B757-200 crew had smoke and fumes in the cockpit in ZHU class a.

Attributes
ACN	585483
Time
Date	200306
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zhu.artcc
State Reference	TX
Environment
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm
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 attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 25 flight attendant time total : 25 flight attendant time type : 20
ASRS Report	585483
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : passenger illness inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

50 mins out of dfw the cockpit called to say there was smoke in the cockpit and we were returning to dfw. We made an abrupt turn to avoid going around some thunderstorms. Passenger got sick, to stop smoke, something was turned off which made the cabin warmer and stuffier which added to more passenger feeling and getting sick. We landed in iah. Cockpit crew was too busy to communicate more than that to us. This is when I think a 3RD pilot would have been helpful, as passenger and cabin crew really did not know what was going on until right before landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter indicated the captain's audio selector panel had failed and was smoking. When emergency procedures cut electrical power, the smoke stopped. Crash fire rescue equipment inspected the aircraft and the forward pit area to insure no further problems existed. Maintenance replaced the captain's audio selector panel with the second observer's panel and deferred the second observer's panel. The aircraft continued on to destination without further problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 CREW HAD SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT IN ZHU CLASS A.

Narrative: 50 MINS OUT OF DFW THE COCKPIT CALLED TO SAY THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND WE WERE RETURNING TO DFW. WE MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO AVOID GOING AROUND SOME TSTMS. PAX GOT SICK, TO STOP SMOKE, SOMETHING WAS TURNED OFF WHICH MADE THE CABIN WARMER AND STUFFIER WHICH ADDED TO MORE PAX FEELING AND GETTING SICK. WE LANDED IN IAH. COCKPIT CREW WAS TOO BUSY TO COMMUNICATE MORE THAN THAT TO US. THIS IS WHEN I THINK A 3RD PLT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL, AS PAX AND CABIN CREW REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR INDICATED THE CAPT'S AUDIO SELECTOR PANEL HAD FAILED AND WAS SMOKING. WHEN EMER PROCS CUT ELECTRICAL PWR, THE SMOKE STOPPED. CFR INSPECTED THE ACFT AND THE FORWARD PIT AREA TO INSURE NO FURTHER PROBS EXISTED. MAINT REPLACED THE CAPT'S AUDIO SELECTOR PANEL WITH THE SECOND OBSERVER'S PANEL AND DEFERRED THE SECOND OBSERVER'S PANEL. THE ACFT CONTINUED ON TO DEST WITHOUT FURTHER PROB.

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.