An air taxi pilot on the teb ruudy two set 4;000 in the altitude alerter after confusing his expecte...

Attributes
ACN	924966
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY TWO
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Altitude Alert
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain Check Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 3500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

I copied clearance on told card during aircraft pre-flight. I wrote down the expected altitude :10 minutes after departure as 400 onto the told card. During cockpit set up I misinterpreted the expected altitude as the initial climb to altitude and thus placed 4;000 into the aircraft altitude alerter. To prevent recurrence; when a departure altitude is determined from a SID; I will always write down the initial climb altitude from the departure plate onto my told card. By having both the initial climb altitude and the expected final altitude on the told card; there will be no room for misinterpreting the altitudes. This will also allow for consistency of operations as most airports provide both the initial altitude and climb to altitude and thus the told card reflects both. To further reduce the chance of error; the following check and balance will be incorporated into my flights: the pilot who sets up the airplane for departure will interpret the climb to altitude from the departure plate and the other pilot will review the plate to make sure he/she determines that altitude to be correct.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air taxi pilot on the TEB RUUDY TWO set 4;000 in the altitude alerter after confusing his expected final clearance altitude of FL400 on the TOLD card with the SID initial altitude of 1;500 FT.

Narrative: I copied clearance on TOLD card during aircraft pre-flight. I wrote down the expected altitude :10 minutes after departure as 400 onto the TOLD card. During cockpit set up I misinterpreted the expected altitude as the initial climb to altitude and thus placed 4;000 into the aircraft altitude alerter. To prevent recurrence; when a departure altitude is determined from a SID; I will always write down the initial climb altitude from the departure plate onto my TOLD card. By having both the initial climb altitude and the expected final altitude on the TOLD card; there will be no room for misinterpreting the altitudes. This will also allow for consistency of operations as most airports provide both the initial altitude and climb to altitude and thus the TOLD card reflects both. To further reduce the chance of error; the following check and balance will be incorporated into my flights: The pilot who sets up the airplane for departure will interpret the climb to altitude from the departure plate and the other pilot will review the plate to make sure he/she determines that altitude to be correct.

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.

An air taxi pilot on the teb ruudy two set 4;000 in the altitude alerter after confusing his expected final clearance altitude of FL400 on the told card with the SID initial altitude of 1;500 ft.