dead-stick landing

[ ded-stik ]

noun

1. Aeronautics, Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dead-stick landing¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Anyway, we breeze back, kill our engines, and make a dead-stick landing in that field close to Nina's house.

From Project Gutenberg