When the autopilot failed to capture a crossing restriction altitude on a teb SID the flight crew wa...

Attributes
ACN	1017341
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	BAe 125 Series 800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID TEB8
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 6450 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

We were on [TEB8] departure from teb. When the pilot flying engaged the autopilot it did not capture the imminent charted altitude restriction. The autopilot was immediately disengaged; and corrective action was taken. During that corrective action; ATC assigned a higher altitude of 3;000 MSL.to prevent this from happening again I will reduce the climb rate on initial departure prior to engaging autopilot [when I am the pilot flying]. When performing pilot not flying duties I will only complete the essential after take-off checklist items when there is a low altitude restriction and will monitor more closely aircraft condition before completing the checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When the autopilot failed to capture a crossing restriction altitude on a TEB SID the flight crew was forced to manually attempt to return to the charted alititude. ATC assisted by clearing them to a higher altitude.

Narrative: We were on [TEB8] departure from TEB. When the pilot flying engaged the autopilot it did not capture the imminent charted altitude restriction. The autopilot was immediately disengaged; and corrective action was taken. During that corrective action; ATC assigned a higher altitude of 3;000 MSL.To prevent this from happening again I will reduce the climb rate on initial departure prior to engaging autopilot [when I am the pilot flying]. When performing pilot not flying duties I will only complete the essential after take-off checklist items when there is a low altitude restriction and will monitor more closely aircraft condition before completing the checklist.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

When the autopilot failed to capture a crossing restriction altitude on a teb SID the flight crew was forced to manually attempt to return to the charted alititude. ATC assisted by clearing them to a higher altitude.