Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
It's very rare to see a photo of a prop on a running engine that has hit the ground and yet one or more blades has remained intact and undamaged (though no doubt some PPRuNer will find one!).
I can picture that in an aircraft with little forward speed sinking onto deep snow and ice. If the descent was fast enough the first blare might be the only one to enounter the surface and stop the engine rapidly but progressively within less than half turn. That wouldn't provide the usual instant shattering impact on concrete that bends crankshafts.
Rather like the P51 that chewed on a Malibu's tail recently, little damage to the engine or prop as nothing very substantial was hit.