Narrative:

We began our taxi out to runway 24 teb. As we reached the active takeoff runway; our takeoff clearance was canceled twice due to landing traffic on runway 19. Once cleared for takeoff; we departed using the ruudy 2 RNAV departure as assigned. Due to noise abatement procedures at teb; significant power and speed adjustments are necessary. While attending to these; the altitude capture failed to engage and we flew through the initial altitude of 1;500 ft. At 1;800 ft we recognized and began corrective action to return to 1;500 ft. ATC acknowledged the deviation stating that it was not an issue in this instance as there were no aircraft above us. We were then assigned 5;000 ft. The remainder of the flight was without incidence. Some reluctant contributing factors that deviated our attention: 1) significant weather along the departure route. 2) repeated takeoff delays. 3) a relatively low initial altitude for the departure. We have flown this departure on previous flights with no significant difficulty. However; because of the airspace and near proximity to other major airports; it does lend itself to far higher stress levels which can directly affect where priorities are placed in the initial phases of flight. Coupled with the noise abatement procedures it becomes mentally complicated to the point where the instrument scan may or may not be where it needs to be at the required time each time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL601's altitude capture function failed to stop the initial climb on the TEB RUUDY 2 SID and so at 1;800 FT the Captain stopped the climb and descended to 1;500 FT.

Narrative: We began our taxi out to Runway 24 TEB. As we reached the active takeoff runway; our takeoff clearance was canceled twice due to landing traffic on Runway 19. Once cleared for takeoff; we departed using the RUUDY 2 RNAV Departure as assigned. Due to noise abatement procedures at TEB; significant power and speed adjustments are necessary. While attending to these; the altitude capture failed to engage and we flew through the initial altitude of 1;500 FT. At 1;800 FT we recognized and began corrective action to return to 1;500 FT. ATC acknowledged the deviation stating that it was not an issue in this instance as there were no aircraft above us. We were then assigned 5;000 FT. The remainder of the flight was without incidence. Some reluctant contributing factors that deviated our attention: 1) Significant weather along the departure route. 2) Repeated takeoff delays. 3) A relatively low initial altitude for the departure. We have flown this departure on previous flights with no significant difficulty. However; because of the airspace and near proximity to other major airports; it does lend itself to far higher stress levels which can directly affect where priorities are placed in the initial phases of flight. Coupled with the noise abatement procedures it becomes mentally complicated to the point where the instrument scan may or may not be where it needs to be at the required time each time.

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.