An aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reported their aircraft ended up off the center line and in...

Narrative:

While taxiing aircraft from gate to hangar for overnight maintenance. I was in the right seat operating the radios and another technician (tech) was in the left seat to taxi aircraft. We were cleared from ground control to proceed via juliet taxiway and hold short of charlie taxiway. We proceeded as requested from ground. We were holding short of charlie and then ground cleared us across runway xxl and hold short of xxr; again we did as instructed. Ground control called us and instructed us to cross xxr and expedite due to another aircraft was on a three mile final for xxr. I told the driver [left seat tech] to expedite due to inbound aircraft. We started moving and I was looking out the R-2 window at inbound aircraft; the next thing I realize is we are off center line and going into a ditch. I called ground and stated we were clear of runway but had gone into the ditch. Ground asked if we needed assistance and I stated 'yes'. Down-powered aircraft and exited via the R-1 door. Grave shift.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reported their aircraft ended up off the center line and in a ditch during an aircraft taxi after complying with a request from Ground Control to expedite a runway crossing.

Narrative: While taxiing aircraft from gate to hangar for overnight maintenance. I was in the Right seat operating the radios and another Technician (Tech) was in the Left seat to taxi aircraft. We were cleared from Ground Control to proceed via Juliet taxiway and hold short of Charlie taxiway. We proceeded as requested from Ground. We were holding short of Charlie and then Ground cleared us across Runway XXL and hold short of XXR; again we did as instructed. Ground Control called us and instructed us to cross XXR and expedite due to another aircraft was on a three mile final for XXR. I told the Driver [Left seat Tech] to expedite due to inbound aircraft. We started moving and I was looking out the R-2 window at inbound aircraft; the next thing I realize is we are off Center line and going into a ditch. I called Ground and stated we were clear of runway but had gone into the ditch. Ground asked if we needed assistance and I stated 'Yes'. Down-powered aircraft and exited via the R-1 door. Grave shift.

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	1287819
Time
Date	201508
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

An aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reported their aircraft ended up off the center line and in a ditch during an aircraft taxi after complying with a request from ground control to expedite a runway crossing.