An air taxi crew overshot the assigned altitude on the teb 6 departure after becoming distracted bec...

Narrative:

On the takeoff roll; the teterboro 6 departure SID fell out of the clip holder on the pilot not flying yoke due to left aileron input to correct for the left crosswind that existed at the time. In addition there was turbulence and wind shear reported. The SID went underneath the PNF seat. I; the PNF; was unable to retrieve it. After initial climb out we were cleared to 6;000 ft. We were then cleared to a fix which was on the teterboro 6 departure. Unable to retrieve the chart (I) asked the controller if we could go to a different fix; he said no. He then gave us a heading to intercept the col VOR 350 degree radial. I asked the controller for the frequency for the col VOR; because it was on the dropped chart. After a few seconds he came back with the frequency. All this time I was still trying to retrieve the chart. I had been heads down during this whole time trying to retrieve the chart and trying to program the FMS and tune the VOR. During this time the pilot flying tried to help out an inadvertently flew through his assigned altitude by 400 ft. We both realized this when the altitude alerter went off 300 ft above the assigned altitude. He; the pilot flying; immediately returned to the assigned altitude of 6;000 ft. The controller asked what altitude we were at and I told him we were leveling at 6;000 ft. He then turned us over to another controller and told us to go direct to white intersection and climb to 11;000 ft. I do not believe that there was any conflict with any other aircraft. Chain of events: 1) teterboro six departure SID falling under PNF seat due to aileron input and turbulence. 2) PNF seat [was] not able to move back due to a clipboard falling over because of the turbulence. 3) the pilot flying did not have the autopilot engaged; which may have prevented the overshoot. 4) the PNF focusing to much on getting the col VOR frequency; and not programming col into the FMS. Due to distraction of trying to retrieve chart under the seat; I have submitted a company hazard report regarding the clipboard. Note: this event took place in a matter of 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Taxi crew overshot the assigned altitude on the TEB 6 Departure after becoming distracted because the First Officer's SID chart fell beneath his seat and neither pilot knew the COL VOR frequency in order to comply with the clearance.

Narrative: On the takeoff roll; the Teterboro 6 Departure SID fell out of the clip holder on the pilot not flying yoke due to left aileron input to correct for the left crosswind that existed at the time. In addition there was turbulence and wind shear reported. The SID went underneath the PNF seat. I; the PNF; was unable to retrieve it. After initial climb out we were cleared to 6;000 FT. We were then cleared to a fix which was on the Teterboro 6 Departure. Unable to retrieve the chart (I) asked the Controller if we could go to a different fix; he said NO. He then gave us a heading to intercept the COL VOR 350 degree radial. I asked the Controller for the frequency for the COL VOR; because it was on the dropped chart. After a few seconds he came back with the frequency. All this time I was still trying to retrieve the chart. I had been heads down during this whole time trying to retrieve the chart and trying to program the FMS and tune the VOR. During this time the pilot flying tried to help out an inadvertently flew through his assigned altitude by 400 FT. We both realized this when the altitude alerter went off 300 FT above the assigned altitude. He; the pilot flying; immediately returned to the assigned altitude of 6;000 FT. The Controller asked what altitude we were at and I told him we were leveling at 6;000 FT. He then turned us over to another controller and told us to go direct to White Intersection and climb to 11;000 FT. I do not believe that there was any conflict with any other aircraft. Chain of events: 1) Teterboro Six Departure SID falling under PNF seat due to aileron input and turbulence. 2) PNF seat [was] not able to move back due to a clipboard falling over because of the turbulence. 3) The pilot flying did not have the autopilot engaged; which may have prevented the overshoot. 4) The PNF focusing to much on getting the COL VOR frequency; and not programming COL into the FMS. Due to distraction of trying to retrieve chart under the seat; I have submitted a Company Hazard Report regarding the clipboard. Note: This event took place in a matter of 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

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.

Attributes
ACN	936329
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID TEB 6
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 87 Flight Crew Total 11995 Flight Crew Type 900
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 12864 Flight Crew Type 55
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

An air taxi crew overshot the assigned altitude on the teb 6 departure after becoming distracted because the first officer's SID chart fell beneath his seat and neither pilot knew the col VOR frequency in order to comply with the clearance.