emergency landing
Noun
Meaning
an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control
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forced landing
belt
buoy
crash landing
instrument landing
belly landing
blind landing
gear-up landing
deadstick landing
pancake landing
faulty landing
dead-stick landing
difficult landing
harsh landing
heavy landing
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Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.
Emergency landing in a freshly plowed field caused wheels to dig in, aircraft flipped over, airframe was not rebuilt, the second aircraft being used for subsequent testing.