<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1366368, June 2016

The pilot of a M20J reported a loss of control due to severe turbulence that resulted in a descent prior to regaining control.

Attributes
ACN	1366368
Time
Date	201606
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 J (201) / Allegro
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14 Flight Crew Total 1446 Flight Crew Type 1134
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

I was flying in IMC conditions and encountered turbulence at 7;000 feet. I was cleared to 9;000 feet to avoid turbulence. I was climbing through 8;500 feet when I encountered severe turbulence. I lost control of the aircraft and descended to 5;600 before regaining control of the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a M20J reported a loss of control due to severe turbulence that resulted in a descent prior to regaining control.

Narrative: I was flying in IMC conditions and encountered turbulence at 7;000 feet. I was cleared to 9;000 feet to avoid turbulence. I was climbing through 8;500 feet when I encountered severe turbulence. I lost control of the aircraft and descended to 5;600 before regaining control of the aircraft.

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.