Narrative:

We departed teb on the ruudy two departure off runway 24. I was the non-flying pilot. We had 2;000 ft set in the altitude alerter. On takeoff; at 400 ft; pilot flying (PF) called for flaps 0; yaw damper on. At 1;000 ft; PF called for autopilot on and select vertical speed. I was heads down selecting the autopilot on and when I looked back up; we were leaving 1;500 ft before reaching wentz intersection. The procedure mandates crossing wentz at 1;500 ft before climbing to 2;000 ft by tasca intersection. I told the PF we needed to level at 1;500 ft until passing wentz. He crested at about 1;650 ft before returning to 1;500 ft. At 1;600 ft; ATC asked us our altitude and I responded we were returning to 1;500 ft. He said; 'ok; I see you; there you go;' and said traffic was 1;000 ft above us on the ILS to ewr. We had no TA or RA from TCAS and no traffic alert from ATC. We continued the departure and the ferry flight without incident. In the future; we will dial in 1;500 ft into the alerter until passing wentz intersection; then redial it to 2;000 ft for the next restriction. Also; using VNAV function could have helped avoid the mistake. In the future; I will ensure we both review any immediate restrictions on the departure just before taking the runway so it's fresh in our minds. As non-flying pilot; there are several head down tasks that are required on initial climb out and it's sometimes difficult to keep an eye on everything the PF is doing. Having the alerter set to the intermediate step would have helped the most to avoid this error.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CE560 pilot reported climbing to 1;650 FT on the TEB RUUDY TWO SID before descending back to 1;500 FT until WENTZ. The pilot flying forgot about the 1;500 FT restriction and the altitude alerter was set to 2;000 FT.

Narrative: We departed TEB on the RUUDY TWO departure off Runway 24. I was the non-flying pilot. We had 2;000 FT set in the altitude alerter. On takeoff; at 400 FT; pilot flying (PF) called for flaps 0; yaw damper ON. At 1;000 FT; PF called for autopilot on and select vertical speed. I was heads down selecting the autopilot on and when I looked back up; we were leaving 1;500 FT before reaching WENTZ intersection. The procedure mandates crossing WENTZ at 1;500 FT before climbing to 2;000 FT by TASCA intersection. I told the PF we needed to level at 1;500 FT until passing WENTZ. He crested at about 1;650 FT before returning to 1;500 FT. At 1;600 FT; ATC asked us our altitude and I responded we were returning to 1;500 FT. He said; 'Ok; I see you; there you go;' and said traffic was 1;000 FT above us on the ILS to EWR. We had no TA or RA from TCAS and no traffic alert from ATC. We continued the departure and the ferry flight without incident. In the future; we will dial in 1;500 FT into the alerter until passing WENTZ intersection; then redial it to 2;000 FT for the next restriction. Also; using VNAV function could have helped avoid the mistake. In the future; I will ensure we both review any immediate restrictions on the departure just before taking the runway so it's fresh in our minds. As non-flying pilot; there are several head down tasks that are required on initial climb out and it's sometimes difficult to keep an eye on everything the PF is doing. Having the alerter set to the intermediate step would have helped the most to avoid this error.

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.