The skeletons arrows seemed to make the the items I was holding disappear. An iron pickaxe I had equipped disappeared first, then a diamond sword. I was pushed into lava shortly after, so I cannot experiment more. It may be that I hit Q accidentally, but I am pretty sure I did not.
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This is actually a duplicate of MC-15416.
You're right. My armor must have broken at that moment, I know it was nearly depleted. Glad to see that it is fixed.
Something similar happened to me, while fighting mobs equipment that you are holding seems to disappear.