dead-stick landing

The landing of an air or space craft without power (i.e., one whose control stick is "dead"). (Also written as "deadstick landing.") After the storm knocked out both of the plane's engines, the pilot was forced to performed a harrowing dead-stick landing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gilbert	GIL-bərt (English), zheel-BER (French), KHIL-bərt (Dutch), GIL-bert (German)	English, French, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Tucker	TUK-ər	English (Modern)
Hadewig	-	Ancient Germanic
BoglÁRka	-	Hungarian
Redmund	-	Irish
'Azaryah	-	Biblical Hebrew