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CFIT

/ˈsiːfɪt/

CFIT is the acronym of controlled flight into terrain.

Meaning of controlled flight into terrain

Noun

controlled flight into terrain (countable and uncountable, plural controlled flights into terrain, abbreviation CFIT)

  1. An unintentional crash of an aircraft in which an airworthy aircraft flies into the ground while under full control by its pilots or autopilot, typically due to unawareness of the obstacle.

Forms of CFIT

pluralCFITs

Questions about CFIT

What is CFIT the acronym of?
CFIT is the acronym of controlled flight into terrain.
How do you pronounce CFIT?
CFIT is pronounced /ˈsiːfɪt/.

Words near CFIT in the dictionary

  1. CFI
  2. CFIA
  3. CFIDS
  4. CFII
  5. CFIs
  6. CFIT
  7. CFITs
  8. CFK
  9. CFKs
  10. CFL
  11. CFlash

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CFIT (page history and authors); controlled flight into terrain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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