Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gear-up landing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: gear-up -land-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

gear-up landings (plural)

Phrases

belly landing

Frequently Paired Words

belly landing

Questions

What does gear-up landing mean?: 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.

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