pancake landing

Noun

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

Japanese Meaning

車輪を展開せず、低高度から水平に降下する状態での緊急着陸。

The pilot managed a pancake landing after both landing gears failed, skidding along the runway with minimal damage.

パイロットは両方の降着装置が作動しなくなった後、胴体着陸に成功し、滑走路上を滑走して被害を最小限にとどめた。

Sense（1）

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

pancake landings

（ plural ）