A DC10 must return land at dfw when the cabin attendant detects smoke in the cabin.

Attributes
ACN	418250
Time
Date	199810
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	418250
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	418249
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

XA25Z, frequency 127.0, FL310, ZFW. Location: 135 NM west of dfw. Shortly after leveloff at FL310, purser reported smoke in cabin. Flight engineer investigated briefly, said it smelled electrical. Declared emergency. Flight attendants did emergency landing briefing, did electrical smoke/fire checklist. Returned to dfw. Dumped approximately 85000 pounds of fuel and landed at 395000 pounds. Landing uneventful. Normal taxi to gate. Smoke cleared during landing roll. Supplemental information from acn 418249: at no time was there smoke in cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC10 MUST RETURN LAND AT DFW WHEN THE CABIN ATTENDANT DETECTS SMOKE IN THE CABIN.

Narrative: XA25Z, FREQ 127.0, FL310, ZFW. LOCATION: 135 NM W OF DFW. SHORTLY AFTER LEVELOFF AT FL310, PURSER RPTED SMOKE IN CABIN. FE INVESTIGATED BRIEFLY, SAID IT SMELLED ELECTRICAL. DECLARED EMER. FLT ATTENDANTS DID EMER LNDG BRIEFING, DID ELECTRICAL SMOKE/FIRE CHKLIST. RETURNED TO DFW. DUMPED APPROX 85000 LBS OF FUEL AND LANDED AT 395000 LBS. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. NORMAL TAXI TO GATE. SMOKE CLRED DURING LNDG ROLL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 418249: AT NO TIME WAS THERE SMOKE IN COCKPIT.

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.