forced landing

English Thesaurus

1. an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control (noun.act)

hypernym	:	aircraft landing, airplane landing,
definition	:	landing an aircraft (noun.act)

hyponym	:	crash landing,
definition	:	an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) (noun.act)