FlightFinder Aviation Safety Data

Read-only access to a merged aviation-safety corpus: 164,068 accident narratives aggregated from 128 official investigation authorities — the NTSB, ATSB…

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What it can do

  • Search Accidents: Search the merged aviation-accident corpus (80+ official agencies, occurrence-level dedup). Filters: aircraft family slug (e.g. "boeing-737"), ISO alpha-2 country, occurrence type, o
  • Get Accident: Fetch one occurrence by its FlightFinder id, with source-attribution links and references to the narratives available for it.
  • Get Narrative: Fetch an investigation narrative by (source, case id). Open-licensed sources return full text; others return a ≤300-char excerpt plus a source_url deep link (per-source licensing policy

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Read-only access to a merged aviation-safety corpus: 164,068 accident narratives aggregated from 128 official investigation authorities — the NTSB, ATSB, AAIB, BEA, MAK and dozens of national agencies — deduplicated into one occurrence-level dataset with derived aircraft-family analytics.

Also included, as US-government public-domain datasets: FAA wildlife strikes (351,016 records, 1990–2026), FAA reported laser incidents (54,722) and FAA drone sightings, each with global aggregates plus per-airport, per-species and per-US-state breakdowns. Airport reference data comes from OurAirports (CC0).

No key, no configuration. Every tool answers at the keyless tier (100 requests/day/IP); a free key at himaxym.com/developers raises that to 1,000/day.

Tools: search_accidents, get_accident, get_narrative, aircraft_safety, list_sources, airport_reference, wildlife_strikes, laser_incidents, drone_sightings.

Licensing: facts and merged/derived data are always returned in full. Narrative text is full for open-licensed sources (CC, OGL, Licence Ouverte/Etalab, public domain) and an ~300-character excerpt plus a deep link otherwise — list_sources carries the policy per source. Every record carries its source, attribution and licence; show them when you repeat anything.

How to connect

How to connect FlightFinder Aviation Safety Data to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://aviation-safety-data--disclaimer8.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect FlightFinder Aviation Safety Data to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://aviation-safety-data--disclaimer8.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect FlightFinder Aviation Safety Data to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://aviation-safety-data--disclaimer8.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (9)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_accidentsSearch the merged aviation-accident corpus (80+ official agencies, occurrence-level dedup). Filters: aircraft family slug (e.g. "boeing-737"), ISO alpha-2 country, occurrence type, operator substring, date range (from/to as YYYY-MM-DD), and fatal-only. Returns a page of occurrences with source-attribution links and a next_cursor for pagination.
get_accidentFetch one occurrence by its FlightFinder id, with source-attribution links and references to the narratives available for it.
get_narrativeFetch an investigation narrative by (source, case id). Open-licensed sources return full text; others return a ≤300-char excerpt plus a source_url deep link (per-source licensing policy). id URL-encoding is handled for you — pass the raw case id.
aircraft_safetyAggregate safety statistics for an aircraft family: total occurrences, hull losses, fatal accidents, total fatalities, and first/latest year.
list_sourcesList every data source in the corpus with its license, homepage, narrative count, and republication policy (full vs excerpt).
airport_referenceResolve an airport by ICAO ident or IATA code (OurAirports, CC0). Returns name, city, country, and coordinates.
wildlife_strikesFAA National Wildlife Strike Database (US-government public domain). With no arguments: global totals, the full yearly series since 1990, and the leading airports, species and flight phases. Pass airport OR species for that breakdown. Slugs are lowercase and hyphenated (e.g. "kden", "mourning-dove").
laser_incidentsFAA Reported Laser Incidents — lasers aimed at aircraft (US-government public domain). With no arguments: national totals, injuries and the yearly series. Pass state OR airport for that breakdown, as a lowercase hyphenated slug.
drone_sightingsFAA UAS (drone) Sighting Reports filed by pilots and controllers (US-government public domain). With no arguments: national totals, the yearly series and the leading states and cities. Pass state for that breakdown, as a lowercase hyphenated slug.