Narrative:

We departed runway 24 at teb on the teb 5 departure. We flew runway heading and climbed to 1500 ft. When we turned right to heading 280 degrees; the PF initiated climb to 2000 ft prior to reaching 4.5 DME from teb VOR. The new york departure controller reminded us to review the departure procedure in the future because newark arrs could be above us. There were no TCAS alerts or traffic conflicts. As the captain; I should have been more assertive when performing the published SID even though I was the PNF.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN LR45 PLT LEVELED AT 1500 FT ON THE TEB 5 AND THEN CLBED TO 2000 FT AFTER TURNING TO 280 DEGS BUT PRIOR TO 4.5 DME.

Narrative: WE DEPARTED RWY 24 AT TEB ON THE TEB 5 DEP. WE FLEW RWY HDG AND CLBED TO 1500 FT. WHEN WE TURNED R TO HDG 280 DEGS; THE PF INITIATED CLB TO 2000 FT PRIOR TO REACHING 4.5 DME FROM TEB VOR. THE NEW YORK DEP CTLR REMINDED US TO REVIEW THE DEP PROC IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE NEWARK ARRS COULD BE ABOVE US. THERE WERE NO TCAS ALERTS OR TFC CONFLICTS. AS THE CAPT; I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ASSERTIVE WHEN PERFORMING THE PUBLISHED SID EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE PNF.

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.