Originally Posted by
RVDT
I doubt it would have chopped it off in flight. After touchdown and still with a large amount of pitch in the wind? Ever watched a Bell 2 bladed medium run down in a breeze on the nose? They will try and batter themselves to death and that is with flat pitch. After a while you learn not to do it that way!
That sounds more like blade sailing to me (and what Crab said).