aviation.accidents

Search the NTSB civil aviation accident & incident database (CAROL) — US events from 1962 to present plus selected foreign investigations. Filter by aircraft registration (N-number, partial match), US state (2-letter code or name), make, model, city, and/or event date range (dateFrom/dateTo as YYYY-MM-DD). At least one filter is required. Returns matching events newest-first: NTSB number, event date/type, city/state/country, aircraft registration(s)/make(s)/model(s), highest injury level, onboard & on-ground injury counts, report type/status, and a link to the official NTSB case page. Data: NTSB (U.S. public domain), live. For aviation safety research, fleet/tail-number history, incident due-diligence, and accident-trend analysis.

price
$0.0012 USDC per call
method
GET/api/aviation/accidents
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.

Overview

The accidents API is a pay-per-call aviation endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Search the NTSB civil aviation accident & incident database (CAROL) — US events from 1962 to present plus selected foreign investigations.

There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in accidents data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs aviation data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.

Use cases

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
registrationstringAircraft registration / N-number (partial match).
min 1 chars · max 20 chars
statestringUS state, 2-letter code or full name.
min 2 chars · max 40 chars
makestringAircraft make (partial match), e.g. Cessna.
min 1 chars · max 60 chars
modelstringAircraft model (partial match), e.g. 172.
min 1 chars · max 60 chars
citystringEvent city (partial match).
min 1 chars · max 80 chars
dateFromstringEarliest event date, YYYY-MM-DD.
match ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
dateTostringLatest event date, YYYY-MM-DD.
match ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
limitintegerMax records to return (1-100, default 25).
min 1 · max 100

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/aviation/accidents?registration=example&state=xx&make=example&model=example&city=example&dateFrom=2024-01-01&dateTo=2024-01-01&limit=25'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/aviation/accidents?registration=example&state=xx&make=example&model=example&city=example&dateFrom=2024-01-01&dateTo=2024-01-01&limit=25' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/aviation/accidents?registration=example&state=xx&make=example&model=example&city=example&dateFrom=2024-01-01&dateTo=2024-01-01&limit=25'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.aviation.accidents({
  "registration": "example",
  "state": "xx",
  "make": "example",
  "model": "example",
  "city": "example",
  "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2024-01-01",
  "limit": 25
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.aviation.accidents(registration="example", state="xx", make="example", model="example", city="example", dateFrom="2024-01-01", dateTo="2024-01-01", limit=25)

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "aviation.accidents",
    "arguments": {
      "registration": "example",
      "state": "xx",
      "make": "example",
      "model": "example",
      "city": "example",
      "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
      "dateTo": "2024-01-01",
      "limit": 25
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
queryobject
totalnumber
truncatedboolean
countnumber
itemsarray
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "query": {},
  "total": 1,
  "truncated": false,
  "count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "ntsbNumber": "example",
      "mkey": "example",
      "eventType": "example",
      "eventDate": "example",
      "city": "example",
      "state": "example",
      "country": "example",
      "registration": [
        "example"
      ],
      "make": [
        "example"
      ],
      "model": [
        "example"
      ],
      "highestInjuryLevel": "example",
      "injuriesOnboard": 1,
      "injuriesOnGround": 1,
      "reportType": "example",
      "reportStatus": "example",
      "reportUrl": "example"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need an API key to use the accidents API?
No. aviation.accidents is x402-native — there is no signup and no API key. Your client makes the call, receives a 402 with payment requirements, signs a USDC payment, and retries. Funds come from a wallet you control.
How much does the accidents API cost?
$0.0012 USDC per call, charged per request. There are no monthly fees, seats, or minimums — you pay only for the calls you make.
Can I try the accidents API for free first?
Yes. Add ?trial=1 (or the header X-2s-Trial: 1) to get a free real call per endpoint per hour, so you can verify the response shape before wiring payment.
Which networks and tokens are supported?
USDC on Base (via EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization) or Solana (SPL transfer), using the open x402 payment protocol.
How do I call aviation.accidents from an AI agent or MCP host?
Use @2sio/sdk (TypeScript), 2sio (Python), or the @2sio/mcp server for any MCP host — each handles the probe → sign → retry loop for you. See the code samples on this page.

Discovery

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