Falcon 900 Captain reported temporary loss of aircraft control while level in cruise and both pilots heads down doing the approach briefing.
Synopsis
Falcon 900 Captain reported temporary loss of aircraft control while level in cruise and both pilots heads down doing the approach briefing.
Narrative
I got up for work at XA:00 A.M. We would have four legs that day from our home airport; ZZZ; to ZZZ1; to ZZZ2; back to ZZZ1; then return home to ZZZ. Put the airplane to bed; drive home and back in the bed at XB:00 PM. Toward the end of a nineteen hour day on the last leg from ZZZ1 to ZZZ we were cruising at 40;000 feet at night with no weather and smooth air. With 30 minutes to go; I decided to brief the approach into ZZZ; with the other pilot. With our heads down looking at the iPad in my lap we began the approach briefing. The next thing I hear is the over-speed warning going off. I look up and we are in a nose low; 30-degree bank to the right. I've got a real life unusual attitude at 40;000 feet at night! It was reflex to come back on the throttles; level the wings; pitch the nose up and climb back to 40;000 feet and get back on course. I was hoping that ATC didn't notice; but how could they not notice? By the time the over-speed warning went off; I lost 1200 feet of altitude and turned about 30-degrees off course. They said nothing. I said nothing. The adrenaline rush kept me alert for the rest of the flight. I am confident that fatigue was the main contributing factor. We need to impose a shorter work day on ourselves. Plus; at the end of a long day at altitude; breath some Oxygen to refresh ourselves. The rest of the flight was uneventful.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.