A C560 departing on teb 5 while attempting an autoplt engagement leveled at 1800 ft then corrected b...

Attributes
ACN	701741
Time
Date	200606
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
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
Make Model Name	Citation Excel
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : teb 5
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	701741
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 10700 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	701439
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departing teb runway 24 teb 5 departure at XA22. During level off at 1500 ft initial altitude an attempt to engage autoplt resulted in an inadvertent high level off at 1800 ft. ATC brought it to our attention and altitude was corrected immediately.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C560 DEPARTING ON TEB 5 WHILE ATTEMPTING AN AUTOPLT ENGAGEMENT LEVELED AT 1800 FT THEN CORRECTED BACK TO 1500 FT.

Narrative: DEPARTING TEB RWY 24 TEB 5 DEP AT XA22. DURING LEVEL OFF AT 1500 FT INITIAL ALTITUDE AN ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE AUTOPLT RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT HIGH LEVEL OFF AT 1800 FT. ATC BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND ALT WAS CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY.

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.

A C560 departing on teb 5 while attempting an autoplt engagement leveled at 1800 ft then corrected back to 1500 ft.