Ground controller observing an air carrier taxiing at high speed and cutting taxiway corners; issued...

Narrative:

Rain had stopped about 30 minutes prior to the event. [Flight X] was instructed to taxi via taxiway 'J' and hold short of runway xx. The aircraft started rapidly increasing speed. Instead of staying directly on the taxiway lines to maneuver onto taxiway 'J;' the aircraft cut zig-zag corners in what I thought would be an effort to join taxiway 'J' southbound. The aircraft never made the right turn southbound on taxiway 'J.' instead it appeared to be heading directly for the runway yy hold short line at taxiway 'M.' I recognized the rapidly evolving situation and was only able to key the microphone and repeat '[flight X] stop. [Flight X] stop. [Flight X] stop.' the aircraft stopped; realized that they hadn't turned south on 'J' and proceeded without any further problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground Controller observing an Air Carrier taxiing at high speed and cutting taxiway corners; issued a 'stop' instruction when the aircraft missed a turn and was about to enter the active runway.

Narrative: Rain had stopped about 30 minutes prior to the event. [Flight X] was instructed to taxi via Taxiway 'J' and hold short of Runway XX. The aircraft started rapidly increasing speed. Instead of staying directly on the taxiway lines to maneuver onto Taxiway 'J;' the aircraft cut zig-zag corners in what I thought would be an effort to join Taxiway 'J' southbound. The aircraft never made the right turn southbound on Taxiway 'J.' Instead it appeared to be heading directly for the Runway YY hold short line at Taxiway 'M.' I recognized the rapidly evolving situation and was only able to key the microphone and repeat '[Flight X] STOP. [Flight X] STOP. [Flight X] STOP.' The aircraft stopped; realized that they hadn't turned south on 'J' and proceeded without any further problems.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	1075657
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Ground controller observing an air carrier taxiing at high speed and cutting taxiway corners; issued a 'stop' instruction when the aircraft missed a turn and was about to enter the active runway.