Sekirov Dictionary

dead stick

noun 2
adverb 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
An unpowered propeller.
- I had to land with a dead stick.
•
[before a noun] Failed aircraft power.
- The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.

adverb1

•
Without aircraft-engine power.
- He landed dead stick.

verb1

To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

forms

dead sticked · dead sticking · dead sticks

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