CE525 captain reports climbing through depicted altitude during the ruudy 2 departure from teb. VNAV...

Attributes
ACN	895184
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Tower
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flight Director
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Departed teb on the ruudy 2; thought I had engaged the VNAV flight director; and although the flight director was working properly; I did not have the VNAV engaged and as I went through the altitude; I didn't catch it quick enough to not upset some passengers in the cabin with a nose over. I did pull the power back and as I started to direct the aircraft back down to the proper altitude; the controller came on to remind me that I flew through the charted altitude. I've flown out of teb many times and I've flown the departure in the simulator at flight safety and this should not have happened except for my neglect. I did notice the restricted climb altitude in the FMS and on the pfd; but the VNAV mode was not engaged. In the future; I will be double checking my navigation modes set for the flight director.a contributing factor may have been the delay for takeoff clearance and not rechecking that all proper modes were set before the takeoff roll.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE525 Captain reports climbing through depicted altitude during the RUUDY 2 departure from TEB. VNAV function was thought to be engaged prior to departure but was not.

Narrative: Departed TEB on the RUUDY 2; thought I had engaged the VNAV flight director; and although the flight director was working properly; I did not have the VNAV engaged and as I went through the altitude; I didn't catch it quick enough to not upset some passengers in the cabin with a nose over. I did pull the power back and as I started to direct the aircraft back down to the proper altitude; the Controller came on to remind me that I flew through the charted altitude. I've flown out of TEB many times and I've flown the departure in the simulator at Flight Safety and this should not have happened except for my neglect. I did notice the restricted climb altitude in the FMS and on the PFD; but the VNAV mode was not engaged. In the future; I will be double checking my NAV modes set for the flight director.A contributing factor may have been the delay for takeoff clearance and not rechecking that all proper modes were set before the takeoff roll.

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.

CE525 captain reports climbing through depicted altitude during the ruudy 2 departure from teb. VNAV function was thought to be engaged prior to departure but was not.