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
Azucena	ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Louisa	loo-EEZ-ə (English), loo-EES-ə (English)	English, German, Dutch
Emerald	['emərəld]
Midori	mee-do-ṙee	Japanese
Olwen	-	Welsh
Candice	KAN-dis	English