gear-up landing
A landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot forgetting…A landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot(s) forgetting to extend the gear or to take some other action necessary for the gear to deploy.
Meaning
1 sensesA landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot(s) forgetting to extend the gear or to take some other action necessary for the gear to deploy.
The gear warning horn sounds if any of the gear are not down and locked when the throttle is pulled back to idle with the flaps down, providing a valuable protection against a gear-up landing.
Forms
plural: gear-up landings| Singular | gear-up landing |
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Word family
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