Narrative:

We were in cruise at FL310 on a flight from seattle to hong kong with the captain flying and the aircraft (B747-200) on the 'a' autoplt and pms and navigating via 3 abc INS units (#1 INS tied to 'a' autoplt) when we experienced a complete loss of the #1 INS. The loss was sudden, immediate and completely unexpected. The loss of the INS caused a violent upset of the 'a' autoplt resulting in a pitch up and roll right. The captain lost his primary instruments (his attitude gyro was upside down). He took control of the airplane immediately but we had already climbed to FL318. The captain passed control of the aircraft to me and I then leveled it back at FL310 and put the aircraft on the 'B' autoplt. A report was made to vancouver center concerning the loss of the INS and the resulting altitude transgression. An unfortunate result of the violent pitch and roll of the aircraft was an injury sustained by one of our flight attendants who was thrown backwards against the corner of a galley wall. She was in severe pain from the back injury. After an examination by a doctor and an emt who were onboard, the decision was made to divert to anchorage, so she could be removed from the flight and sent to a hospital. We notified vancouver center of the diversion, were cleared direct to anchorage, dumped approximately 90000 pounds of fuel, and landed without incident. The #1 INS was replaced in anchorage. We subsequently proceeded to hong king without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747-200 PITCHES UP AND ROLLS R WITH LOSS OF INS. SUDDEN ROLL INJURES FLT ATTENDANT AND FLC DIVERTS INTO ANC.

Narrative: WE WERE IN CRUISE AT FL310 ON A FLT FROM SEATTLE TO HONG KONG WITH THE CAPT FLYING AND THE ACFT (B747-200) ON THE 'A' AUTOPLT AND PMS AND NAVING VIA 3 ABC INS UNITS (#1 INS TIED TO 'A' AUTOPLT) WHEN WE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE #1 INS. THE LOSS WAS SUDDEN, IMMEDIATE AND COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED. THE LOSS OF THE INS CAUSED A VIOLENT UPSET OF THE 'A' AUTOPLT RESULTING IN A PITCH UP AND ROLL R. THE CAPT LOST HIS PRIMARY INSTS (HIS ATTITUDE GYRO WAS UPSIDE DOWN). HE TOOK CTL OF THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY BUT WE HAD ALREADY CLBED TO FL318. THE CAPT PASSED CTL OF THE ACFT TO ME AND I THEN LEVELED IT BACK AT FL310 AND PUT THE ACFT ON THE 'B' AUTOPLT. A RPT WAS MADE TO VANCOUVER CTR CONCERNING THE LOSS OF THE INS AND THE RESULTING ALT TRANSGRESSION. AN UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THE VIOLENT PITCH AND ROLL OF THE ACFT WAS AN INJURY SUSTAINED BY ONE OF OUR FLT ATTENDANTS WHO WAS THROWN BACKWARDS AGAINST THE CORNER OF A GALLEY WALL. SHE WAS IN SEVERE PAIN FROM THE BACK INJURY. AFTER AN EXAMINATION BY A DOCTOR AND AN EMT WHO WERE ONBOARD, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO ANCHORAGE, SO SHE COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE FLT AND SENT TO A HOSPITAL. WE NOTIFIED VANCOUVER CTR OF THE DIVERSION, WERE CLRED DIRECT TO ANCHORAGE, DUMPED APPROX 90000 LBS OF FUEL, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE #1 INS WAS REPLACED IN ANCHORAGE. WE SUBSEQUENTLY PROCEEDED TO HONG KING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.