# N303SM: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: March 21, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=303SM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303SM

## Aircraft that carried N303SM

- [Cancelled 2017-03-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303SM-2017-03-21): Smith Glenn W KELLY "D" BIPLANE, S/N 38, built 2000. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Smith Glenn W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20GLENN%20W), [Elgin, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Elgin)

## NTSB investigations on N303SM (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI01FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA232), Jul 21, 2001: Smith Kelly-D (N303SM), Poplar Grove, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The right upper wing failed due to overload. A factor was the pilot performing aerobatic manuevers.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N303SM (1)

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.

- [Accident 20010721016909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721016909A), Jul 21, 2001: Amtr KELLYD (N303SM), Poplargrove, IL, No damage. (.19) On July 21, 2001, at 1245 central daylight time, an experimental smith kelly d biplane, N303SM, was destroyed when it experienced an in-flight separation…

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