# Incident 20221009017349I: Briseno Samuel KOLB FIREFLY, Laytonville, CA, October 9, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2022, 11:20 local time
- Place: Laytonville, CA
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6623° N, 123.4948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laytonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6623&lon=-123.4948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139SB-2026-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Briseno Samuel KOLB FIREFLY (registry code 05904XM, https://openairdocs.org/model/briseno-samuel-kolb-firefly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 447 (registry code 55576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-447) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRISENO SAMUEL KOLB FIREFLY
- Reported engine: ROTAX 447
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 59 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221009017349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS NORMAL TAKE-OFF AND CLIMB. IN CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT REPORTS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN POWER AND UNABLE TO HOLD ALTITUDE.

PILOT SELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 101 NORTH OF LAYTONVILLE CA. DURING LANDING SEQUENCE PILOT REPORTED PITCHING UP AVOIDING POWER LINES AND THEN LOSING AIRSPEED FOR A FLARE ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF HIGHWAY AND OFF PAVEMENT. PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES AND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.PILOT REPORTS ADJUSTING ENGINE FUEL MIXTURE AS TO THE POSSIBLE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER.

## Other reports on N139SB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250913015429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250913015429A), Sep 13, 2025: Briseno Samuel KOLB FIREFLY (N139SB), Cave Junction, OR, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Had purchased aircraft believing that he had an ultralight aircraft. Aircraft was advertised as ultralight design by manufacture.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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