Narrative:

On this departure; rather than fly 040 degrees; I maintained runway heading to 1500 ft; then turned to 040 degrees. Upon realizing my error; I turned left direct to NDB. There was confusion in the cockpit as to the altitude we were cleared to prior to reaching the NDB. Both the sic and myself thought we were cleared to 6000 ft. Contacting departure to verify 6000 ft; we were told to; 'just stay there now.' this event occurred on day seven of a work rotation with a weak sic who required constant monitoring while performing the duties of pilot monitoring. Even thought I briefed this departure prior to takeoff; my attention was on the sic's actions as pilot monitoring rather than flying the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE40 FLT CREW HAS A HEADING AND ALT DEVIATION DURING THE TEB 5 DEP FROM RWY 1.

Narrative: ON THIS DEP; RATHER THAN FLY 040 DEGS; I MAINTAINED RWY HEADING TO 1500 FT; THEN TURNED TO 040 DEGS. UPON REALIZING MY ERROR; I TURNED LEFT DIRECT TO NDB. THERE WAS CONFUSION IN THE COCKPIT AS TO THE ALT WE WERE CLRED TO PRIOR TO REACHING THE NDB. BOTH THE SIC AND MYSELF THOUGHT WE WERE CLRED TO 6000 FT. CONTACTING DEP TO VERIFY 6000 FT; WE WERE TOLD TO; 'JUST STAY THERE NOW.' THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON DAY SEVEN OF A WORK ROTATION WITH A WEAK SIC WHO REQUIRED CONSTANT MONITORING WHILE PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF PLT MONITORING. EVEN THOUGHT I BRIEFED THIS DEP PRIOR TO TAKEOFF; MY ATTENTION WAS ON THE SIC'S ACTIONS AS PLT MONITORING RATHER THAN FLYING THE ACFT.

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.