A be-400 flight crew departing teb was cleared to climb before a crossing restriction was met; and t...

Narrative:

After takeoff on the ruudy 2 departure; we leveled at 1500 ft; the assigned crossing altitude at wentz on the SID and were flying toward wentz. Prior to reaching wentz intersection; ny departure cleared us to 10;000 ft. We initially thought we could start an immediate climb to 10;000 ft per ATC instructions; and not follow the altitudes on the SID. Just prior to wentz; I began a climbout of 1500 for 10;000 ft. There was no traffic and ATC did not query us; but there was confusion between the crew whether we still needed to comply with the published SID altitudes; or we could begin our climb to 10;000. ATC should specify if we should begin an immediate climb or still maintain the SID crossing altitudes to eliminate any confusion; especially in the low altitude; high workload environment; or the crew should query if confused.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE-400 flight crew departing TEB was cleared to climb before a crossing restriction was met; and they were unclear if they could legally do that.

Narrative: After takeoff on the RUUDY 2 departure; we leveled at 1500 FT; the assigned crossing altitude at WENTZ on the SID and were flying toward WENTZ. Prior to reaching WENTZ intersection; NY departure cleared us to 10;000 FT. We initially thought we could start an immediate climb to 10;000 FT per ATC instructions; and not follow the altitudes on the SID. Just prior to WENTZ; I began a climbout of 1500 for 10;000 FT. There was no traffic and ATC did not query us; but there was confusion between the crew whether we still needed to comply with the published SID altitudes; or we could begin our climb to 10;000. ATC should specify if we should begin an immediate climb or still maintain the SID crossing altitudes to eliminate any confusion; especially in the low altitude; high workload environment; or the crew should query if confused.

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.

Attributes
ACN	856593
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Beechjet 400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID Ruudy2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

A be-400 flight crew departing teb was cleared to climb before a crossing restriction was met; and they were unclear if they could legally do that.