Mri ground control observes after landing an aircraft taxiing on the grass between the landing runwa...

Narrative:

Local control landed aircraft X on runway 34 with a long landing and instructed him to cross runway 7/25 to taxiway alpha. I was working ground control and observed the aircraft taxiing through the grass north of runway 7 between taxiways B [and] C. I notified the controller in charge who said 'no you didn't.' the aircraft then stopped on taxiway a and notified the local controller that they 'may have hit a taxiway light.' using binoculars I observed a light that had been hit and notified the controller in charge. As the aircraft was close to reaching their parking area I asked the controller in charge if they wanted me to issue a brasher warning and they said 'no; that's FSDO's job.'local control did not issue clear instructions on which taxiway to exit to on the north side which may have caused pilot confusion (there is no taxiway straight north of runway 34; a slight left turn must be made to taxiway B; or a slight right to taxiway C). The controller in charge also did not recognize this as a deviation/reportable event given multiple opportunities.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MRI Ground Control observes after landing an aircraft taxiing on the grass between the landing runway and another he was told to cross. The pilot reported they hit something while taxiing; which was a taxiway light. Aircraft continued to parking.

Narrative: Local Control landed Aircraft X on Runway 34 with a long landing and instructed him to cross Runway 7/25 to Taxiway Alpha. I was working Ground Control and observed the aircraft taxiing through the grass north of Runway 7 between Taxiways B [and] C. I notified the CIC who said 'no you didn't.' The aircraft then stopped on Taxiway A and notified the Local Controller that they 'may have hit a taxiway light.' Using binoculars I observed a light that had been hit and notified the CIC. As the aircraft was close to reaching their parking area I asked the CIC if they wanted me to issue a brasher warning and they said 'no; that's FSDO's job.'Local Control did not issue clear instructions on which taxiway to exit to on the north side which may have caused pilot confusion (there is no taxiway straight north of Runway 34; a slight left turn must be made to Taxiway B; or a slight right to Taxiway C). The CIC also did not recognize this as a deviation/reportable event given multiple opportunities.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1257472
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MRI.Tower
State Reference	AK
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.6
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Object

Mri ground control observes after landing an aircraft taxiing on the grass between the landing runway and another he was told to cross. The pilot reported they hit something while taxiing; which was a taxiway light. Aircraft continued to parking.