Super King Air 300
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 9000; Flight Crew Type 50
Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Weather
I departed ZZZ and was climbing to 6;000 feet. I encountered moderate turbulence and up-drafts. Before I could regain control; I was 500 feet off my assigned altitude. I regained control and descended back to 6;000 feet.
Pilot reported that turbulence and updrafts caused loss of aircraft control and altitude deviation.