CE750 flight crew reports turning early during the LOUPE1 departure out of sjc; after a rushed prefl...

Attributes
ACN	973467
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	NCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation X (C750)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID LOUPE ONE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We had a last minute change in aircraft; coupled with a change in departure time to 30 minutes earlier. I allowed those changes; along with fueling; catering; etc. To push me into a 'rushed' mode. On departure from runway 30L; flying the LOUPE1 departure; there was a thunderstorm to the northeast and east of the airport (sjc). While listening to the reports about the weather; I misread the flight path indications on the mfd and initiated the turn to the 120 degree heading too early. Per the LOUPE1 departure procedure; the initial altitude is 5;000 ft MSL. Approximately halfway through the turn; nct instructed us to stop our climb at 4;000 ft; apparently because my early turn had reduced the spacing between us and the flight we were following. Shortly thereafter; departure cleared us to climb to 5;000 ft. About that time; the flight in front of us reported a lightening strike; so we requested a turn away from the weather. We were given a turn to 210 degrees followed by a direction for an expedited climb to 15;000 ft; and soon thereafter a clearance of direct to the sjc VOR to resume the departure. With my error of an early turn and all the other confusion; I am not certain that we made the altitude restriction over the sjc VOR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE750 flight crew reports turning early during the LOUPE1 departure out of SJC; after a rushed preflight; and is instructed to level off at 4;000 FT versus the 5;000 FT originally assigned. Subsequent crossing restrictions may have been missed after deviations for a thunderstorm.

Narrative: We had a last minute change in aircraft; coupled with a change in departure time to 30 minutes earlier. I allowed those changes; along with fueling; catering; etc. to push me into a 'rushed' mode. On departure from Runway 30L; flying the LOUPE1 Departure; there was a thunderstorm to the northeast and east of the airport (SJC). While listening to the reports about the weather; I misread the flight path indications on the MFD and initiated the turn to the 120 degree heading too early. Per the LOUPE1 Departure procedure; the initial altitude is 5;000 FT MSL. Approximately halfway through the turn; NCT instructed us to stop our climb at 4;000 FT; apparently because my early turn had reduced the spacing between us and the flight we were following. Shortly thereafter; Departure cleared us to climb to 5;000 FT. About that time; the flight in front of us reported a lightening strike; so we requested a turn away from the weather. We were given a turn to 210 degrees followed by a direction for an expedited climb to 15;000 FT; and soon thereafter a clearance of direct to the SJC VOR to resume the departure. With my error of an early turn and all the other confusion; I am not certain that we made the altitude restriction over the SJC VOR.

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.

CE750 flight crew reports turning early during the LOUPE1 departure out of sjc; after a rushed preflight; and is instructed to level off at 4;000 ft versus the 5;000 ft originally assigned. Subsequent crossing restrictions may have been missed after deviations for a thunderstorm.