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So that means the pilot would have overtorqued and overtemped her anyway, before experiencing RRPM drop and losing tail rotor effectiveness?
Not overtorqued if N1 or TOT limited - by definition. If N1 limited then no overtemp either, but BellRinger seems to suggest that it would have been TOT limited at that DA, so yes it would have overtemped in that case.