Cessna Citation Sovereign (C680)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180; Flight Crew Total 18000; Flight Crew Type 1500
Time Pressure
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Equipment / Tooling; Human Factors
Our mission was to re-position the aircraft to the Monterey Airport. The conditions were VFR. On pre-flight it was noted the right battery voltage was below the minimum value for an APU or engine start; this necessitated the use of a ground power unit to start the APU and caused a delay in the time table we had established to meet in Monterey.In the subsequent haste to start the mission I did not properly program the FMS to include the assigned SID. On hand off to NORCAL I was queried as to why we were not following the SID. I realized I had not entered it in the flight plan and had not reviewed it. The clear weather had lulled me into thinking we could proceed direct Monterey in visual conditions providing our own terrain avoidance. I asked for a vector and was told that we were below minimum vectoring altitude; we were issued a climb to 5000 and then given a heading. We also communicated that we were in visual conditions with the terrain in sight. Because of the delay in getting a turn I believe we set off a terrain separation alarm.This whole event could have been avoided by my not letting myself be rushed and taking my time to review the task at hand.
Cessna 680 Pilot reported setting off a terrain awareness event during reposition leg due to being in a hurry.