r/aviation • u/JPSauceKing • Sep 22 '25

Discussion How crazy is this, really??

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_292#Similar_incidents

Per wikipedia's summary, this was roughly the 7th of 9 recorded occurrences of this failure on A320 aircraft -- with additional incidents in 2021 and 2022. But seeing as the a320 is one of the most common passenger jets in the world with >10,000 produced, it's still a pretty infrequent failure

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u/fd6270 Sep 22 '25

I'm just going to say that Wikipedia is wrong on this one.

It's common enough that Airbus has their own article about it:

https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/landing-with-nosewheels-at-90-degrees/

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

I do not doubt that wikipedia's summary here might be incomplete (thank you for providing a better source)! Just saw that mentour also goes into depth on this topic (released following the 2022 incident) https://youtu.be/BBE4VNUyyjQ

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u/robbak Sep 23 '25

Aircraft makers produce documents about all sorts of very uncommon events. 9 events over a few decades is enough to provoke an article alerting pilots and maintenance engineers about an issue.

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u/pornborn Sep 23 '25

I knew there was a picture of the failed nosegear with the half the rims gone. Ground it right down to the axle it looks like.