A BE55 pilot reported not leveling at 1500 ft on the teb ruudy 2 departure. Other aircraft he flies ...

Attributes
ACN	934722
Time
Date	201102
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.TRACON
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Baron 55/Cochise
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 800
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was flying the ruudy 2 departure from teb and climbed above the 1500 foot restriction on climb out just prior to wentz waypoint. I was climbing toward 2000 ft when the departure controller told me I was higher than 1500 feet; so I immediately descended from about 1800-1900 ft down to 1500 ft. No traffic alerts on my traffic advisory system on board; no traffic sighted; and no traffic called out by the departure controller. I had flown this departure previously and been given early deviations to assigned altitudes from these controllers and was half expecting them to give me a more direct low altitude departure with waypoints off the departure procedure and more onto my routing. It was VMC and I believe no traffic conflict existed at that time; however I now know that the airspace immediately above the ruudy 2 departure is used by aircraft approaching ewr. I have made 3x5 cards with the waypoints and call-outs and altitudes for the ruudy 2 departure for my use in the future. I have been on that departure before and been given earlier altitudes and vectors more direct to my flight plan; etc. The aircraft I was flying does not have altitude preselect on the flight director/autopilot and so since I wasn't in the king air or citation I usually fly. I erred by not controlling the altitude function manually. It won't happen again. I often bring along a second 'safety pilot' when flying in and out of busy east coast airspace like dca or nyc but on this trip it was a friday early afternoon in good weather and I knew it would be light traffic in and out of teb.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE55 Pilot reported not leveling at 1500 FT on the TEB RUUDY 2 departure. Other aircraft he flies have an altitude alerter but this aircraft did not.

Narrative: I was flying the RUUDY 2 departure from TEB and climbed above the 1500 foot restriction on climb out just prior to WENTZ waypoint. I was climbing toward 2000 FT when the Departure Controller told me I was higher than 1500 feet; so I immediately descended from about 1800-1900 FT down to 1500 FT. No traffic alerts on my traffic advisory system on board; no traffic sighted; and no traffic called out by the Departure Controller. I had flown this Departure previously and been given early deviations to assigned altitudes from these Controllers and was half expecting them to give me a more direct low altitude departure with waypoints off the Departure procedure and more onto my routing. It was VMC and I believe no traffic conflict existed at that time; however I now know that the airspace immediately above the RUUDY 2 departure is used by aircraft approaching EWR. I have made 3x5 cards with the waypoints and call-outs and altitudes for the RUUDY 2 Departure for my use in the future. I have been on that departure before and been given earlier altitudes and vectors more direct to my flight plan; etc. The aircraft I was flying does not have altitude preselect on the flight director/autopilot and so since I wasn't in the King Air or Citation I usually fly. I erred by not controlling the altitude function manually. It won't happen again. I often bring along a second 'Safety Pilot' when flying in and out of busy east coast airspace like DCA or NYC but on this trip it was a Friday early afternoon in good weather and I knew it would be light traffic in and out of TEB.

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 BE55 pilot reported not leveling at 1500 ft on the teb ruudy 2 departure. Other aircraft he flies have an altitude alerter but this aircraft did not.