Falcon DA20 flight crew has an altitude deviation during teb 5 departure.

Attributes
ACN	728032
Time
Date	200702
Place
Locale Reference	airport : teb.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : teb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	728032
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After crew briefing; first officer reset altitude alerter from 1500 ft to 2000FT. Change was not announced and I did not catch it. We were required to wait for a while for takeoff clearance due to numerous aircraft ahead of us. The time between the takeoff briefing and actual takeoff was (obviously) more than enough to forget the 1500 ft restriction mandated by the SID. Teb takeoffs require noise abatement procedures; which result in high initial rates of climb. Climbed through 1500 ft due to mis-set altitude alerter. Pilots familiar with this airport are probably adept with dealing with this departure. Pilots that do not frequent teb are at a severe disadvantage. Requiring a level-off at 1500 ft (noise abatement takeoffs are normally continued to 3000 ft AGL) during a high-rate-of-climb departure; while dealing with an ATC handoff is unrealistic. This procedure is excessively complex during a period of high crew workload. The opportunity to misread the procedure is easily apparent. Either the 1500 ft restr should be removed (probably not practical due to ewr traffic) or the 'maintain 2000 ft' portion should be amended to require the climb above 1500 ft well away from teb.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FALCON DA20 FLT CREW HAS AN ALT DEV DURING TEB 5 DEP.

Narrative: AFTER CREW BRIEFING; F/O RESET ALTITUDE ALERTER FROM 1500 FT TO 2000FT. CHANGE WAS NOT ANNOUNCED AND I DID NOT CATCH IT. WE WERE REQUIRED TO WAIT FOR A WHILE FOR TAKEOFF CLEARANCE DUE TO NUMEROUS ACFT AHEAD OF US. THE TIME BETWEEN THE TAKEOFF BRIEFING AND ACTUAL TAKEOFF WAS (OBVIOUSLY) MORE THAN ENOUGH TO FORGET THE 1500 FT RESTRICTION MANDATED BY THE SID. TEB TAKEOFFS REQUIRE NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS; WHICH RESULT IN HIGH INITIAL RATES OF CLIMB. CLIMBED THROUGH 1500 FT DUE TO MIS-SET ALTITUDE ALERTER. PLTS FAMILIAR WITH THIS ARPT ARE PROBABLY ADEPT WITH DEALING WITH THIS DEP. PLTS THAT DO NOT FREQUENT TEB ARE AT A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE. REQUIRING A LEVEL-OFF AT 1500 FT (NOISE ABATEMENT TAKEOFFS ARE NORMALLY CONTINUED TO 3000 FT AGL) DURING A HIGH-RATE-OF-CLB DEP; WHILE DEALING WITH AN ATC HANDOFF IS UNREALISTIC. THIS PROC IS EXCESSIVELY COMPLEX DURING A PERIOD OF HIGH CREW WORKLOAD. THE OPPORTUNITY TO MISREAD THE PROC IS EASILY APPARENT. EITHER THE 1500 FT RESTR SHOULD BE REMOVED (PROBABLY NOT PRACTICAL DUE TO EWR TFC) OR THE 'MAINTAIN 2000 FT' PORTION SHOULD BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE THE CLB ABOVE 1500 FT WELL AWAY FROM TEB.

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.