Bizjet air taxi crossed active runway, night operation, as commuter started takeoff. Takeoff aborted...

Attributes
ACN	194164
Time
Date	199111
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	194164
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 500 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Preparing to takeoff from runway 35. As the captain, who was flying, started to bring up the power and released the brakes, I spotted a small bizjet cross runway 35 at intersection 'a' from left to right. I called for the captain to abort the takeoff, which he did without incident, since we had just begun our roll. The incurring aircraft crossed the runway 500 ft in front of us. I called tower immediately and confirmed that we were cleared for takeoff. Tower confirmed the same. I then said to tower that we had a runway incursion at intersection 'a' by a small jet. Tower rogered that and cleared us to takeoff again. At no time during the report of this incident did tower cancel our takeoff clearance. That bothers me. They (tower) said ground control was talking with the bizjet about the incursion. We talked with controller of phl TRACON after we landed at bgm.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIZJET AIR TAXI CROSSED ACTIVE RWY, NIGHT OP, AS COMMUTER STARTED TKOF. TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative: PREPARING TO TKOF FROM RWY 35. AS THE CAPT, WHO WAS FLYING, STARTED TO BRING UP THE PWR AND RELEASED THE BRAKES, I SPOTTED A SMALL BIZJET CROSS RWY 35 AT INTXN 'A' FROM L TO R. I CALLED FOR THE CAPT TO ABORT THE TKOF, WHICH HE DID WITHOUT INCIDENT, SINCE WE HAD JUST BEGUN OUR ROLL. THE INCURRING ACFT CROSSED THE RWY 500 FT IN FRONT OF US. I CALLED TWR IMMEDIATELY AND CONFIRMED THAT WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. TWR CONFIRMED THE SAME. I THEN SAID TO TWR THAT WE HAD A RWY INCURSION AT INTXN 'A' BY A SMALL JET. TWR ROGERED THAT AND CLRED US TO TKOF AGAIN. AT NO TIME DURING THE RPT OF THIS INCIDENT DID TWR CANCEL OUR TKOF CLRNC. THAT BOTHERS ME. THEY (TWR) SAID GND CTL WAS TALKING WITH THE BIZJET ABOUT THE INCURSION. WE TALKED WITH CTLR OF PHL TRACON AFTER WE LANDED AT BGM.

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.