# Incident 19901101061219I: Boeing 747SP27, Pacific Ocean, November 1, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1990, 08:00 local time
- Place: Pacific Ocean
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Aircraft: N150UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747SP27
- People aboard: 181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,163 total, 1,537 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901101061219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPERIENCED UNCOMMANDED PITCH-UP ON AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE HOLD MODE. DISCONNECTED AND MANUALLY RECOVERED. CONTINUED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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