Last time something like this happened was in vancouver with an A330 and a Dash 8. Wingtip clipped the tail - Dash was there most of the season debating whether it was a write off.
Yes there was an incident like this in YVR - I had the pleasure last year of meeting the Bombardier crew who carried out the repair. They replaced the WHOLE empennage, from just aft of the px bulkhead. Absolutely amazing how they pulled it off. They replaced it with the empennage from a donor aircraft with a written off front end.
