Narrative:

After leveloff at FL290 autoplt on, aircraft clipping tops of cloud layer and encountered updraft. Aircraft drifted up 400- 500 ft above FL290 before PF (first officer) could recover and return to FL290.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN L1011 IN CRUISE AT FL290 HITS SOME CLOUD TOPS AND IS FORCED UPWARD ABOUT 500 FT FROM AN UPDRAFT. ALTDEV ALT EXCURSION.

Narrative: AFTER LEVELOFF AT FL290 AUTOPLT ON, ACFT CLIPPING TOPS OF CLOUD LAYER AND ENCOUNTERED UPDRAFT. ACFT DRIFTED UP 400- 500 FT ABOVE FL290 BEFORE PF (FO) COULD RECOVER AND RETURN TO FL290.

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.