pancake landing

noun

An emergency landing in which an aircraft drops flat from a low altitude with no wheels deployed.

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Meanings

nounpancake landing (plural pancake landings)

plural pancake landings

  1. An emergency landing in which an aircraft drops flat from a low altitude with no wheels deployed.
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APA

pancake landing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancake%20landing

MLA

“pancake landing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancake%20landing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancake landing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancake%20landing.

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