Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 9000; Flight Crew Type 1500
Communication Breakdown; Other / Unknown; Workload; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown; Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird; Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle; Ground Incursion Runway
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
Near collision with City of ZZZ Employee on foot spraying weeds on the runway with his truck also parked on the runway. There was no NOTAMs and no AWOS notification or radio calls. Flight Instructor and student had to abort [the] takeoff to avoid collision.
Flight Instructor reported a critical ground conflict with an airport worker on the runway. The worker; in a truck; was spraying the runway area. The instructor executed an aborted takeoff to avoid a collision. Flight Instructor reported no NOTAM or advisory was given that the runway was closed.