B757 flight crew has smoke in the cockpit, declares an emergency and diverts to iah.

Attributes
ACN	585092
Time
Date	200306
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 37000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	585092
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

At cruise, FL370 smelled smoke and visually saw smoke coming out of captain's microphone selector panel. Declared an emergency and started turn toward iah. As per checklist, isolated left main bus. Smoke stopped. Made approach and landing iah. One passenger required medical assistance at iah, possible heart problem, was checked out and released to continue flight to cancun.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLT CREW HAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, DECLARES AN EMER AND DIVERTS TO IAH.

Narrative: AT CRUISE, FL370 SMELLED SMOKE AND VISUALLY SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF CAPT'S MIKE SELECTOR PANEL. DECLARED AN EMER AND STARTED TURN TOWARD IAH. AS PER CHKLIST, ISOLATED L MAIN BUS. SMOKE STOPPED. MADE APCH AND LNDG IAH. ONE PAX REQUIRED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT IAH, POSSIBLE HEART PROB, WAS CHKED OUT AND RELEASED TO CONTINUE FLT TO CANCUN.

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.