AA806 - Incident: American B38M at Santa Ana on Oct 29th 2026

An American Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration N335SN performing flight AA-806 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Santa Ana,CA (USA), was on short final to Santa Ana's runway 20R when the aircraft initiated a go around at very low height, however, the tail contacted the runway surface during the go around. The aircraft climbed to 3000 feet, positioned for another approach to runway 20R and landed without further incident about 13 minutes later.

The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE DURING GO-AROUND."

The aircraft returned to service about 14 hours after landing.