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Wide body transport flight crew reported speed and altitude deviations resulting from an encounter with moderate to severe turbulence at FL370.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1350905 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZKC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Approximately 70 miles southeast of mci at FL370; approximately 60 miles upwind of convective weather; we encountered a period of moderate to severe turbulence. When the event began we encountered approximately 20 knot speed increase that took us 3-4 knots into our high speed warning for 5-6 seconds. At the same time; the aircraft climbed approximately 500 feet. The speed was contained; and the aircraft was returned to FL370 within several seconds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Wide body transport flight crew reported speed and altitude deviations resulting from an encounter with moderate to severe turbulence at FL370.
Narrative: Approximately 70 miles SE of MCI at FL370; approximately 60 miles upwind of convective weather; we encountered a period of moderate to severe turbulence. When the event began we encountered approximately 20 knot speed increase that took us 3-4 knots into our high speed warning for 5-6 seconds. At the same time; the aircraft climbed approximately 500 feet. The speed was contained; and the aircraft was returned to FL370 within several seconds.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.