American Airlines A319 (Flight AA-2822) Executes Go-Around at Phoenix After Approaching With Landing Gear Up

Video captured an American Airlines A319 on approach to Phoenix with its landing gear retracted; the crew initiated a go-around before touchdown. The operating pilot later said the jet “wasn’t configured in an appropriate manner,” confirming a crew-configuration error during the approach.

Discovered 2025-09-24T02:20:28.834603-07:00 | 2025-09-24T02:20:28.834603-07:00

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Highlights persistent human-factor risk: a visual recording and the pilots admission confirm a near miss where crew failed to configure landing gear, similar in nature to other recent gear-up incidents like the Transair Shorts 360 gear-up landing at Honolulu.
Reinforces regulatory attention on landing-gear integrity and procedures: the event adds context to FAA scrutiny and recent rulemaking activity such as the proposed expanded landing gear inspections for 2,200 Boeing 737/757 aircraft.
Puts crew training and go-around decision-making under the spotlight: the incident aligns with other approach and go-around safety occurrences, including cases where trainees or crews questioned or executed go-arounds mid-approach, as in the Air Canada Rouge A319 approach/trainee go-around event.

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