After departing on the iah BNDT1 RNAV; a corporate captain climbed to 5;000 ft because the chart des...

Attributes
ACN	1178286
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	I90.TRACON
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID BNDT 1 RNAV
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aero Charts
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 3400
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

I departed iah airport via the BNDT1 departure. Before I took off I reviewed the SID verbally with my first officer while I checked the FMS to make sure we had all restrictions listed. It shows scamm intersection at or above 5;000 ft on the SID and my FMS showed the same thing. When we arrived at scamm at 5;000 ft we were questioned about the altitude.we were informed we should have leveled at 4;000 ft. When we looked again we finally noticed the 4;000 ft restriction in normal lettering in the routing box under the initial departure headings and altitudes depending on your departing runway. The pictorial display of the SID shows 5;000 ft in bold and is boxed. It is listed again in the box for our assigned runway for departure; which was 15L. I saw this number in my FMS; since it is an RNAV departure. Since I saw this number basically 3 times that it what I defaulted to for my altitude. Next time we will both look at the SID separately as well as the FMS; then review our findings in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After departing on the IAH BNDT1 RNAV; a corporate Captain climbed to 5;000 FT because the chart design listed 5;000 FT in bold distracting from the ROUTING verbiage; 'MAINTAIN 4;000;' with its minimized font and distance location.

Narrative: I departed IAH airport via the BNDT1 departure. Before I took off I reviewed the SID verbally with my First Officer while I checked the FMS to make sure we had all restrictions listed. It shows SCAMM Intersection AT OR ABOVE 5;000 FT on the SID and my FMS showed the same thing. When we arrived at SCAMM at 5;000 FT we were questioned about the altitude.We were informed we should have leveled at 4;000 FT. When we looked again we finally noticed the 4;000 FT restriction in normal lettering in the routing box under the initial departure headings and altitudes depending on your departing runway. The pictorial display of the SID shows 5;000 FT in bold and is boxed. It is listed again in the box for our assigned runway for departure; which was 15L. I saw this number in my FMS; since it is an RNAV departure. Since I saw this number basically 3 times that it what I defaulted to for my altitude. Next time we will both look at the SID separately as well as the FMS; then review our findings in the future.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

After departing on the iah BNDT1 RNAV; a corporate captain climbed to 5;000 ft because the chart design listed 5;000 ft in bold distracting from the routing verbiage; 'maintain 4;000;' with its minimized font and distance location.