gear-up landing
English
Noun
gear-up landing (plural gear-up landings)
- (aviation) 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.
- 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.
Related terms
- belly landing