Altitude restriction not complied with on SID procedure.

Attributes
ACN	205615
Time
Date	199203
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	205615
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	205393
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Departed ewr on newark 4 SID with a paper 'pre-departure clearance' to fly such SID off runway 22R. Climbing through 2500 ft, I contacted departure control. He said identify and I did so. Then he queried my altitude clearance/climbing call of '2500 ft climbing to 5000 ft.' departure control said we should have been held down to 2500 ft, but to maintain 5000 ft anyway. He changed squawk from XXX to YYY. Turns out that our agent pulled 'pre-departure clearance' out of computer for mar/xz instead of this day mar/yz. This day-old 'pre-departure clearance' had mar/yz printed on it 3 places, and mar/xz printed on it only once -- the operative place, of course.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT RESTRICTION NOT COMPLIED WITH ON SID PROC.

Narrative: DEPARTED EWR ON NEWARK 4 SID WITH A PAPER 'PRE-DEP CLRNC' TO FLY SUCH SID OFF RWY 22R. CLBING THROUGH 2500 FT, I CONTACTED DEP CTL. HE SAID IDENT AND I DID SO. THEN HE QUERIED MY ALT CLRNC/CLBING CALL OF '2500 FT CLBING TO 5000 FT.' DEP CTL SAID WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD DOWN TO 2500 FT, BUT TO MAINTAIN 5000 FT ANYWAY. HE CHANGED SQUAWK FROM XXX TO YYY. TURNS OUT THAT OUR AGENT PULLED 'PRE-DEP CLRNC' OUT OF COMPUTER FOR MAR/XZ INSTEAD OF THIS DAY MAR/YZ. THIS DAY-OLD 'PRE-DEP CLRNC' HAD MAR/YZ PRINTED ON IT 3 PLACES, AND MAR/XZ PRINTED ON IT ONLY ONCE -- THE OPERATIVE PLACE, OF COURSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.