crash landing

English Thesaurus

1. an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	emergency landing, forced landing,
definition	:	an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control (noun.act)

domain category	:	aircraft,
definition	:	a vehicle that can fly (noun.artifact)