Flight crew deviated from published altitude; utilizing autoplt on departure.

Attributes
ACN	742916
Time
Date	200706
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : teb.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1400 msl bound upper : 1700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Citation III VI VII
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : teberboro
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 12200 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	742916
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	742917
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overrode automation
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Departed runway 24 at teb on the teb 5 departure. At airport boundary; called 'flaps up; autoplt on.' aircraft started to pitch up to 15 degrees at this point. Power was reduced and aircraft continued to climb at a rapid rate. At 1400 ft; both pilots attempted manual level off; autoplt disconnected because of high climb rate; aircraft reached 1700 ft before a descent to 1500 ft was established on a heading of 280 degrees. Controller advised crew of altitude deviation and reason for the 1500 ft level off altitude. When asked if there was going to be a problem; he responded 'no problem' and cleared us to 6000 ft; still on the 280 degree heading. Flight continued to destination with no further problems with the autoplt noticed by the crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW DEVIATED FROM PUBLISHED ALT; UTILIZING AUTOPLT ON DEP.

Narrative: DEPARTED RWY 24 AT TEB ON THE TEB 5 DEP. AT ARPT BOUNDARY; CALLED 'FLAPS UP; AUTOPLT ON.' ACFT STARTED TO PITCH UP TO 15 DEGS AT THIS POINT. POWER WAS REDUCED AND ACFT CONTINUED TO CLB AT A RAPID RATE. AT 1400 FT; BOTH PLTS ATTEMPTED MANUAL LEVEL OFF; AUTOPLT DISCONNECTED BECAUSE OF HIGH CLB RATE; ACFT REACHED 1700 FT BEFORE A DESCENT TO 1500 FT WAS ESTABLISHED ON A HEADING OF 280 DEGS. CTLR ADVISED CREW OF ALT DEVIATION AND REASON FOR THE 1500 FT LEVEL OFF ALT. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM; HE RESPONDED 'NO PROBLEM' AND CLRED US TO 6000 FT; STILL ON THE 280 DEG HEADING. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST WITH NO FURTHER PROBS WITH THE AUTOPLT NOTICED BY THE CREW.

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.