At that speed, he might have got away with it on tarmac. Hard to understand why the drift at such a low level was allowed to continue.
The CP of a company I once worked for re-positioned a 206 in a field with a high speed lateral move VERY close to the ground, with me wondering how he could judge the distance that precisely. he then set it down with a thud and said in surprise; "oh, high skids." My eyes got wider.