Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 3591; Flight Crew Type 920
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
I was holding short of runway XX on taxiway 1; and there was a light aircraft that was landing and a jet holding short of runway XX on taxiway 2. The jet was cleared for takeoff on runway XX and I radioed tower that I was ready for departure XX. The tower controller started to tell me to hold short runway XX; then gave me clearance to cross runway XX and cleared me for takeoff runway YY. When I took runway YY; I noticed what appeared to be a large vehicle past the departure end of the runway. I believed it to be on a road or parked beyond the runway. Due to the curvature of the runway; I couldn't even see the lower portion of the vehicle. Midway through my takeoff roll; I then noticed the van closer and possibly just off the end of runway YY. After I rotated; I noticed the large yellow vehicle; a utility van; was on the runway! I immediately sidestepped the runway and overflew the yellow utility van. When I looked down at it; I noticed it parked south of the runway ZZ numbers and that there was a person 15 feet south of the van looking up at me flying over. The tower never radioed me about the incident and failed to provide me any information about vehicles and personnel on the runway. The tower may have even been unaware of the situation.
SR22 pilot reported after takeoff noticing a vehicle on the runway and avoiding it by overflying it.