PA23 pilot reports being informed by N90 controller that he has climbed to 2000 ft early on the teb ...

Narrative:

I was cleared for departure from the teterboro nj airport via the teb 5 departure off of runway 24. The teb 5 departure states: fly runway heading to 1500 ft MSL; turn to a heading of 280 degrees; maintain 1500 ft MSL until 4.5 DME from teb VOR and then climb and maintain 2000 ft MSL. This was a single pilot operation. The weather at the time of departure was 5 miles visibility light rain and ceiling of 1300 ft broken and 1900 ft broken; winds were 300 at 18 knots gusting. At approximately XA30 I departed the airport and followed the teb 5 departure procedure: I climbed on runway heading until 1500 ft MSL and turned right to a heading 280 degrees while leveling off at 1500 ft MSL. I waited until 4.5 DME from teb and then continued my climb to 2000 ft MSL. According to the controller I was not yet at 4.5 DME and was told to return to 1500 ft MSL on a heading of 310 degrees. I am not aware of any traffic conflict. I was told however that the controller was going to look at the 'tapes' and there may be a possible 'pilot deviation.' if in the event that I was in error; it was inadvertent and I will pay closer attention to the standard instrument departure procedures for all airports.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA23 pilot reports being informed by N90 Controller that he has climbed to 2000 ft early on the TEB 5 departure and is instructed to return to 1500 ft. Reporter believes that he climbed appropriately at TEB 4.5 DME.

Narrative: I was cleared for departure from the Teterboro NJ Airport via the TEB 5 departure off of Runway 24. The TEB 5 departure states: Fly runway heading to 1500 ft MSL; turn to a heading of 280 degrees; Maintain 1500 ft MSL until 4.5 DME from TEB VOR and then climb and maintain 2000 ft MSL. This was a single pilot operation. The weather at the time of departure was 5 miles visibility light rain and ceiling of 1300 ft broken and 1900 ft broken; winds were 300 at 18 knots gusting. At approximately XA30 I departed the airport and followed the TEB 5 departure procedure: I climbed on runway heading until 1500 ft MSL and turned right to a heading 280 degrees while leveling off at 1500 ft MSL. I waited until 4.5 DME from TEB and then continued my climb to 2000 ft MSL. According to the controller I was not yet at 4.5 DME and was told to return to 1500 ft MSL on a heading of 310 degrees. I am not aware of any traffic conflict. I was told however that the controller was going to look at the 'tapes' and there may be a possible 'pilot deviation.' If in the event that I was in error; it was inadvertent and I will pay closer attention to the standard instrument departure procedures for all airports.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	824557
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-23-250 Aztec
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	SID TEB
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 72 Flight Crew Total 7800 Flight Crew Type 900
Person 2
Function	Departure
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

PA23 pilot reports being informed by N90 controller that he has climbed to 2000 ft early on the teb 5 departure and is instructed to return to 1500 ft. Reporter believes that he climbed appropriately at teb 4.5 DME.