Word info

belly landing

Noun

Meaning

belly landing (plural belly landings)

(aviation) A landing of an aircraft without the landing gear being deployed.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In later models, to save liquids and engine clean up time in case of belly landing, the fire extinguisher was changed to semi-automatic triggers. Source: Internet

One Mosquito, hit in the port engine, was forced to break off its attack and return to base where it made a belly landing. Source: Internet

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