Citation I (C500)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120; Flight Crew Total 2500; Flight Crew Type 250
Distraction; Communication Breakdown; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure; Human Factors
My crew of 2 departed Teterboro Runway 1 with the Teterboro 8 departure. Departure Control cleared my aircraft to 6;000 FT; heading 280. The next clearance was 'upon reaching 6;000; cleared direct BREZY'. I increased the ascent rate on the autopilot control in order to reach 6;000 FT more quickly so that I could proceed on course toward my destination. The autopilot did not level the airplane at 6;000 FT. The airplane climbed to 6;300 FT MSL before I initiated a correction. In the process of correcting; the airplane climbed to 6;500 for an instant before quickly returning to 6;000 FT. As the aircraft returned to 6;000 FT; ATC asked what altitude we were climbing to and stated that they saw a Mode C altitude read out of 6;500. At no time during this event was the safe outcome of the flight in question. No traffic was observed by the flight crew or reported by ATC in our vicinity during the altitude deviation. Contributing factors of the event include: flight crew failure to recognize the autopilot not capturing 6;000 FT; co-pilot not making altitude call outs per the company training manual; and the crew failing to comply with the company's sterile cockpit rule.
A CE-500 on the TEB 8 Departure failed to capture 6;000 FT because of an autopilot malfunction and additionally the First Officer failed to call approaching the assigned altitude.