While flying at cruise a widebody transport aircraft has autoplt stabilizer out of trim light activate. Aircraft was jolted when autoplt was disconnected causing injury to flight attendant.

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Attributes
ACN	334090
Time
Date	199604
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : muha
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : muha
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	334090
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Autoplt stabilizer out of trim light came on. When autoplt was disconnected, there was a slight jolt due to the elevator stabilizer being out of trim. Upon completion of flight, was informed that a flight attendant had hurt her back due to the jolt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHILE FLYING AT CRUISE A WDB ACFT HAS AUTOPLT STABILIZER OUT OF TRIM LIGHT ACTIVATE. ACFT WAS JOLTED WHEN AUTOPLT WAS DISCONNECTED CAUSING INJURY TO FLT ATTENDANT.

Narrative: AUTOPLT STABILIZER OUT OF TRIM LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN AUTOPLT WAS DISCONNECTED, THERE WAS A SLIGHT JOLT DUE TO THE ELEVATOR STABILIZER BEING OUT OF TRIM. UPON COMPLETION OF FLT, WAS INFORMED THAT A FLT ATTENDANT HAD HURT HER BACK DUE TO THE JOLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.