A C550 pilot deviated from the teb SID assigned altitude when distracted about the proper heading.

Attributes
ACN	655635
Time
Date	200504
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : teb.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Citation II S2/Bravo
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : teb 5
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	655635
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer was flying pilot; flying the teb 5 departure off runway 24. Although the crew briefed the departure prior to takeoff; there was confusion as to the correct heading to fly once airborne. This caused a distraction which resulted in an altitude deviation of 300 ft. The deviation was corrected by 200 ft when cleared to a higher altitude. Crew was asked to call FAA operations in ny upon landing. Upon calling it was determined that a formal pilot deviation report would not be filed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C550 PLT DEVIATED FROM THE TEB SID ASSIGNED ALT WHEN DISTRACTED ABOUT THE PROPER HDG.

Narrative: FO WAS FLYING PLT; FLYING THE TEB 5 DEP OFF RWY 24. ALTHOUGH THE CREW BRIEFED THE DEP PRIOR TO TKOF; THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO THE CORRECT HDG TO FLY ONCE AIRBORNE. THIS CAUSED A DISTRACTION WHICH RESULTED IN AN ALT DEV OF 300 FT. THE DEV WAS CORRECTED BY 200 FT WHEN CLRED TO A HIGHER ALT. CREW WAS ASKED TO CALL FAA OPS IN NY UPON LNDG. UPON CALLING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FORMAL PLT DEV RPT WOULD NOT BE FILED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.