difficulties of a charter. I briefed a chart incorrectly and then went on to concentrate on the weather and route planning without reviewing it except just before takeoff. It was my mistake in the initial briefing that led me to think I was correct in my climb to 2;000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ERJ flight crew on the TEB RUUDY 4 climbed directly to 2;000 FT before WENTZ because the Captain was task saturated with the unfamiliar departure and weather avoidance.

Narrative: While departing TEB on a charter the First Officer and I were reviewing the departure procedures and noise abatement procedures for our runway when I made an error in my take off briefing. We were assigned the RUDDY 4 RNAV departure that requires you to cross a fix at 1;500 FT then continue the climb to 2;000 FT. While at the terminal I briefed a climb to 2;000 FT and a crossing restriction of making sure we cross the restriction at or above 1;500 FT. Upon taxi out we were held on the ground for delays and spent our time going over an ATC reroute as well as making sure the weather was suitable when departing 24. After takeoff I continued my climb to 2;000 FT too early because I was concentrating on weather cells that lined the departure. ATC told us that we should be at 1;500 and by that time it was too late to fix our mistake. They said nothing else; and the First Officer and I realized what we had done. I was in an unfamiliar airport on a charter that had complicated noise procedures combined with weather and the standard difficulties of a charter. I briefed a chart incorrectly and then went on to concentrate on the weather and route planning without reviewing it except just before takeoff. It was my mistake in the initial briefing that led me to think I was correct in my climb to 2;000 FT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1027160
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY 4
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An erj flight crew on the teb ruudy 4 climbed directly to 2;000 ft before wentz because the captain was task saturated with the unfamiliar departure and weather avoidance.