# Smith Glenn W KELLY "D" BIPLANE

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 0560548
- Manufacturer (registry): SMITH GLENN W
- Model: KELLY "D" BIPLANE
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-glenn-w-kelly-d-biplane

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Long Tony KELLY-D BI PLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/long-tony-kelly-d-bi-plane): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05618MH

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