Yes, but if you enter Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) and have no training, you will more than likely crash shortly after entry and the ability to auto will become moot. This Kobe crash looks and sounds like the S-76 in NYC who crashed on the rooftop LZ after a vertigo experience only with more deaths and less control. If you have a link that claims there was a loss of power on that fine helo I would like to see it, looks like bad pilotage headwork here.
https://t.co/9b0iocmhL0?amp=1
https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-eyewitness-20200126.html
https://t.co/QT8dxKcvKY?amp=1
I agree with you, I do not believe he had any chance to auto rotate down