# N303SM: 2000 Smith Glenn W KELLY "D" BIPLANE, registration cancelled 2017-03-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 21, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Smith Glenn W KELLY "D" BIPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-glenn-w-kelly-d-biplane) (registry code 0560548)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 38
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 12, 2000
- Certificate issued: April 4, 1998
- Last registry action: March 16, 2010
- Mode S code: A32C13
- Owner when cancelled: [Smith Glenn W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20GLENN%20W)
- Location: [Elgin, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Elgin)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 42.0321° N, 88.2397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60120, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303SM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=303SM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303SM-2017-03-21

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Smith Glenn W KELLY "D" BIPLANE: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-glenn-w-kelly-d-biplane.md

## NTSB investigations (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 (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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