Narrative:

Inbound to the parking gate at cvg, at abeam gate and sbound on taxiway F, our flight attendant informed the flight crew via interphone that passenger were telling her that smoke was coming out at row 5. At the same time as the aircraft was brought to a stop in the east alley, adjacent to taxiway F and facing gate (away from the terminal), the flight crew opened the cockpit door to evaluate the situation/talk directly with flight attendant. Just prior to this, the flight attendant had gone back to investigate/remove passenger away from smoke area. Flight attendant returned within seconds and told us it was electrical smoke coming out of overhead at row 5. During this time, the flight crew had started/performed emergency evacuate/evacuation checklist so that when flight attendant had returned she was ready to open main cabin door to evacuate/evacuation passenger. (Passenger were ordered to exit from main cabin door only.) crash fire rescue equipment was called by flight crew and nature of event indicated. Crash fire rescue equipment arrived as the last of remaining passenger were deplaning. Aircraft was later towed to gate after being secured by maintenance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 CREW RPTED THAT, DURING TAXI AT CVG, THEIR FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED THEM OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT EMANATED FROM THE OVERHEAD BIN IN ROW 5. THE CREW EVACED THE ACFT BEFORE REACHING THEIR GATE.

Narrative: INBOUND TO THE PARKING GATE AT CVG, AT ABEAM GATE AND SBOUND ON TXWY F, OUR FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE FLC VIA INTERPHONE THAT PAX WERE TELLING HER THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT AT ROW 5. AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP IN THE E ALLEY, ADJACENT TO TXWY F AND FACING GATE (AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL), THE FLC OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR TO EVALUATE THE SIT/TALK DIRECTLY WITH FLT ATTENDANT. JUST PRIOR TO THIS, THE FLT ATTENDANT HAD GONE BACK TO INVESTIGATE/REMOVE PAX AWAY FROM SMOKE AREA. FLT ATTENDANT RETURNED WITHIN SECONDS AND TOLD US IT WAS ELECTRICAL SMOKE COMING OUT OF OVERHEAD AT ROW 5. DURING THIS TIME, THE FLC HAD STARTED/PERFORMED EMER EVAC CHKLIST SO THAT WHEN FLT ATTENDANT HAD RETURNED SHE WAS READY TO OPEN MAIN CABIN DOOR TO EVAC PAX. (PAX WERE ORDERED TO EXIT FROM MAIN CABIN DOOR ONLY.) CFR WAS CALLED BY FLC AND NATURE OF EVENT INDICATED. CFR ARRIVED AS THE LAST OF REMAINING PAX WERE DEPLANING. ACFT WAS LATER TOWED TO GATE AFTER BEING SECURED BY MAINT.

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.