A ce-S550 pilot reported climbing too soon on the TEB7 departure.

Attributes
ACN	984249
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation II S2/Bravo (C550)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID TEB
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 10600 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

[I] took off from teterboro from runway 24. [I] was given the teterboro 7 departure. Took off and climbed to 1;500 ft; and leveled off. Made the turn to the right to a heading of 280; and then began my climb to 2;000 ft. I climbed sooner than the 4.5 miles DME that I was supposed to. I was flying single pilot; and reviewed the departure several times prior to departure. My departure plate was on the yoke; however; with the work load at the time; I was unable to review again to ensure I was complying with all aspects of the departure. I had requested a vector departure to prevent me from making a mistake; knowing that newark had arrivals coming overhead and [I] did not want to make a mistake. The controller notified me that I had climbed too soon; but that there was [no] problem because there was no one around. I told him what had occurred and he told me not to worry about it that there was no problem but to be aware in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CE-S550 pilot reported climbing too soon on the TEB7 departure.

Narrative: [I] took off from Teterboro from Runway 24. [I] was given the Teterboro 7 departure. Took off and climbed to 1;500 FT; and leveled off. Made the turn to the right to a heading of 280; and then began my climb to 2;000 FT. I climbed sooner than the 4.5 miles DME that I was supposed to. I was flying single pilot; and reviewed the departure several times prior to departure. My departure plate was on the yoke; however; with the work load at the time; I was unable to review again to ensure I was complying with all aspects of the departure. I had requested a vector departure to prevent me from making a mistake; knowing that Newark had arrivals coming overhead and [I] did not want to make a mistake. The Controller notified me that I had climbed too soon; but that there was [no] problem because there was no one around. I told him what had occurred and he told me not to worry about it that there was no problem but to be aware in the future.

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.