Local controller described airport vehicle runway incursion during runway check.

Attributes
ACN	792016
Time
Date	200806
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 20 controller time certified in position1 : 20 flight time total : 6
ASRS Report	792016
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Airport operations was inspecting runway 14 which was closed by his order. The vehicle headed northwest on runway 14 and crossed runway 23 which was the active runway without requesting permission from ATC. After crossing runway 23; airport operations exited runway 14 on taxiway C and reported clear of runway 14 on the taxiway. I believe airport operations was not paying attention to his position on the airport. A higher level of situational awareness is required while operating a vehicle on the movement area of the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LCL CTLR DESCRIBED ARPT VEHICLE RWY INCURSION DURING RWY CHECK.

Narrative: ARPT OPS WAS INSPECTING RWY 14 WHICH WAS CLOSED BY HIS ORDER. THE VEHICLE HEADED NW ON RWY 14 AND CROSSED RWY 23 WHICH WAS THE ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT REQUESTING PERMISSION FROM ATC. AFTER XING RWY 23; ARPT OPS EXITED RWY 14 ON TXWY C AND RPTED CLR OF RWY 14 ON THE TXWY. I BELIEVE ARPT OPS WAS NOT PAYING ATTN TO HIS POS ON THE ARPT. A HIGHER LEVEL OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IS REQUIRED WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE ON THE MOVEMENT AREA OF THE ARPT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.