A B350 departed on the teb 5 departure and preset 2000 ft after briefing a level off at 1500 ft. How...

Attributes
ACN	823818
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Super King Air 350
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID TEB
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140 Flight Crew Total 23115 Flight Crew Type 3532
Person 2
Function	Departure
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Teb SID for runway 24 requires fly runway heading until reaching 1500 ft; then turn right to heading 280 degrees maintaining 1500 ft until passing the teb 4.5 DME; then climb to 2000 ft. The cockpit/autopilot was set up for a hand flown departure to the 4.5 DME fix; then the autopilot would be engaged. The heading bug was set at 280 degrees; the altitude pre-selector was at 2000 ft. The set-up seemed reasonable; however; was not specifically briefed. Upon departure and passing about 1200 ft; the flying pilot engaged the autopilot (which is pretty normal) and immediately realized the aircraft started it's right turn prematurely. Resetting the heading control back to 240 was quick; but the aircraft was climbing to the 2000 ft selection. Maintaining control by autopilot; he pushed the manual pitch down rocker switch to stop the climb. The aircraft overshot the required 1500 ft by about 300 ft. I observed a newark arrival aircraft south and above our position; not in a conflict situation. I; as captain; should have required a takeoff briefing from the flying pilot. In addition; I learned not to set the altitude pre-selector higher than the cleared altitude for your current position; regardless of whether the autopilot is engaged or not!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B350 departed on the TEB 5 departure and preset 2000 ft after briefing a level off at 1500 ft. However; the autopilot was engaged which turned the aircraft early and began the climb to 2000 ft. the turn was stopped; but the aircraft climbed to 2000 ft.

Narrative: TEB SID for Runway 24 requires fly runway heading until reaching 1500 ft; then turn right to heading 280 degrees maintaining 1500 ft until passing the TEB 4.5 DME; then climb to 2000 ft. The cockpit/autopilot was set up for a hand flown departure to the 4.5 DME fix; then the autopilot would be engaged. The heading bug was set at 280 degrees; the altitude pre-selector was at 2000 ft. The set-up seemed reasonable; however; was not specifically briefed. Upon departure and passing about 1200 ft; the Flying Pilot engaged the autopilot (which is pretty normal) and immediately realized the aircraft started it's right turn prematurely. Resetting the heading control back to 240 was quick; but the aircraft was climbing to the 2000 ft selection. Maintaining Control by autopilot; he pushed the manual pitch down rocker switch to stop the climb. The aircraft overshot the required 1500 ft by about 300 ft. I observed a Newark arrival aircraft south and above our position; not in a conflict situation. I; as Captain; should have required a takeoff briefing from the Flying Pilot. In addition; I learned not to set the altitude pre-selector higher than the cleared altitude for your current position; regardless of whether the autopilot is engaged or not!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A B350 departed on the teb 5 departure and preset 2000 ft after briefing a level off at 1500 ft. However; the autopilot was engaged which turned the aircraft early and began the climb to 2000 ft. The turn was stopped; but the aircraft climbed to 2000 ft.