Light Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 12000; Flight Crew Type 1000
Situational Awareness; Distraction; Confusion; Communication Breakdown; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Human Factors
Runway 4R departure from MDW.Tower Controller reiterated takeoff clearance 'left turn 180; climb/maintain 3;000 feet.'After takeoff controller reiterated left turn 180; I commenced a left turn at 400 feet AGL to heading 180; my copilot read back left turn 080.At this point the controller started screaming nonstop 'Negative; I said left turn 180; I say again 180 degrees' and continued his tirade for several seconds.I immediately started scanning looking for an anomaly; checking my heading mode; navigation source; malfunction etc. From the alarm in the controller's voice I was sure we were either going to have a midair or some other disastrous outcome. My attention was diverted and I inadvertently exceeded altitude of 3;000 feet and was accelerating past 250 knots.I immediately reduced power and began a descent back to 3;000 feet; engaged the autopilot and we frequency changed without further incident.I feel that this was a factor in my altitude/airspeed excursions. Contributing factors were my copilot's readback mistake on assigned heading and my diverted attention from what I thought was a dire developing situation.I should have obeyed the basic tenant of 'fly the airplane'. Easier said than done in this situation.
Just after takeoff from MDW; the pilot was distracted by a miscommunication which resulted in an altitude and airspeed exceedance.