Mhw tower controllers reported a departing aircraft notified them they took off over a vehicle which...

Attributes
ACN	1744854
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MWH.Tower
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 10
Person 2
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.0
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

While working locals combined with ground control; I issued a takeoff clearance to aircraft X. The pilot informed me that while departing a vehicle had crossed the runway near midfield in front of him and that the pilot was still taking off and would pass behind him. The vehicle that crossed is part of the construction team working on repaving runways. The procedures for crossing the active runway is a single point of contact on the ground who is also part of the construction team. The vehicle that crossed the runway did not have permission to do so; now a radio to contact me for crossing. Someone with radio communication who is familiar with air traffic radio calls and phraseology to be put in charge of the crossings; which has already been put into place.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MHW Tower controllers reported a departing aircraft notified them they took off over a vehicle which was on the runway.

Narrative: While working locals combined with Ground Control; I issued a takeoff clearance to Aircraft X. The pilot informed me that while departing a vehicle had crossed the runway near midfield in front of him and that the pilot was still taking off and would pass behind him. The vehicle that crossed is part of the construction team working on repaving runways. The procedures for crossing the active runway is a single point of contact on the ground who is also part of the construction team. The vehicle that crossed the runway did not have permission to do so; now a radio to contact me for crossing. Someone with radio communication who is familiar with air traffic radio calls and phraseology to be put in charge of the crossings; which has already been put into place.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Mhw tower controllers reported a departing aircraft notified them they took off over a vehicle which was on the runway.