Emb-175 first officer reported turbulence with an 800 foot gain of altitude.

Attributes
ACN	1644035
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZHU.ARTCC
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 42 Flight Crew Total 1920 Flight Crew Type 42
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Flying FL360 from ZZZ to ZZZ1 about 20 miles east of jct VOR severe turbulence encountered with 800 foot gain in altitude. The auto pilot kicked off and the captain took the controls; was a loss of control about 10 seconds and the total time of the event was about 30 seconds. We reported the event to ATC. Nobody suffered injuries (passengers and flight attendant's). Prior to the event we were flying in total smooth air and no radar reports about bad weather and no ATC reports about bad weather.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 First Officer reported turbulence with an 800 foot gain of altitude.

Narrative: Flying FL360 from ZZZ to ZZZ1 about 20 miles east of JCT VOR severe turbulence encountered with 800 foot gain in altitude. The auto pilot kicked off and the Captain took the controls; was a loss of control about 10 seconds and the total time of the event was about 30 seconds. We reported the event to ATC. Nobody suffered injuries (passengers and FA's). Prior to the event we were flying in total smooth air and no radar reports about bad weather and no ATC reports about bad weather.

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.