Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90; Flight Crew Total 750; Flight Crew Type 60
Communication Breakdown
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Runway
Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
Training flight going to TVF for landings. Setup for left downwind entry for Runway 04 and made traffic calls 10 nm out and while entering downwind. Did a stop [and] go and while rolling down the runway for departure; [we] heard a CTAF call for an aircraft crossing Runway 04. [We] looked to the side of the runway and saw an aircraft crossing the runway hold-short markings. [We] immediately aborted the takeoff and came to a stop approximately 500 [feet] from the intersection while the aircraft crossed. [We] asked if he had seen us and he had not. After the aircraft safely crossed the runway; we initiated another takeoff and returned to base. If the takeoff had not been aborted; I believe that we would've impacted the crossing aircraft.
PA44 flight instructor reported a rejected takeoff due to a ground conflict with crossing traffic at a non-towered airport.