psyan said,
"Let us hope that in the unlikely event, the crew manage to be near a nice flat runway."
The EOL landing requirements for both FAR 27 and 29 helicopters only require the following (from AC27-1B, FAR 27.75 and AC29-2C, FAR 29.75):
"Demonstrated compliance with this requirement is intended to show
that an autorotative descent rate can be arrested, and forward speed at touchdown can be controlled to a reasonable value (less than 40 KTAS is recommended) to ensure a reasonable chance of survivability for the all engine failure condition."
The notion that a no ground-slide EOL can be easily accomplished, especially at the higher DAs, could indeed bite someone not used to those conditions.