King Air C90 E90
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 84; Flight Crew Total 5884; Flight Crew Type 1027
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Weather; Human Factors
Aircraft encountered severe turbulence.  Pitch; altitude; and airspeed variations exceeded controllable limits for a short duration of time.  Conditions abated within 2 miles of flight distance.  Approach and landing at APA were uneventful.
King Air 90 pilot reported encountering severe turbulence and controllability problems associated with the turbulence.