Flight attendant report regarding a heating air conditioning malfunction on a DC10 in-flight. Fuel is dumped and return to land accomplished. Maintenance repairs the problem and flight continues on.

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Attributes
ACN	432737
Time
Date	199903
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : pacific
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 32 flight attendant time total : 32 flight attendant time type : 10
ASRS Report	432737
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : cab
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Heating air conditioning malfunction. Smoke in cabin. Reported to captain. Passenger notified of and briefed for possible evacuate/evacuation. Unnecessary, crew cleared smoke from cabin. Flight attendants reassured passenger. Routine touchdown and taxi. Maintenance team boarded aircraft and debriefed crew and flight attendants (most impressive). They were pleased that fuel was dumped. Aircraft svced and continued on to hnl.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A HEATING AIR CONDITIONING MALFUNCTION ON A DC10 INFLT. FUEL IS DUMPED AND RETURN TO LAND ACCOMPLISHED. MAINT REPAIRS THE PROB AND FLT CONTINUES ON.

Narrative: HEATING AIR CONDITIONING MALFUNCTION. SMOKE IN CABIN. RPTED TO CAPT. PAX NOTIFIED OF AND BRIEFED FOR POSSIBLE EVAC. UNNECESSARY, CREW CLRED SMOKE FROM CABIN. FLT ATTENDANTS REASSURED PAX. ROUTINE TOUCHDOWN AND TAXI. MAINT TEAM BOARDED ACFT AND DEBRIEFED CREW AND FLT ATTENDANTS (MOST IMPRESSIVE). THEY WERE PLEASED THAT FUEL WAS DUMPED. ACFT SVCED AND CONTINUED ON TO HNL.

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.