belly-land

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire un atterrissage d'avion sans train d'atterrissage sorti, généralement sur le ventre du fuselage.

A verb used to describe the act of landing an aircraft without its landing gear, typically on its underside.

1. Emergency landing without landing gearC1formal

   To land an aircraft on its belly or underside because the landing gear cannot be deployed.

   se poser sur le ventre

   • The pilot had to belly-land the plane after the landing gear malfunctioned.
   • The aircraft belly-landed safely on the grass strip.
   • Emergency crews were ready when the plane belly-landed at the airport.

   Synonymescrash land