DC10 aircraft in climb at FL310 had an abrupt pitch up resulting in passenger and cabin attendant in...

Attributes
ACN	402925
Time
Date	199805
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zla
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla tower : roa
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 20000
ASRS Report	402925
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Aircraft pitched up abruptly, was manually corrected by the captain. Some passenger and flight attendants were injured. Cause unknown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 ACFT IN CLB AT FL310 HAD AN ABRUPT PITCH UP RESULTING IN PAX AND CABIN ATTENDANT INJURIES.

Narrative: ACFT PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY, WAS MANUALLY CORRECTED BY THE CAPT. SOME PAX AND FLT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

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.

DC10 aircraft in climb at FL310 had an abrupt pitch up resulting in passenger and cabin attendant injuries.