E145 departure from cle continued rotation after first officer observed truck entering runway.

Attributes
ACN	626909
Time
Date	200408
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	626909
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action other
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

During takeoff at cle runway 6C, the first officer was PNF. As he called V1, he announced a truck was on the runway. I continued to rotation. An abort could have resulted in a collision. There were 2 trucks working just west of the runway on runway 28. The offending truck entered out onto runway 6C and then reversed direction on runway 6C back to the west, as we overflew him. I asked the tower if he knew about him and his response was no and that he wasn't cleared onto the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E145 DEP FROM CLE CONTINUED ROTATION AFTER FO OBSERVED TRUCK ENTERING RWY.

Narrative: DURING TKOF AT CLE RWY 6C, THE FO WAS PNF. AS HE CALLED V1, HE ANNOUNCED A TRUCK WAS ON THE RWY. I CONTINUED TO ROTATION. AN ABORT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION. THERE WERE 2 TRUCKS WORKING JUST W OF THE RWY ON RWY 28. THE OFFENDING TRUCK ENTERED OUT ONTO RWY 6C AND THEN REVERSED DIRECTION ON RWY 6C BACK TO THE W, AS WE OVERFLEW HIM. I ASKED THE TWR IF HE KNEW ABOUT HIM AND HIS RESPONSE WAS NO AND THAT HE WASN'T CLRED ONTO THE RWY.

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.