Narrative:

Cleared into position on runway 23L cle. Just made turn for line-up runway 23L and tower cleared us for takeoff. Power advanced and I could see beech 1900 crossing runway 23R and continued across runway 23L, approximately 3000 ft in front of us. Aborted takeoff. Speed approximately 20 KTS. Rolled about 500 ft until stopped. Called tower and asked what aircraft was doing crossing runway, and tower said hold position, and then said ground control must have crossed him.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 INITIATES TKOF ABORT WHEN OBSERVING B190 TAXIING ACROSS RWY, MIDFIELD. CLE LCL CTLR STATES GND CTL MUST HAVE CROSSED B190.

Narrative: CLRED INTO POS ON RWY 23L CLE. JUST MADE TURN FOR LINE-UP RWY 23L AND TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF. PWR ADVANCED AND I COULD SEE BEECH 1900 XING RWY 23R AND CONTINUED ACROSS RWY 23L, APPROX 3000 FT IN FRONT OF US. ABORTED TKOF. SPD APPROX 20 KTS. ROLLED ABOUT 500 FT UNTIL STOPPED. CALLED TWR AND ASKED WHAT ACFT WAS DOING XING RWY, AND TWR SAID HOLD POS, AND THEN SAID GND CTL MUST HAVE CROSSED HIM.

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.