A B737 flight crew is cleared for takeoff runway 12R at sat, but notices another aircraft crossing downfield. They rotated early and selected flaps to 15 degrees to miss the aircraft.

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Attributes
ACN	622285
Time
Date	200306
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : sat.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 172.6 flight time total : 13650 flight time type : 3560
ASRS Report	622285
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 255 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	622286
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical incursion : runway
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

After being cleared for takeoff on runway 12R, we encountered an air carrier Y aircraft crossing our runway on taxiway north. First officer was making takeoff and rotated slightly before V1 while captain selected flaps to 15 degrees. Our aircraft cleared air carrier Y vertically with no further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLT CREW IS CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 12R AT SAT, BUT NOTICES ANOTHER ACFT XING DOWNFIELD. THEY ROTATED EARLY AND SELECTED FLAPS TO 15 DEGS TO MISS THE ACFT.

Narrative: AFTER BEING CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 12R, WE ENCOUNTERED AN ACR Y ACFT XING OUR RWY ON TXWY N. FO WAS MAKING TKOF AND ROTATED SLIGHTLY BEFORE V1 WHILE CAPT SELECTED FLAPS TO 15 DEGS. OUR ACFT CLRED ACR Y VERTLY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.