S76 captain reports difficulties complying with the ruudy 4 departure from teb after being cleared f...

Narrative:

Our helicopter was departing teterboro airport and was 'cleared for the ruudy 4 departure; climb and maintain 2;000 ft; expect 3;000 ft in ten minutes.' we were cleared by the teb tower to takeoff from kilo taxiway; abeam the departure end of runway 19. As our aircraft was not aligned with runway 24 (the runway which the 'ruudy 4 SID' services) nor in close proximity to runway 24; our flight management system (FMS) was not giving us useful information as we did not depart from the departure end of runway 24 but rather from the end of runway 19. Due to obstructions on the southern part of the airport (hangars; aircraft) we had to depart due south and not on a heading of 240 degrees as prescribed in the ruudy 4 SID. Once airborne we were able to steer towards a westerly heading to intercept the departure path of the ruudy 4 SID. As we corrected our course to assume the SID route; our aircraft continued to climb past the initial hold down altitude of 1;500 ft at wentz; as our aircraft FMS did a 'smart turn' abeam wentz; as we flew towards the next waypoint on the SID; 'tasca.' if nothing else; our departure path was off due to departing from a close proximity to runway 19 and not runway 24. Additionally; our altitude was not exact because we weren't able to fly the initial track as prescribed in the ruudy 4 SID due to our initial starting point near the departure end of runway 19.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S76 Captain reports difficulties complying with the RUUDY 4 departure from TEB after being cleared for that departure with a takeoff from near the approach end of Runway 19. The WENTZ crossing restriction may have been exceeded as the aircraft passed abeam.

Narrative: Our helicopter was departing Teterboro Airport and was 'cleared for the RUUDY 4 departure; climb and maintain 2;000 FT; expect 3;000 FT in ten minutes.' We were cleared by the TEB Tower to takeoff from Kilo Taxiway; abeam the departure end of Runway 19. As our aircraft was not aligned with Runway 24 (the runway which the 'RUUDY 4 SID' services) nor in close proximity to Runway 24; our Flight Management System (FMS) was not giving us useful information as we did not depart from the departure end of Runway 24 but rather from the end of Runway 19. Due to obstructions on the southern part of the airport (hangars; aircraft) we had to depart due south and not on a heading of 240 degrees as prescribed in the RUUDY 4 SID. Once airborne we were able to steer towards a westerly heading to intercept the departure path of the RUUDY 4 SID. As we corrected our course to assume the SID route; our aircraft continued to climb past the initial hold down altitude of 1;500 FT at WENTZ; as our aircraft FMS did a 'smart turn' abeam WENTZ; as we flew towards the next waypoint on the SID; 'TASCA.' if nothing else; our departure path was off due to departing from a close proximity to Runway 19 and not Runway 24. Additionally; our altitude was not exact because we weren't able to fly the initial track as prescribed in the RUUDY 4 SID due to our initial starting point near the departure end of Runway 19.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1053040
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	S-76/S-76 Mark II
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY 4
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 9500 Flight Crew Type 3500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

S76 captain reports difficulties complying with the ruudy 4 departure from teb after being cleared for that departure with a takeoff from near the approach end of runway 19. The wentz crossing restriction may have been exceeded as the aircraft passed abeam.