If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally. He arrives in his biplane and crash lands it in a tree A light aircraft crash-landed on a putting green yesterday. + crash-landing crash-landings crash-landing His plane made a crash-landing during a sandstorm yesterday
To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions; usually results in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life