Narrative:

Clearance included the teb 6 departure off of runway 24. The captain and I briefed the departure and we both felt satisfied that we understood the departure procedure. The textual description reads: 'climb heading 240 to 1500 then climbing right turn to 280; cross teb 4.5 DME at 1500; maintain 2000.' I misunderstood the instructions 'climbing right turn ' and 'maintain 2000' to mean continue the climb through 1500 to 2000 and overlooked the crossing restriction at 4.5 DME at 1500. I set 2000 into the altitude alerter prior to takeoff. The captain noticed me passing through 1500 and stated '1500'. I thought he was making reference to initiating the turn to 280 and acknowledged 'yea; 1500'. I climbed through 1500 straight up to 2000 while turning to right to 280. I did not level off at 1500 until 4.5 DME. Ny departure queried us on if we had been assigned the ruudy 2 and the captain replied that we were assigned the teb 6. He then assigned us 8;000 and soon thereafter handed us off to another frequency. He did not mention our altitude. We briefly talked about the confusion and I realized that I had made the error after rereading the departure description.the departures off of teb are extremely confusing. In this case for runway 24; the departure stated climb to 1500 and then make a climbing right turn to 280 when what it really wants you to do is maintain 1500 during the turn to 280. I suggest training pilots how to use VNAV for the departure as it works extremely well and had I used it in this case it might have saved me from making this error. Also; the captain and I did not use clear communication during the time of the event to tell me I was making an error as he just stated '1500' instead of saying 'altitude' or 'you need to stay at 1500!' most importantly; I suggest that the teb 6 departure phraseology be reprinted to say; 'climb heading 240 to 1500 then turn right to 280; cross teb 4.5 DME at 1500; then climb to maintain 2000.' I think that phrase 'climbing right turn' is confusing. I also think the addition of the word 'then' before 'maintain 2000' would have caught my eye.

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Title: BE400 flight crew climbed early on the TEB 6 departure. The First Officer was flying and misinterpreted the SID instructions and the Captain was not assertive in his pronouncements nor did he take control of the aircraft to maintain 1500 FT.

Narrative: Clearance included the TEB 6 Departure off of Runway 24. The Captain and I briefed the departure and we both felt satisfied that we understood the departure procedure. The textual description reads: 'Climb heading 240 to 1500 then climbing right turn to 280; cross TEB 4.5 DME at 1500; maintain 2000.' I misunderstood the instructions 'climbing right turn ' and 'maintain 2000' to mean continue the climb through 1500 to 2000 and overlooked the crossing restriction at 4.5 DME at 1500. I set 2000 into the altitude alerter prior to takeoff. The Captain noticed me passing through 1500 and stated '1500'. I thought he was making reference to initiating the turn to 280 and acknowledged 'yea; 1500'. I climbed through 1500 straight up to 2000 while turning to right to 280. I did not level off at 1500 until 4.5 DME. NY Departure queried us on if we had been assigned the RUUDY 2 and the Captain replied that we were assigned the TEB 6. He then assigned us 8;000 and soon thereafter handed us off to another frequency. He did not mention our altitude. We briefly talked about the confusion and I realized that I had made the error after rereading the departure description.The departures off of TEB are extremely confusing. In this case for Runway 24; the departure stated climb to 1500 and then make a climbing right turn to 280 when what it really wants you to do is maintain 1500 during the turn to 280. I suggest training pilots how to use VNAV for the departure as it works extremely well and had I used it in this case it might have saved me from making this error. Also; the Captain and I did not use clear communication during the time of the event to tell me I was making an error as he just stated '1500' instead of saying 'Altitude' or 'you need to stay at 1500!' Most importantly; I suggest that the TEB 6 Departure phraseology be reprinted to say; 'Climb heading 240 to 1500 then turn right to 280; cross TEB 4.5 DME at 1500; THEN climb to maintain 2000.' I think that phrase 'climbing right turn' is confusing. I also think the addition of the word 'then' before 'maintain 2000' would have caught my eye.

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.