A high performance corporate jet captain departed on the teb ruudy two departure and because of a hi...

Attributes
ACN	912400
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY TWO
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Departed teb on ruudy two SID. As this was the first time for me; I studied it before departure. I wasn't exactly sure if the FMS would head 240 degrees to intercept 260 degree track to ruudy or not or if I had to do any action. Please understand the weather was truly terrible. Thunderstorm had joined with a fairly strong fall cold front bringing rain and wind to new york area. We took off with 25 KTS gusting to 37 KTS. As this was a strong crosswind; the heading track to ruudy was strange to say the least. Well; at ruudy the FMS CDI swung around to a 160 degree turn; i.e.; I almost made a u-turn. I knew this couldn't be right so I just selected the dto function to brezy; the next fix. I turned to brezy and was stabilized on course for 2 minutes or so when approach told me I should have been heading 280 degrees from ruudy not brezy. I missed that on the chart. He was right. In writing this; it sounds like I'm an idiot; but in this weather and in this crowded; difficult airspace (that I am not all familiar with); I wonder if any one else could have done better. Lesson learned: I should have used the autopilot earlier in the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A high performance corporate jet Captain departed on the TEB RUUDY TWO departure and because of a high cross wind track deviation lost situational awareness and then the FMS apparently did not track accurately. The reporter pickup an inaccurate heading and had to be corrected by ATC.

Narrative: Departed TEB on RUUDY TWO SID. As this was the first time for me; I studied it before departure. I wasn't exactly sure if the FMS would head 240 degrees to intercept 260 degree track to RUUDY or not or if I had to do any action. Please understand the weather was truly terrible. Thunderstorm had joined with a fairly strong fall cold front bringing rain and wind to New York area. We took off with 25 KTS gusting to 37 KTS. As this was a strong crosswind; the heading track to RUUDY was strange to say the least. Well; at RUUDY the FMS CDI swung around to a 160 degree turn; i.e.; I almost made a U-turn. I knew this couldn't be right so I just selected the DTO function to BREZY; the next fix. I turned to BREZY and was stabilized on course for 2 minutes or so when Approach told me I should have been heading 280 degrees from RUUDY not BREZY. I missed that on the chart. He was right. In writing this; it sounds like I'm an idiot; but in this weather and in this crowded; difficult airspace (that I am not all familiar with); I wonder if any one else could have done better. Lesson learned: I should have used the autopilot earlier in the flight.

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 high performance corporate jet captain departed on the teb ruudy two departure and because of a high cross wind track deviation lost situational awareness and then the FMS apparently did not track accurately. The reporter pickup an inaccurate heading and had to be corrected by ATC.