MD80 crew returned to the departure station because of a battery related problem.

Attributes
ACN	539238
Time
Date	200202
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
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	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3 flight attendant time total : 3 flight attendant time type : 50
ASRS Report	539238
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During our climb to cruising altitude the captain notified flight attendants that we would return to dfw to have mechanics check on an item related to the battery. We returned to dfw where the item was fixed and went on to ZZZ.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW RETURNED TO THE DEP STATION BECAUSE OF A BATTERY RELATED PROB.

Narrative: DURING OUR CLB TO CRUISING ALT THE CAPT NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANTS THAT WE WOULD RETURN TO DFW TO HAVE MECHS CHK ON AN ITEM RELATED TO THE BATTERY. WE RETURNED TO DFW WHERE THE ITEM WAS FIXED AND WENT ON TO ZZZ.

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.