# Incident 20260604005819I: Piper PA-44-180, Pine Mountain, GA, June 4, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2026, 11:20 local time
- Place: Pine Mountain, GA
- Airport: Harris County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 84.8824° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS COUNTY (PIM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-84.8824&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787AU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787AU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41866, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 2,118 total, 648 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260604005819I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED A RUNWAY EXCURSION DURING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF ROLL BEFORE VMC AT KPIM (HARRIS COUNTY, GA). APPROXIMATELY 1220 EDT (ON 06-04-26), DURING A COMMERCIAL PILOT AMEL END-OF-COURSE TEST (CERTIFICATION RIDE/PRACTICAL TEST). THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE BY RETARDING THE LEFT ENGINE MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE IDLE POSITION AFTER A FULL ENGINE POWER RUN-UP AND AIRCRAFT INITIATED A TAKEOFF ROLL. DUE TO A DELAYED RESPONSE FROM THE STUDENT (ADAM MCCOLLUM), COMBINED WITH INABILITY TO INTERVENE FLIGHT CONTROLS/MISAPPLICATION OF RUDDER INPUT FROM THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY(RWY-9) AND MADE GREATER THAN 180-DEGREE LEFT TURN UNTIL COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE GRASS (LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY), AND MADE PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE PAPI LIGHTING SYSTEM. BOTH FLIGHT CREWS SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EVACUATED AFTERWARDS. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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