Altitude deviation occurs with amendment to SID given in pre departure clearance.

Attributes
ACN	246824
Time
Date	199307
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	246824
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Late arrival of aircraft caused a rushed departure on the ewr-dca shuttle. Crew was issued a pre departure clearance with the departure modifications to turn early (2 mi) and climb to 2500 ft (instead of 5000 ft as on published departure). Both captain and first officer missed the 'M2500' modification on the pre departure clearance. Newark issues altitude modifications mxxxx whereas most other pre departure clearance's are written 'maintain XXXX.' crew missed the level off at 2500 ft and passing 3000 ft departure asked what altitude we'd been assigned then assigned the standard departure published 5000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV OCCURS WITH AMENDMENT TO SID GIVEN IN PDC.

Narrative: LATE ARR OF ACFT CAUSED A RUSHED DEP ON THE EWR-DCA SHUTTLE. CREW WAS ISSUED A PDC WITH THE DEP MODIFICATIONS TO TURN EARLY (2 MI) AND CLB TO 2500 FT (INSTEAD OF 5000 FT AS ON PUBLISHED DEP). BOTH CAPT AND FO MISSED THE 'M2500' MODIFICATION ON THE PDC. NEWARK ISSUES ALT MODIFICATIONS MXXXX WHEREAS MOST OTHER PDC'S ARE WRITTEN 'MAINTAIN XXXX.' CREW MISSED THE LEVEL OFF AT 2500 FT AND PASSING 3000 FT DEP ASKED WHAT ALT WE'D BEEN ASSIGNED THEN ASSIGNED THE STANDARD DEP PUBLISHED 5000 FT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.