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An IFR single engine aircraft pilot encountered an embedded thunderstorm over central florida; momentarily lost control of his aircraft; recovered and continued a normal flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1105303 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201307 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZJX.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were on a trip to florida. [I] had done [a] more intensive weather briefing before leaving. At fuel stop [in] georgia; did another weather briefing and filed an additional flight plan for the remainder of the trip. Weather briefing was quite detailed and a change of routing was done with helpful suggestion of weather briefer going to a southeastern flight instead of direct south. For the whole trip south we were able to dodge any major buildups until approximately central florida. We were advised deviations were ok left and right 20 degrees. Ran into an embedded severe rainstorm with a momentary loss of control due to turbulence (hardest ever encountered in many hours of flying). As soon as control returned ATC gave new clearance and remainder of flight was normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An IFR single engine aircraft pilot encountered an embedded thunderstorm over central Florida; momentarily lost control of his aircraft; recovered and continued a normal flight.
Narrative: We were on a trip to Florida. [I] had done [a] more intensive weather briefing before leaving. At fuel stop [in] Georgia; did another weather briefing and filed an additional flight plan for the remainder of the trip. Weather briefing was quite detailed and a change of routing was done with helpful suggestion of weather Briefer going to a southeastern flight instead of direct south. For the whole trip south we were able to dodge any major buildups until approximately central Florida. We were advised deviations were OK left and right 20 degrees. Ran into an embedded severe rainstorm with a momentary loss of control due to turbulence (hardest ever encountered in many hours of flying). As soon as control returned ATC gave new clearance and remainder of flight was normal.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.