Narrative:

Upon receiving our clearance; the pilot not flying (PNF) understood that we were to make an immediate (as soon as practicable) turn to 280. The departure calls for a runway heading climb to 800 and then a turn to 280. We briefed the departure with the understanding that we were to make an early turn and did comment on the 800 ft requirement being removed by the ground (clearance) controller. A normal take off was performed and as soon as altitude permitted; we started our turn. The tower informed us that we turned too early as the altitude that we started our turn was near 500 ft and we were supposed to wait until reaching 800 ft. The tower had us continue on the 280 heading and had us contact departure. The rest of the flight was uneventful. To stop this situation from happening again; I no longer allow the other pilot to receive an ATC clearance unless I am in the aircraft listening to the clearance as well.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LR35 crew departed on the TEB DALTON SID and started the turn to 280 at 500' instead of 800'. The First Officer misread the Departure Procedure and then incorrectly briefed the Captain. ATC noted the discrepancy.

Narrative: Upon receiving our clearance; the Pilot Not Flying (PNF) understood that we were to make an immediate (as soon as practicable) turn to 280. The departure calls for a runway heading climb to 800 and then a turn to 280. We briefed the departure with the understanding that we were to make an early turn and did comment on the 800 ft requirement being removed by the ground (clearance) controller. A normal take off was performed and as soon as altitude permitted; we started our turn. The tower informed us that we turned too early as the altitude that we started our turn was near 500 ft and we were supposed to wait until reaching 800 ft. The tower had us continue on the 280 heading and had us contact departure. The rest of the flight was uneventful. To stop this situation from happening again; I no longer allow the other pilot to receive an ATC clearance unless I am in the aircraft listening to the clearance as well.

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.