At or near V1 the flight crew of a DHC8 was confronted by a C182 crossing the runway in front of the...

Narrative:

After initiating the takeoff; our aircraft accelerated rapidly due to having a light load for that flight. During the takeoff; a C182 crossed the runway downfield on what appeared to be taxiway right. The C182 was crossing the runway at a rapid rate and by the time the first officer saw it downfield; it was crossing the center of the runway. We were at or near V1 at this time and seeing the aircraft clearing the runway he elected to continue. He rotated and we were off the ground prior to reaching runway 5/23. I contacted clt tower after arriving at our destination and was told that the C182 was instructed to 'taxi and hold short' twice. On both occasions; the pilot read back the hold short instructions and still failed to hold short of our runway. The FAA has gone to great lengths in the past couple of years to make pilots aware of the dangers of runway incursions and yet these events still occur. In this case; the C182 pilot reportedly read back the hold short instruction twice and still for some reason ended up on an active runway. I don't know what further action can be taken to prevent such events from happening in the future. Ultimately; it comes down to pilots being aware of their surroundings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: At or near V1 the Flight Crew of a DHC8 was confronted by a C182 crossing the runway in front of them. Light weight and consequent high performance allow them to rotate and climb above the traffic.

Narrative: After initiating the takeoff; our aircraft accelerated rapidly due to having a light load for that flight. During the takeoff; a C182 crossed the runway downfield on what appeared to be Taxiway R. The C182 was crossing the runway at a rapid rate and by the time the First Officer saw it downfield; it was crossing the center of the runway. We were at or near V1 at this time and seeing the aircraft clearing the runway he elected to continue. He rotated and we were off the ground prior to reaching Runway 5/23. I contacted CLT Tower after arriving at our destination and was told that the C182 was instructed to 'taxi and hold short' twice. On both occasions; the pilot read back the hold short instructions and still failed to hold short of our runway. The FAA has gone to great lengths in the past couple of years to make pilots aware of the dangers of runway incursions and yet these events still occur. In this case; the C182 pilot reportedly read back the hold short instruction twice and still for some reason ended up on an active runway. I don't know what further action can be taken to prevent such events from happening in the future. Ultimately; it comes down to pilots being aware of their surroundings.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	823234
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Runway

At or near V1 the flight crew of a DHC8 was confronted by a C182 crossing the runway in front of them. Light weight and consequent high performance allow them to rotate and climb above the traffic.