<< >> NASA ASRS Report 421809, December 1998

Flight attendant report regarding a DC10 flight which had a warning light activate on initial climb. Flight returned to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	421809
Time
Date	199812
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	421809
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Upon takeoff, captain came on PA, said we had a light on in the cockpit that should be off and if it did not correct itself we would be returning back to dfw to get it fixed. He then came back on and said 'the light's still on, we are going to dump fuel and land in dfw. It will be a normal landing, nothing to be alarmed about.' we dumped fuel and landed in dfw, changed planes and took off again. Do wish we were getting paid for all the time we spent with passenger!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A DC10 FLT WHICH HAD A WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATE ON INITIAL CLB. FLT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.

Narrative: UPON TKOF, CAPT CAME ON PA, SAID WE HAD A LIGHT ON IN THE COCKPIT THAT SHOULD BE OFF AND IF IT DID NOT CORRECT ITSELF WE WOULD BE RETURNING BACK TO DFW TO GET IT FIXED. HE THEN CAME BACK ON AND SAID 'THE LIGHT'S STILL ON, WE ARE GOING TO DUMP FUEL AND LAND IN DFW. IT WILL BE A NORMAL LNDG, NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT.' WE DUMPED FUEL AND LANDED IN DFW, CHANGED PLANES AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. DO WISH WE WERE GETTING PAID FOR ALL THE TIME WE SPENT WITH PAX!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.