CE650 captain reports not noticing the 1;500 ft wentz crossing restriction on the ruudy 3 departure ...

Attributes
ACN	982098
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation III VI VII (C650)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 10100 Flight Crew Type 825
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Prior to departure from teb; the first officer and I reviewed the ruudy three departure. We missed the 1;500 at wentz and were climbing to 2;000 ft when we were instructed by the controller to return to 1;500 ft. We complied as soon as possible. We reached about 1;900 ft before starting back down to 1;500 MSL. Had we spent more time reviewing the departure including the textual route description; we would have caught the 1;500 at wentz. The departure from teb has often been task saturation for me and my crew. I will spend more time on the crew brief in the future. In my opinion; an extra verbal message from ATC to stop at 1;500 ft could also be helpful. We received no TA or RA warning or resolution on this departure. Now that the first officer and I have had time to review the IFR clearance that was given just before engine start; we discovered that the initial altitude in the clearance was 'climb and maintain 2;000; expect FL380 ten minutes after.....' perhaps a rewording in this clearance would be helpful? How about a sentence on ATIS that reminds pilots assigned the ruudy three to note 1;500 ft initial altitude?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE650 Captain reports not noticing the 1;500 FT WENTZ crossing restriction on the RUUDY 3 departure from TEB. ATC does notice the deviation though and instructs a descent.

Narrative: Prior to departure from TEB; the First Officer and I reviewed the RUUDY THREE DEPARTURE. We missed the 1;500 at WENTZ and were climbing to 2;000 FT when we were instructed by the controller to return to 1;500 FT. We complied ASAP. We reached about 1;900 FT before starting back down to 1;500 MSL. Had we spent more time reviewing the departure including the textual route description; we would have caught the 1;500 at WENTZ. The departure from TEB has often been task saturation for me and my crew. I will spend more time on the crew brief in the future. In my opinion; an extra verbal message from ATC to stop at 1;500 FT could also be helpful. We received no TA or RA warning or resolution on this departure. Now that the First Officer and I have had time to review the IFR clearance that was given just before engine start; we discovered that the initial altitude in the clearance was 'climb and maintain 2;000; expect FL380 ten minutes after.....' Perhaps a rewording in this clearance would be helpful? How about a sentence on ATIS that reminds pilots assigned the RUUDY THREE to note 1;500 FT initial altitude?

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.

CE650 captain reports not noticing the 1;500 ft wentz crossing restriction on the ruudy 3 departure from teb. ATC does notice the deviation though and instructs a descent.