Eclipse 500
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 13600; Flight Crew Type 650
Time Pressure; Workload; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Aircraft
[I was] cleared for the RUUDY 4 departure from TEB. On climbout turned to intercept course 260 to WENTZ. Autopilot did not want to engage and during troubleshooting I passed through the required 1;500 MSL crossing altitude at WENTZ. [I] executed an immediate descent back to 1;500 MSL. Approximately 400 FT overshoot. Will not rely on immediate autopilot engagement next time and will plan on hand flying to an altitude allowing time for possible autopilot problems.
An EA50 autopilot would not engage on a TEB RUUDY 4 departure; so the distracted pilot did not level at the WENTZ 1;500 FT constraint but descended to it after realizing his error.